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stretch

Meaning of “stretch”

To extend, reach, or spread out, literally or figuratively.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
50 occurrences50 verses18 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 3:20

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Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:24 · retained source text

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heape.

Job 39:26
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 39:26 · retained source text

Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South?

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Historical definitions

To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line. To extend in breadth. To spread; to expand. To reach; to extend. To spread; to display.

volume 2, leaf 682, column 3 (transitive verb entry, senses 1-5)

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