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fleece

Meaning of “fleece”

The coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
9 occurrences6 verses3 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 18:4

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “fleece”

KJV PCE
Deuteronomy 18:4
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 18:4 · retained source text

The first fruit also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thy oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe, shalt thou giue him.

Judges 6:37
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 6:37 · retained source text

Beholde, I will put a fleece of wooll in the floore: and if the deaw be on the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as thou hast said.

Judges 6:38
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 6:38 · retained source text

And it was so: for he rose vp early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the deaw out of the fleece, a bowle full of water.

Judges 6:39
And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 6:39 · retained source text

And Gideon said vnto God, Let not thine anger be hote against me, and I will speake but this once: Let mee prooue, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon the fleece, and vpon all the ground let there be deaw.

1611 marginal noteGen. 18.32.

Judges 6:40
And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 6:40 · retained source text

And God did so that night: for it was drie vpon the fleece onely, and there was deaw on all the ground.

Job 31:20
If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:20 · retained source text

If his loynes haue not blessed me, and if hee were not warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The coat of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 771