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heap

Meaning of “heap”

Sense 1: A pile, mound, or gathered accumulation. Sense 2: To gather, pile, or accumulate.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
38 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:46

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Job 16:4
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 16:4 · retained source text

I also could speake as yee doe: if your soule were in my soules stead, I could heape vp words against you, and shake mine head at you.

Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 27:16 · retained source text

Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:

Job 36:13
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 36:13 · retained source text

But the hypocrites in heart heape vp wrath: they crie not when he bindeth them.

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Historical definitions

A pile or mass; a collection laid together so as to form an elevation.

volume 1, leaf 892, column 1 (main_dictionary)

To amass; to accumulate; to lay up; to collect in great quantity; with up. To add something else, in large quantities. To pile; to add till the mass takes a roundish form, or till it rises above the measure.

volume 1, leaf 892, column 1 (main_dictionary)