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spring

Meaning of “spring”

1. To rise, emerge, grow, or come forth. 2. A source or outlet of flowing water. 3. The dawn or beginning of day. 4. New growth or shoots that spring from a plant.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
23 occurrences22 verses14 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Numbers 21:17

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Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:12 · retained source text

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse: a spring shut vp, a fountaine sealed.

1611 marginal noteHebr. barred.

Isaiah 42:9
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 42:9 · retained source text

Behold, the former things are come to passe, and new things doe I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 43:19 · retained source text

Behold, I will doe a new thing: now it shall spring foorth, shall yee not know it? I will euen make a way in the wildernesse, and riuers in the desert.

1611 marginal note2.Cor.6.17. reuel. 21.5.

Isaiah 44:4
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:4 · retained source text

And they shall spring vp as among the grasse, as willowes by the water courses.

Isaiah 45:8
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:8 · retained source text

Drop downe, ye heauens, from aboue, and let the skies powre downe righteousnesse: let the earth open, and let them bring forth saluation, and let righteousnesse spring vp together: I the LORD haue created it.

Isaiah 58:8
¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:8 · retained source text

¶ Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thine health shall spring foorth speedily: and thy righteousnesse shall goe before thee, the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall gather thee vp.

Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:11 · retained source text

And the LORD shal guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters faile not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. droughts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lye, or deceiue.

Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 61:11 · retained source text

For as the earth bringeth foorth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sowen in it, to spring foorth: so the LORD God will cause righteousnes and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Ezekiel 17:9
Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:9 · retained source text

Say thou, Thus saith the LORD God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaues of her spring, euen without great power, or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

Hosea 13:15
¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 13:15 · retained source text

¶ Though he be fruitfull among his brethren, an East winde shall come, the winde of the LORD shall come vp from the wildernesse, and his spring shall become drie, and his fountaine shalbe dried vp: he shall spoile the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vessels of desire.

1611 marginal noteEze. 19.12.

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