KJV dictionary & concordance
Dryness or lack of water or rain; a dry season or region.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 31:40
Complete exact-word concordance
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Thus I was in y e day, the drought consumed mee, and the frost by night, aud my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,
1611 marginal noteNum. 20.11.
drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Drought and heate consume the snow waters: so doeth the graue those which haue sinned.
1611 marginal noteHebr. violently take it.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And the LORD shal guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters faile not.
1611 marginal noteHebr. droughts.
1611 marginal noteHeb. lye, or deceiue.
Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Neither sayd they, Where is the LORD that brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a land of deserts and of pittes, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed thorow, and where no man dwelt.
1611 marginal noteIsai.63.9, 11,13. ose. 13.4.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not see when heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not be carefull in the yeere of drought, neither shall cease from yeelding fruit.
1611 marginal noteOr, restraint.
1611 marginal notePsal.1.3.
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
A drought is vpon her waters, and they shalbe dried vp: for it is the land of grauen images, and they are madde vpon their idoles.
¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
¶ I did know thee in the wildernesse, in the land of great drought.
1611 marginal noteHebr. droughts.
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
And I called for a drought vpon the land and vpon the mountaines, and vpon the corne, and vpon the new wine, and vpon the oyle, and vpon that which the ground bringeth forth, & vpon men, and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Dryness; want of rain or water; particularly, dryness of the weather which affects the earth and prevents the growth of plants; aridness; aridity.
