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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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Lamentations 1:15
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 1:15 · retained source text

The LORD hath troden vnder foot all my mightie men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against mee, to crush my yong men. The LORD hath troden the virgine, the daughter of Iudah, as in a wine presse.

1611 marginal noteOr, the winepresse of the virgine, &c.

Lamentations 3:45
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:45 · retained source text

Thou hast made vs as the offscouring and refuse in the middest of the people.

1611 marginal note1.Cor.4.13.

Lamentations 4:13
¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:13 · retained source text

¶ For the sinnes of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middest of her:

1611 marginal noteIer.5.31. and 23.21.

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