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reach

Meaning of “reach”

Sense 1: To extend or stretch to a place or limit; to arrive or continue as far as it. Sense 2: To extend the hand toward or into something.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences13 verses10 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 11:4

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Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 11:4 · retained source text

And they said; Goe to, let vs build vs a city and a tower, whose top may reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon the face of the whole earth.

Exodus 26:28
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 26:28 · retained source text

And the middle barre in the mids of the boards, shall reach from ende to ende.

Exodus 28:42
And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 28:42 · retained source text

And thou shalt make them linnen breeches, to couer their nakednes, from the loines euen vnto the thighes they shall reach.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flesh of their nakednesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee.

Leviticus 26:5
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:5 · retained source text

And your threshing shall reach vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach vnto the sowing time: and yee shal eat your bread to the full, and dwel in your land safely.

1611 marginal noteIob 11.19.

Numbers 34:11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:11 · retained source text

And the coast shall goe downe from Shepham to Riblah, on the East side of Ain: and the border shall descend and shall reach vnto the side of the sea of Chinnereth Eastward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shoulder.

Numbers 35:4
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:4 · retained source text

And the suburbs of the cities, which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, shall reach from the wall of the citie, and outward, a thousand cubites round about.

Job 20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:6 · retained source text

Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauens, and his head reach vnto the clouds:

1611 marginal noteHeb. cloud.

Isaiah 8:8
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:8 · retained source text

And hee shall passe through Iudah, he shall ouerflow and goe ouer, he shall reach euen to the necke; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. The fulnesse of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretching out of his wings.

Isaiah 30:28
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:28 · retained source text

And his breath as an ouerflowing streame, shall reach to the midst of the necke, to sift the nations with the sieue of vanitie: and there shalbe a bridle in the iawes of the people causing them to erre.

Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:32 · retained source text

O vine of Sibmah, I wil weepe for thee, with the weeping of Iazer; thy plants are gone ouer the sea, they reach euen to the sea of Iazer, the spoiler is fallen vpon thy summer fruits, and vpon thy vintage.

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Historical definitions

To be extended; to penetrate or extend as far as a stated point.

volume 2, leaf 423, column 2-3 (main_dictionary)

To extend or stretch; to extend to or touch; to deliver or take by extending the hand; to attain or arrive at.

volume 2, leaf 423, column 1-2 (main_dictionary)