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plain

Meaning of “plain”

1. A level tract of land. 2. Clear or evident. 3. Simple or unadorned.

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First occurrence: Genesis 11:2

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Isaiah 28:25
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:25 · retained source text

When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?

1611 marginal noteOr, the wheat in the principall place and barley in the appointed place.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. border.

Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:4 · retained source text

Euery valley shalbe exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shalbe made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plaine.

1611 marginal noteOr, a straight place.

1611 marginal noteOr, a plaine place.

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