KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of shine, meaning to emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 23:4
Complete exact-word concordance
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
The earth shall quake before them, the heauens shall tremble, the Sun & the Moone shall be darke, & the starres shall withdrawe their shining.
1611 marginal noteIsai.13.10. ezech. 32.2.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
The Sunne and the Moone shall be darkened, and the starres shall withdraw their shining.
1611 marginal noteCha.2.31.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Emitting light; beaming; gleaming. Illustrious; distinguished; conspicuous. Bright; splendid; radiant.
