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boughs

Meaning of “boughs”

Large branches of trees.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences17 verses9 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 23:40

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Ezekiel 31:5
Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:5 · retained source text

Therefore his height was exalted aboue all the trees of the field, and his boughes were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot foorth.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it sent them foorth.

Ezekiel 31:6
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:6 · retained source text

All the foules of heauen made their nests in his boughes, and vnder his branches did all the beastes of the field bring foorth their yong, and vnder his shadow dwelt all great nations.

1611 marginal noteDan.4.

Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:8 · retained source text

The Cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the Firre trees were not like his boughes, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches: not any tree in the garden of God, was like vnto him in his beautie.

1611 marginal noteGen.2.

Ezekiel 31:10
¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:10 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Because thou hast lifted vp thy selfe in height, and hee hath shot vp his top among the thicke boughes, and his heart is lifted vp in his height;

Ezekiel 31:12
And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:12 · retained source text

And strangers, the terrible of the nations haue cut him off, and haue left him: vpon the mountaines and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughes are broken by all the riuers of the land, and all the people of the earth are gone downe from his shadow, and haue left him.

Ezekiel 31:14
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:14 · retained source text

To the ende that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselues for their height, neither shoot vp their top among the thicke boughes, neither their trees stand vp in their height, all that drinke water: for they are all deliuered vnto death, to the nether parts of the earth in the middest of the children of men, with them that go downe to the pit.

1611 marginal noteOr, stand vpon themselues for their height.

Daniel 4:12
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 4:12 · retained source text

The leaues thereof were faire, and the fruite thereof much, and in it was meate for all: the beasts of the field had shadow vnder it, and the foules of the heauen dwelt in the boughes thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

Psalms 80:11

She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.

volume 1, leaf 300, column 2 (noun entry)