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plummet

Meaning of “plummet”

1. A weighted line used to test uprightness or alignment. 2. By figure, a standard of measurement or judgment.

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 21:13

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2 Kings 21:13
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And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:13 · retained source text

And I will stretch ouer Ierusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Ierusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it vpside downe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. he wipeth and turneth it vpon the face thereof.

Isaiah 28:17
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Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:17 · retained source text

Iudgement also will I lay to the line, and righteousnesse to the plummet: and the haile shall sweepe away the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall ouerflow the hiding place.

Zechariah 4:10
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For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 4:10 · retained source text

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall reioyce and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seuen: they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

1611 marginal noteOr, sith the seuen eyes of the LORD shall reioyce.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stone of tinne.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.9.

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