KJV dictionary & concordance

sweeping

Meaning of “sweeping”

Driving or passing over with force so as to carry things away, as a destructive rain.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 28:3

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Proverbs 28:3 · retained source text

A poore man that oppresseth the poore, is like a sweeping raine which leaueth no food.

1611 marginal noteHeb. without foode.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Passing over or driving along with force; carrying away.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 719