And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 41:17 · retained source text
And Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph; In my dreame, behold, I stood vpon the banke of the riuer.
KJV dictionary & concordance
bank
Meaning of “bank”
Sense 1: The edge or raised ground beside a river or other water. Sense 2: A mound or rampart cast up in besieging a place. Sense 3: A place where money is deposited or handled.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
14 occurrences13 verses9 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 41:17
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Every verse containing “bank”
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:48 · retained source text
From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer Arnon, euen vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:2 · retained source text
Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is vpon the banke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the middle of the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto the riuer Iabbok; which is the border of the children of Ammon:
1611 marginal noteNum. 21.24. deu. 3.6.
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 13:9 · retained source text
From Aroer that is vpon the banke of the riuer Arnon, and the citie that is in the middest of the riuer, and all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon:
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 13:16 · retained source text
And their coast was from Aroer that is on the banke of the riuer Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the riuer, and all the plaine by Medeba.
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:15 · retained source text
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast vp a banke against the citie, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Ioab, battered the wall, to throw it downe.
1611 marginal noteOr, it stood against the outmost wall
1611 marginal noteHeb. marred to throw downe.
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 2:13 · retained source text
He tooke vp also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the banke of Iordan.
1611 marginal noteHebr. lip.
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:32 · retained source text
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a banke against it:
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:33 · retained source text
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this citie, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a banke against it.
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:7 · retained source text
Now when I had returned, behold, at the banke of the riuer were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
1611 marginal noteHeb. lip.
1611 marginal noteReu. 22.2.
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Skeat 1893
Open source edition ↗a mound of earth, rampart, cast up in besieging a town.