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climb

Meaning of “climb”

To mount or ascend, with labor or a slow motion. To ascend by means of the hands and feet, implying labor, difficulty and slow progress.

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4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jeremiah 4:29

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “climb”

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Jeremiah 4:29
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:29 · retained source text

The whole citie shall flee, for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen, they shall goe into thickets, and climbe vp vpon the rockes: euery city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

Joel 2:7
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:7 · retained source text

They shall runne like mighty men, they shall clime the wall like men of warre, and they shall march euery one on his wayes, and they shall not breake their rankes.

Joel 2:9
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:9 · retained source text

They shall runne to and fro in the citie: they shall runne vpon the wall: they shall clime vp vpon the houses: they shall enter in at the windowes, like a theefe.

Amos 9:2
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 9:2 · retained source text

Though they digge into hell, thence shall mine hand take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.

1611 marginal notePsal. 139.8. &c:

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