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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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Judges 15:4
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 15:4 · retained source text

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tooke firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst betweene two tailes.

1611 marginal noteOr, torches.

Judges 18:20
And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 18:20 · retained source text

And the Priests heart was glad, and he tooke the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the grauen image, and went in the middest of the people.

Judges 20:42
Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
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1611 witness · Judges 20:42 · retained source text

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel, vnto y e way of the wildernes, but the battel ouertooke them: & them which came out of the cities, they destroyed in the midst of them.

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