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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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Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:21 · retained source text

Let them not depart from thine eyes: keepe them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 8:20
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:20 · retained source text

I leade in the way of righteousnesse, in the midst of the pathes of iudgment.

1611 marginal noteOr, walke.

Proverbs 14:33
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 14:33 · retained source text

Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding: but that which is in the midst of fooles, is made knowen.

Proverbs 23:34
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:34 · retained source text

Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the heart of the sea.

Proverbs 30:19
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 30:19 · retained source text

The way of an Eagle in the ayre; the way of a serpent vpon a rocke; the the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heart.

Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 3:10 · retained source text

He made the pillars thereof of siluer, the bottome thereof of gold, the couering of it, of purple; the midst thereof being paued with loue, for the daughters of Ierusalem.

Isaiah 4:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 4:4 · retained source text

When the LORD shall haue washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall haue purged the blood of Ierusalem from the middest thereof, by the spirit of iudgement, and by the spirit of burning.

Isaiah 5:2
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:2 · retained source text

And hee fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a towre in the middest of it, and also made a winepresse therein: and he looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it brought foorth wilde grapes.

1611 marginal noteOr, made a wall about it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hewed.

Isaiah 5:8
¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:8 · retained source text

¶ Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth.

1611 marginal noteMich.2.2.

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