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line

Meaning of “line”

Sense 1: A cord, thread, rule, mark, or measured extent. Sense 2: By extension, an assigned sphere, course, reach, or ordered instruction.

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31 occurrences24 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Joshua 2:18

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Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 2:18 · retained source text

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt binde this line of scarlet threed in the window which thou didst let vs downe by: and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy fathers houshold home vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. gather.

Joshua 2:21
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 2:21 · retained source text

And shee saide, According vnto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, & they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 8:2 · retained source text

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them downe to the ground: euen with two lines measured he, to put to death, and with one full line to keepe aliue: and so the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought gifts.

1 Kings 7:15
For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:15 · retained source text

For he cast two pillars of brasse of eighteene cubites high a piece: and a line of twelue cubites did compasse either of them about.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fashioned.

1 Kings 7:23
¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 7:23 · retained source text

¶ And he made a moulten Sea, ten cubites from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, & his height was fiue cubits: and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it round about.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from his brimme, to his brim.

2 Kings 21:13
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:13 · retained source text

And I will stretch ouer Ierusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Ierusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it vpside downe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. he wipeth and turneth it vpon the face thereof.

2 Chronicles 4:2
¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 4:2 · retained source text

¶ Also he made a molten Sea of ten cubites, from brim to brim, round in compasse, and fiue cubites the height thereof, and a line of thirtie cubites did compasse it round about.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from his brim, to his brim.

1611 marginal note1.King. 7.23. &c.

Psalms 19:4
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 19:4 · retained source text

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world: In them hath he set a tabernacle for the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteHebr. without their voyce heard.

1611 marginal noteRom. 10.18.

Psalms 78:55
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:55 · retained source text

He cast out the heathen also before them, and diuided them an inheritance by line: and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

1611 marginal noteIosu.13.7.

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