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stubble

Meaning of “stubble”

The dry stalks left after grain is cut or threshed, easily driven or burned.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences18 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 5:12

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Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:24 · retained source text

Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.

Isaiah 33:11
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 33:11 · retained source text

Yee shall conceiue chaffe, yee shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall deuoure you.

Isaiah 40:24
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:24 · retained source text

Yea they shal not be planted, yea they shall not be sowen, yea their stocke shall not take roote in the earth: and he shall also blow vpon them, & they shall wither, and the whirlewinde shall take them away as stubble.

Isaiah 41:2
Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:2 · retained source text

Who raised vp the righteous man from the East, called him to his foote, gaue the nations before him, and made him rule ouer kings? Hee gaue them as the dust to his sword, and as driuen stuble to his bow.

1611 marginal noteHeb. righteousnesse.

Isaiah 47:14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:14 · retained source text

Behold, they shall be as stubble: the fire shall burne them, they shall not deliuer themselues from the power of the flame: there shall not bee a coale to warme at, nor fire to sit before it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. their soules.

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The stumps or lower parts of grain stalks left in the ground after cutting with a scythe or sickle.

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