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shut

Meaning of “shut”

To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.

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105 occurrences102 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:16

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Ecclesiastes 12:4
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:4 · retained source text

And the doores shal be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise vp at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musicke shall be brought low.

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