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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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Isaiah 42:16
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 42:16 · retained source text

And I will bring the blinde by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in pathes that they haue not knowen: I wil make darkenesse light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I doe vnto them, and not forsake them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. into straightnes.

Isaiah 45:2
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 45:2 · retained source text

I will goe before thee, and make the crooked places straight, I wil break in pieces the gates of brasse, and cut in sunder the barres of yron.

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:9 · retained source text

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I leade them: I will cause them to walke by the riuers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.

1611 marginal noteOr, fauours.

1611 marginal noteExod.4.22.

Ezekiel 1:7
And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:7 · retained source text

And their feet were straight feet, and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calues foot, and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brasse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a straight foot.

Ezekiel 1:9
Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:9 · retained source text

Their wings were ioyned one to another, they turned not when they went: they went euery one straight forward.

Ezekiel 1:12
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:12 · retained source text

And they went euery one straight forward: whither the spirit was to goe, they went: and they turned not when they went.

Ezekiel 1:23
And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:23 · retained source text

And vnder the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other, euery one had two which couered on this side, & euery one had two, which couered on that side their bodies.

Ezekiel 10:22
And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 10:22 · retained source text

And the likenesse of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the riuer of Chebar, their appearances and themselues: they went euery one straight forward.

Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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1611 witness · Matthew 3:3 · retained source text

For this is he that was spoken of by the Prophet Esaias, saying, The voyce of one crying in the wildernes, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

1611 marginal noteEsay 40.3. marke 1.3.

Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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1611 witness · Mark 1:3 · retained source text

The voice of one crying in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 40.3. luke 3.4. iohn 1.23.

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