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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 2:22
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:22 · retained source text

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart wherein hee hath laboured vnder the Sunne?

1611 marginal noteChap.1.3. and 3.9.

Ecclesiastes 3:16
¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 3:16 · retained source text

¶ And moreouer, I sawe vnder the Sunne the place of iudgement, that wickednesse was there; and the place of righteousnesse, that iniquitie was there.

Ecclesiastes 4:1
SO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:1 · retained source text

¶ So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done vnder the sunne; & behold the teares of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter: and on the side of their oppressours there was power, but they had no comforter.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.

1611 marginal noteChap.5.7. &c.

Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:3 · retained source text

Yea better is he then both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seene the euill worke that is done vnder the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteIob 3.11, 16,21.

Ecclesiastes 4:7
¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:7 · retained source text

¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanitie vnder the Sunne.

Ecclesiastes 4:15
I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:15 · retained source text

I considered all the liuing which walke vnder the sunne, with the second child that shall stand vp in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:13 · retained source text

There is a sore euill which I haue seene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept for the owners therof to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:18
¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:18 · retained source text

¶ Behold that which I haue seene: It is good and comely for one to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the good of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for it is his portion.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there is a good which is comely, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the number of the dayes.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.24 and 3.12.

Ecclesiastes 6:1
THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:1 · retained source text

¶ There is an euill which I haue seen vnder the Sun, and it is common among men:

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