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sky

Meaning of “sky”

The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
7 occurrences6 verses5 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 33:26

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “sky”

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Deuteronomy 33:26
¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 33:26 · retained source text

¶ There is none like vnto the God of Iesurun, who rideth vpon the heauen in thy helpe, and in his excellencie on the skie.

Job 37:18
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 37:18 · retained source text

Hast thou with him spread out the skie, which is strong, and as a molten looking glasse?

Matthew 16:2
He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 16:2 · retained source text

He answered, and said vnto them, When it is euening, yee say, It will bee faire weather: for the skie is red.

Matthew 16:3
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 16:3 · retained source text

And in the morning, It will be foule weather to day: for the skie is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, yee can discerne the face of the skie, but can ye not discerne the signes of the times?

Luke 12:56
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:56 · retained source text

Ye hypocrites, ye can discerne the face of the skie, and of the earth: but how is it that yee doe not discerne this time?

Hebrews 11:12
Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hebrews 11:12 · retained source text

Therfore sprang there euen of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 606