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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 6:14

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Numbers 3:35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 3:35 · retained source text

And the chiefe of the house of the father of the families of Merari, was Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the Tabernacle Northwards.

Deuteronomy 1:33
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:33 · retained source text

Who went in the way before you to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should goe, and in a cloud by day.

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.21.

Joshua 4:20
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:20 · retained source text

And those twelue stones which they tooke out of Iordan, did Ioshua pitch in Gilgal.

Isaiah 13:20
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:20 · retained source text

It shall neuer be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there, neither shal the shepheards make their fold there.

Isaiah 34:9
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:9 · retained source text

And the streames thereof shalbe turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Jeremiah 6:3
The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:3 · retained source text

The shepheards with their flocks shall come vnto her: they shall pitch their tents against her round about: they shall feede, euery one in his place.

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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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