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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.

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:14

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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.
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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.

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

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