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dry

Meaning of “dry”

Sense 1: Without moisture. Sense 2: To become or make free from moisture.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
71 occurrences66 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:9

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Genesis 1:9
¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 1:9 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together vnto one place, and let the dry land appeare: and it was so.

1611 marginal notePsal. 33.7. and 136.5. iob. 38.8.

Genesis 1:10
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 1:10 · retained source text

And God called the drie land, Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called hee, Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 7:22 · retained source text

All in whose nosethrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the breath of the spirit of life.

Genesis 8:13
¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
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1611 witness · Genesis 8:13 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in the sixe hundredth and one yeere, in the first moneth, the first day of the moneth, the waters were dryed vp from off the earth: and Noah remooued the couering of the Arke, and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was drie.

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Historical definitions

To grow dry; to lose moisture; to become free from moisture or juice. To be exhaled; sometimes with up.

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