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solemn

Meaning of “solemn”

Formally appointed or observed; sacred, grave, serious, or belonging to a set assembly, feast, or occasion.

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First occurrence: Leviticus 23:36

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Nehemiah 8:18
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 8:18 · retained source text

Also day by day from the first day vnto the last day, he read in the booke of the Law of God: and they kept the feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day was a solemne assembly according vnto the maner.

1611 marginal noteHeb. are straint.

Psalms 92:3
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
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1611 witness · Psalms 92:3 · retained source text

Upon an instrument of tenne strings, and vpon the psalterie: vpon the harpe with a solemne sound.

1611 marginal noteOr, vpon the solemne sound with the harpe. Hebr. Higgaion.

Isaiah 1:13
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 1:13 · retained source text

Bring no more vaine oblations, incense is an abomination vnto me: the new Moones, and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies I cannot away with; it is iniquitie, euen the solemne meeting.

1611 marginal noteOr, griefe.

Lamentations 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 1:4 · retained source text

The wayes of Zion do mourne, because none come to the solemne feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh: her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitternesse.

Lamentations 2:6
And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:6 · retained source text

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden, hee hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemne feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the King and the Priest.

1611 marginal noteOr, hedge.

1611 marginal notePsal.80.13. and 89.41. and isa. 5.5.

Lamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:7 · retained source text

The LORD hath cast off his Altar: hee hath abhorred his Sanctuarie: he hath giuen vp into the hand of the enemie the walles of her palaces: they haue made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemne Feast.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shut vp.

Lamentations 2:22
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:22 · retained source text

Thou hast called as in a solemne day my terrours round about, so that in the day of the LORDs anger, none escaped nor remained: those that I haue swadled and brought vp, hath mine enemy consumed.

Ezekiel 36:38
As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 36:38 · retained source text

As the holy flocke, as the flocke of Ierusalem in her solemne feastes, so shal the waste cities be filled with flocks of men, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHebr. flocke of holy things.

Ezekiel 46:9
¶ But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 46:9 · retained source text

¶ But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD, in the solemne feasts, he that entreth in by the way of the North gate to worship, shall goe out by the way of the South gate: and he that entreth by the way of the South gate, shall goe forth by the way of the North gate: he shall not returne by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall goe foorth ouer against it.

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