KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To descend, submerge, or fall below a surface or support. 2. Of words, to enter deeply into the hearing or understanding.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 69:2
Complete exact-word concordance
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
I sinke in deepe mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deepe waters, where the flouds ouerflow me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the myre of depth.
1611 marginal noteHeb. depth of waters.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Deliuer me out of the mire, and let me not sinke: let me bee deliuered from them that hate me, and out of the deepe waters.
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sinke, and shall not rise from the euill that I will bring vpon her: and they shall be wearie. Thus farre are the words of Ieremiah.
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
But when he saw the wind boysterous, he was afraid: and beginning to sinke, he cried, saying, Lord saue me.
1611 marginal noteOr, strong.
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
And they beckened vnto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and helpe them. And they came, & filled both the ships, so that they began to sinke.
Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
Let these sayings sinke downe into your eares: for the Sonne of man shall bee deliuered into the handes of men.
1611 marginal noteMatth. 17.22.
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