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midst

Meaning of “midst”

The middle, centre, interior, or intervening part of a place, body, company, or condition; among, within, surrounded by, or in the presence of persons or things.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
364 occurrences350 verses41 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:6

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2 Samuel 4:6
And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:6 · retained source text

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would haue fetched wheat, and they smote him vnder the fift rib, and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

2 Samuel 6:17
¶ And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 6:17 · retained source text

¶ And they brought in the Arke of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it: and Dauid offered burnt offerings, and peace offrings before the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stretched.

2 Samuel 18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:14 · retained source text

Then said Ioab, I may not tary thus with thee. And hee tooke three darts in his hand, and thrust them thorow the heart of Absalom, while hee was yet aliue in the midst of the Oke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. before thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heart.

2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:12 · retained source text

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the mids of the high way: and when the man saw that all the people stood still, he remoued Amasa out of the high way into the field, and cast a cloth vpon him, when hee saw that euery one that came by him, stood still.

2 Samuel 23:12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:12 · retained source text

But hee stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slewe the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victorie.

2 Samuel 23:20
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:20 · retained source text

And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many actes, he slew two lion-like men of Moab: hee went downe also, and slewe a Lyon in the middest of a pit in time of snow.

1611 marginal noteHeb. great of acts.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lion of God.

2 Samuel 24:5
¶ And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 24:5 · retained source text

¶ And they passed ouer Iordane, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the citie that lieth in the midst of the riuer of Gad, and toward Iazer.

1611 marginal noteOr, valley.

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