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middle

Meaning of “middle”

The central part or position; midway between ends, sides, or times.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences16 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 26:28

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Exodus 26:28
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 26:28 · retained source text

And the middle barre in the mids of the boards, shall reach from ende to ende.

Exodus 36:33
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 36:33 · retained source text

And he made the middle barre to shoot thorow the boards from the one end to the other.

Joshua 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:2 · retained source text

Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is vpon the banke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the middle of the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto the riuer Iabbok; which is the border of the children of Ammon:

1611 marginal noteNum. 21.24. deu. 3.6.

Judges 7:19
¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 7:19 · retained source text

¶ So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the campe, in the beginning of the middle watch, and they had but newly set the watch, and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

Judges 9:37
And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 9:37 · retained source text

And Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come people downe by the middle of the land, and another companie come along by the plaine of Meonenim.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nauell

1611 marginal noteOr, the regarders of times.

Judges 16:29
And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 16:29 · retained source text

And Samson tooke hold of the two middle pillars, vpon which the house stood, and on which it was borne vp, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

1611 marginal noteOr, he leaned on them.

1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:29 · retained source text

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God, and the soules of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the midst of the bought of a sling.

2 Samuel 10:4
Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 10:4 · retained source text

Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the one halfe of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttocks, and sent them away.

1 Kings 6:6
The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:6 · retained source text

The nethermost chamber was fiue cubites broad, and the middle was sixe cubites broad, and the third was seuen cubites broad: for without in the wall of the house hee made narrowed rests round about, that the beames should not bee fastened in the walles of the house.

1611 marginal noteHeb. narrowings, or, rebatements.

1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:8 · retained source text

The doore for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went vp with winding staires into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shoulder.

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The time that passes, or events that happen between the beginning and the end.

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