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summer

Meaning of “summer”

Sense 1: The warm season of the year. Sense 2: Fruit ripening or gathered in that season, or a dwelling used in it. Sense 3: As a verb, to pass that season in a place.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
27 occurrences27 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 8:22

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Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 6:8 · retained source text

Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.

Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 10:5 · retained source text

Hee that gathereth in Summer, is a wise sonne: but hee that sleepeth in haruest, is a sonne that causeth shame.

Proverbs 26:1
AS snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:1 · retained source text

¶ As snow in summer, and as raine in haruest: so honour is not seemely for a foole.

Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 30:25 · retained source text

The Ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meate in the summer.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.7

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Historical definitions

To pass the summer or warm season in a place.

volume 2, leaf 703, column 1 (main_dictionary)

The warmest season of the year; also the warmer portion of the year when it is divided into summer and winter.

volume 2, leaf 702-703, column 3-1 (main_dictionary)