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sun

Meaning of “sun”

The great light that rules the day and gives light and heat.

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160 occurrences152 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:12

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Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:10 · retained source text

For the starres of heauen, and the constellations thereof shall not giue their light: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going forth, and the moone shall not cause her light to shine.

1611 marginal noteEzek. 32.7. ioel.2.31 and 3.15. matth.24.29. mar.13.24. luc.21.25.

Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 24:23 · retained source text

Then the Moone shall be confounded, and the Sunne ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reigne in mount Zion and in Ierusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

1611 marginal noteOr, there shalbe glory before his ancients.

1611 marginal noteChap.13.10. eze.32.7. ioel 2.31. and 3.15.

Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:26 · retained source text

Moreouer the light of the Moone shalbe as the light of the Sunne, and the light of the Sunne shall be seuenfold, as the light of seuen dayes, in the day that the LORD bindeth vp the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 38:8
Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 38:8 · retained source text

Behold, I will bring againe the shadow of the degrees which is gone downe in the Sunne-diall of Ahaz ten degrees backward: so the Sunne returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone downe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. degrees by, or with the Sunne.

Isaiah 41:25
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:25 · retained source text

I haue raised vp one from the North, and he shall come: from the rising of the Sunne shall he call vpon my name, and he shall come vpon princes as vpon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Isaiah 45:6
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 45:6 · retained source text

That they may knowe from the rising of the Sun, and from the West, that there is none besides me, I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 49:10 · retained source text

They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heate nor sunne smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, euen by the springs of water shall he guide them.

1611 marginal noteReu.7.16.

Isaiah 59:19
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 59:19 · retained source text

So shall they feare the name of the LORD from the West, and his glory from the rising of the sunne: when the enemie shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the LORD shall lift vp a standard against him.

1611 marginal noteOr, put him to flight.

1611 marginal noteReu.12.15.

Isaiah 60:19
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:19 · retained source text

The Sunne shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightnesse shall the moone giue light vnto thee: but the LORD shall be vnto thee an euerlasting light, & thy God thy glory.

1611 marginal noteReue.21.22. & 22.5.

Isaiah 60:20
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:20 · retained source text

Thy Sunne shall no more goe downe, neither shall thy moone withdraw it selfe: for the LORD shall bee thine euerlasting light, and the dayes of thy mourning shall be ended.

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