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shoulders

Meaning of “shoulders”

The upper joints and parts of the body between the neck and arms; figures of bearing or supporting a load.

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20 occurrences19 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Genesis 9:23
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:23 · retained source text

And Shem and Iaphet tooke a garment, and layed it vpon both their shoulders, and went backward, and couered the nakednesse of their father, and their faces were backward, and they saw not their fathers nakednesse.

Exodus 12:34
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 12:34 · retained source text

And the people tooke their dough before it was leauened, their kneading troughes beeing bound vp in their clothes vpon their shoulders.

1611 marginal noteOr, dough.

Exodus 28:12
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 28:12 · retained source text

And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, for stones of memoriall vnto the children of Israel. And Aaron shall beare their names before the LORD, vpon his two shoulders for a memoriall.

Exodus 39:7
And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 39:7 · retained source text

And hee put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, that they should be stones for a memoriall to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

1611 marginal noteChap. 28.12.

Numbers 7:9
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 7:9 · retained source text

But vnto the sonnes of Kohath he gaue none: because the seruice of the Sanctuary belonging vnto them, was that they should beare vpon their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 33:12
¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:12 · retained source text

¶ And of Beniamin he said, The beloued of the LORD shall dwell in safetie by him, and the LORD shall couer him all the day long, and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders.

Judges 16:3
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 16:3 · retained source text

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, barre and all, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the toppe of an hill that is before Hebron.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with the barre.

1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:2 · retained source text

And he had a sonne, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person then hee: from his shoulders and vpward, hee was higher then any of the people.

1 Samuel 10:23
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 10:23 · retained source text

And they ranne, and fetched him thence, and when he stood among the people, he was higher then any of the people, from the shoulders & vpward.

1 Samuel 17:6
And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:6 · retained source text

And he had greaues of brasse vpon his legs, and a target of brasse betweene his shoulders.

1611 marginal noteOr, gorget.

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