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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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Jeremiah 51:63
And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:63 · retained source text

And it shall bee when thou hast made an end of reading this booke, that thou shalt binde a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates.

Jeremiah 52:25
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 52:25 · retained source text

Hee tooke also out of the citie an Eunuch, which had the charge of the men of warre, and seuen men of them that were neere the kings person which were found in the citie, and the principall Scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the middest of the citie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. saw the face of the king.

1611 marginal noteOr, scribe of the captaine of the hoste.

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,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Ezekiel 1:4
¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:4 · retained source text

¶ And I looked, and behold, a whirlewinde came out of the North, a great cloude, and a fire infoulding it selfe, and a brightnesse was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

1611 marginal noteHeb catching it selfe.

Ezekiel 1:5
Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:5 · retained source text

Also out of the midst thereof came the likenesse of foure liuing creatures, and this was their appearance: they had the likenesse of a man.

Ezekiel 5:2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:2 · retained source text

Thou shalt burne with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife, and a third part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:4 · retained source text

Then take of them againe, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 5:5
¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:5 · retained source text

¶ Thus saith the LORD God; This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the midst of the nations and countreys that are round about her.

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