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pitch

Meaning of “pitch”

Sense 1: A thick resinous substance used for coating or sealing; to coat with that substance. Sense 2: To set, fix, place, or encamp.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
19 occurrences16 verses7 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 6:14

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Genesis 6:14
¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 6:14 · retained source text

¶ Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood: roomes shalt thou make in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nests.

Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:3 · retained source text

And when shee could not longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes, and daubed it with slime, and with pitch, and put the childe therein, and shee layd it in the flags by the riuers brinke.

Numbers 1:52
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:52 · retained source text

And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents euery man by his own campe, and euery man by his owne standerd, throughout their hostes.

Numbers 1:53
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 1:53 · retained source text

But the Leuites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of Testimonie, that there be no wrath vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel: and the Leuites shall keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.

Numbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 2:2 · retained source text

Euery man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his owne standerd, with the ensigne of their fathers house: farre off about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch.

1611 marginal noteHeb. ouer against.

Numbers 2:3
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 2:3 · retained source text

And on the East side toward the rising of the Sunne, shall they of the standerd of the campe of Iudah pitch, throughout their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee captaine of the children of Iudah.

Numbers 2:5
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 2:5 · retained source text

And those that doe pitch next vnto him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar, shall bee captaine of the children of Issachar.

Numbers 2:12
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 2:12 · retained source text

And those which pitch by him, shall bee the tribe of Simeon, and the captaine of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

Numbers 3:23
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:23 · retained source text

The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.

Numbers 3:29
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:29 · retained source text

The families of the sonnes of Kohath, shall pitch on the side of the Tabernacle Southward.

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Historical definitions

A thick tenacious resinous substance; the resin of pine or turpentine, thickened and used in calking and coating.

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