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swoon

Meaning of “swoon”

To faint or lose strength.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Lamentations 2:11

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The KJV occurrence

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Lamentations 2:11
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:11 · retained source text

Mine eyes doe faile with teares: my bowels are troubled: my liuer is powred vpon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the children and the sucklings swoone in the streets of the citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, faint.

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Historical definitions

To faint or sink into a fainting fit.

volume 2, leaf 722, column 1 (main_dictionary)