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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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Ezekiel 32:7
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:7 · retained source text

And when I shall put thee out, I wil couer the heauen, and make the starres thereof darke: I will couer the sunne with a cloud, and the moone shall not giue her light.

1611 marginal noteOr, extinguish.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 13.10. ioel.2.31. and 3.15. matth. 24.29.

Daniel 6:14
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 6:14 · retained source text

Then the king, when hee heard these wordes, was sore displeased with himselfe, and set his heart on Daniel to deliuer him: and he laboured till the going downe of the sunne, to deliuer him.

Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:10 · retained source text

The earth shall quake before them, the heauens shall tremble, the Sun & the Moone shall be darke, & the starres shall withdrawe their shining.

1611 marginal noteIsai.13.10. ezech. 32.2.

Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:31 · retained source text

The Sunne shall be turned into darkenesse, and the Moone into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

1611 marginal noteCha. 3.15

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 3:15 · retained source text

The Sunne and the Moone shall be darkened, and the starres shall withdraw their shining.

1611 marginal noteCha.2.31.

Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 8:9 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the LORD God, that I will cause the Sunne to go downe at noone, and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.

Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 4:8 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue.

1611 marginal noteOr, silent.

Micah 3:6
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 3:6 · retained source text

Therefore night shall be vnto you, that yee shall not haue a vision, and it shall be darke vnto you, that yee shall not diuine, and the Sunne shall goe downe ouer the Prophets, and the day shall be darke ouer them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from a vision.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from diuining.

Nahum 3:17
Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nahum 3:17 · retained source text

The crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grashoppers which campe in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sunne ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not knowen where they are.

Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:11 · retained source text

The Sunne and Moone stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrowes they went, and at the shining of thy glittering speare.

1611 marginal noteOr, thine arrowes walked in the light, &c.

1611 marginal noteIosh.10.12.

1611 marginal noteIosh.10.11.

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