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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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Ecclesiastes 9:13
¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:13 · retained source text

¶ This wisedome haue I seene also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed great vnto me:

Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 10:5 · retained source text

There is an euill which I haue seene vnder the Sunne, as an errour, which proceedeth from the ruler.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from before.

Ecclesiastes 12:2
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:2 · retained source text

While the Sunne, or the light, or the moone, or the starres be not darkened, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

Song of Solomon 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 1:6 · retained source text

Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept.

Song of Solomon 6:10
¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:10 · retained source text

¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, faire as the moone, cleare as the sunne, and terrible as an armie with banners?

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.

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