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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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Daniel 12:5
¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 12:5 · retained source text

¶ Then I Daniel looked, and behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the banke of the riuer, and the other on that side of the banke of the riuer.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lip.

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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