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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.

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

First occurrence: Genesis 8:22

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Psalms 32:4
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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1611 witness · Psalms 32:4 · retained source text

For day and night thy hand was heauy vpon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Psalms 74:17
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
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1611 witness · Psalms 74:17 · retained source text

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made Summer and Winter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made them.

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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)