KJV dictionary & concordance
Extending, unfolding, dispersing, or causing to cover a wider space.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Leviticus 13:57
Complete exact-word concordance
And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.
And if it appeare still in the garment, either in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing of skinne, it is a spreading plague, thou shalt burne that wherein the plague is, with fire.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
I haue seene the wicked in great power: and spreading himselfe like a greene bay tree.
1611 marginal noteOr, a greeve tree, that groweth him owne soyle.
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
And it grew, and became a spreading Uine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were vnder him: so it became a Uine, and brought forth branches, and shot foorth sprigges.
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the middest of the sea: for I haue spoken it, saith the LORD God, and it shall become a spoile to the nations.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The act of extending.
