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straight

Meaning of “straight”

1. Direct and not crooked, or proceeding without turning aside. 2. Upright, right, or made right.

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First occurrence: Joshua 6:5

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Joshua 6:5
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 6:5 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe that when they make a long blast with the rammes-horne, and when ye heare the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout: and the wall of the citie shall fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp euery man straight before him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnder it.

Joshua 6:20
So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 6:20 · retained source text

So the people shouted when the Priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to passe when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell downe flat, so that the people went vp into the citie, euery man straight before him, and they tooke the citie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnder it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. 11.30.

1 Samuel 6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 6:12 · retained source text

And the kine tooke the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the high way, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left: and the lords of the Philistines went after them, vnto the border of Bethshemesh.

2 Chronicles 32:30
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:30 · retained source text

This same Hezekiah also stopped the vpper water-course of Gihon, and brought it straight downe to the Westside of the City of Dauid. And Hezekiah prospered in all his workes.

Psalms 5:8
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 5:8 · retained source text

Lead me O LORD, in thy righteousnesse, because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

1611 marginal noteHeb. those which obserue me.

Proverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 4:25 · retained source text

Let thine eyes looke right on, and let thine eye lids looke straight before thee.

Ecclesiastes 1:15
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 1:15 · retained source text

That which is crooked, cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbred.

1611 marginal noteHeb. defect.

1611 marginal noteCha.7.13.

Ecclesiastes 7:13
Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 7:13 · retained source text

Consider the worke of God: for who can make that straight, which hee hath made crooked?

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.15.

Isaiah 40:3
¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:3 · retained source text

¶ The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Prepare yee the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a high way for our God.

1611 marginal noteMat.3.3. mark. 1.3. luke 3.4. ioh.1.23.

Isaiah 40:4
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:4 · retained source text

Euery valley shalbe exalted, and euery mountaine and hill shalbe made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plaine.

1611 marginal noteOr, a straight place.

1611 marginal noteOr, a plaine place.

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