KJV dictionary & concordance
The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 15:16
Complete exact-word concordance
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.
1611 marginal noteHeb. an heape, two heapes
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
But God claue an hollow place that was in the iawe, and there came water thereout, & when he had drunke, his spirit came againe, and he reuiued: wherefore hee called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, vnto this day:
1611 marginal noteOr, Lehi.
1611 marginal noteThat is, the well of him that called or cried.
Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Canst thou put an hooke into his nose? or bore his iawe through with a thorne?
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
1611 marginal notePsal.52.3. and 57.5. iob. 29.17.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The bones of the mouth in which the teeth are fixed.
