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pitchers

Meaning of “pitchers”

Water vessels or jugs, commonly having handles or spouts for pouring.

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5 occurrences4 verses2 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Judges 7:16

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Every verse containing “pitchers”

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Judges 7:16
And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 7:16 · retained source text

And he diuided the three hundred men into three companies, and hee put a trumpet in euery mans hand, with empty pitchers, and lampes within the pitchers,

1611 marginal noteHebr. trumpets in the hand of all of them.

1611 marginal noteOr, firebrands: or torches.

Judges 7:19
¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 7:19 · retained source text

¶ So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the campe, in the beginning of the middle watch, and they had but newly set the watch, and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.

Judges 7:20
And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 7:20 · retained source text

And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lampes in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withall: and they cryed, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:2 · retained source text

The precious sonnes of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the worke of the hands of the potter!

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