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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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Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 20:3 · retained source text

And cast him into the bottomlesse pit, and shut him vp, and set a seale vpon him, that he should deceiue the nations no more, till the thousand yeeres should bee fulfilled: and after that hee must be loosed a little season.

Revelation 21:25
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 21:25 · retained source text

And the gates of it shall not bee shut at all by day: for there shall bee no night there.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 60.11.

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