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shut

Meaning of “shut”

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

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
105 occurrences102 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:16

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Job 3:10
Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:10 · retained source text

Because it shut not vp the doores of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe from mine eyes.

Job 11:10
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 11:10 · retained source text

If he cut off, and shut vp, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

1611 marginal noteOr, make a change.

1611 marginal noteHebr. who can turne him away?

Job 38:8
Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 38:8 · retained source text

Or who shut vp the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as if it had issued out of the wombe?

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.9.

Job 41:15
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 41:15 · retained source text

His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strong pieces of shields.

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