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marrow

Meaning of “marrow”

Sense 1: The inner substance of bones. Sense 2: By extension, richness or nourishment.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 21:24

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “marrow”

KJV PCE
Job 21:24
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 21:24 · retained source text

His breasts are full of milke, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

1611 marginal noteOr, milkes pales.

Psalms 63:5
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 63:5 · retained source text

My soule shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatnesse: and my mouth shall praise thee with ioyfull lips:

1611 marginal noteHeb. fatnes.

Proverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:8 · retained source text

It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones.

1611 marginal noteHebr. medicine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. watring, or moystning.

Isaiah 25:6
¶ And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 25:6 · retained source text

¶ And in this mountaine shall the LORD of hostes make vnto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 4:12 · retained source text

For the word of God is quicke and powerfull, and sharper then any two edged sword, pearcing euen to the diuiding asunder of soule and spirit, and of the ioynts and marrowe, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A soft oleaginous substance contained in the cavities of animal bones.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 109