For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:22 · retained source text
For thou shalt heape coales of fire vpon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
KJV dictionary & concordance
heap
Meaning of “heap”
Sense 1: A pile, mound, or gathered accumulation. Sense 2: To gather, pile, or accumulate.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
38 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 31:46
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · retained source text
For God giueth to a man that is good in his sight, wisedome, and knowledge, and ioy: but to the sinner hee giueth traueile, to gather and to heape vp that he may giue to him that is good before God: This also is vanitie and vexation of spirit.
1611 marginal noteHebr. before him.
1611 marginal noteIob 27.17.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 7:2 · retained source text
Thy nauell is like a round goblet, which wanteth not licour: thy belly is like an heape of wheate, set about with lillies.
1611 marginal noteHeb. mixture.
THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 17:1 · retained source text
¶ The burden of Damascus: Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a citie, and it shalbe a ruinous heape.
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 17:11 · retained source text
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seede to flourish: but the haruest shall be a heape in the day of griefe, and of desperate sorrow.
1611 marginal noteOr, remoued in the day of inheritance, and there shalbe deadly sorrow.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 25:2 · retained source text
For thou hast made of a citie, an heape; of a defenced city, a ruine: a palace of strangers, to be no citie, it shall neuer be built.
¶ Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:18 · retained source text
¶ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring againe the captiuitie of Iacobs tents, and haue mercie on his dwelling places: and the citie shall be builded vpon her owne heape, and the palace shall remaine after the manner thereof.
1611 marginal noteOr, little hill.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:2 · retained source text
Therfore behold, the dayes come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarme of warre to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites, and it shall be a desolate heape, and her daughters shall be burnt with fire: then shall Israel be heire vnto them that were his heires, saith the LORD.
1611 marginal noteAmos. 1.14.
heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:10 · retained source text
Heape on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burnt.
Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 1:6 · retained source text
Therfore I will make Samaria as an heape of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard; and I will powre downe the stones therof into the valley, and I will discouer the foundations thereof.
Complete reference index — all 35 verses
Genesis 31:46Genesis 31:48Genesis 31:51Genesis 31:52Exodus 15:8Deuteronomy 13:16Deuteronomy 32:23Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:16Joshua 7:26Joshua 8:28Joshua 8:29Ruth 3:72 Samuel 18:17Job 8:17Job 16:4Job 27:16Job 36:13Psalms 33:7Psalms 78:13Proverbs 25:22Ecclesiastes 2:26Song of Solomon 7:2Isaiah 17:1Isaiah 17:11Isaiah 25:2Jeremiah 30:18Jeremiah 49:2Ezekiel 24:10Micah 1:6Habakkuk 1:10Habakkuk 3:15Haggai 2:16Romans 12:202 Timothy 4:3
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Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗A pile or mass; a collection laid together so as to form an elevation.
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗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.