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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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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.
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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.
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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.

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