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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
14 occurrences13 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:17

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2 Samuel 20:15
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.
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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.

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Historical definitions

a mound of earth, rampart, cast up in besieging a town.

printed p. 260; PDF p. 280; Internet Archive leaf n279