KJV dictionary & concordance

felling

Meaning of “felling”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fell, meaning to cut or bring down a tree or other standing thing.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 6:5

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Kings 6:5 · retained source text

But as one was felling a beame, the axe head fell into the water: and hee cryed, and sayd, Alas master, for it was borrowed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yron.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Cutting or beating to the ground.

volume 1, leaf 750, column 1 (main_dictionary)