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plunge

Meaning of “plunge”

To thrust, drive, or cast into water, mire, or another surrounding substance or condition.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 9:31

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Job 9:31
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 9:31 · retained source text

Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine owne clothes shall abhorre me.

1611 marginal noteOr, make me to be abhorred.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To thrust into water or other fluid substance, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse in a fluid; to drive into flesh, mire or earth, etc.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 316