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wasteness

Meaning of “wasteness”

Desolation or a laid-waste condition.

Definition sources

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1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Zephaniah 1:15

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The KJV occurrence

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Zephaniah 1:15
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That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:15 · retained source text

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distresse, a day of wastenesse and desolation, a day of darknesse and gloominesse, a day of cloudes and thicke darkenesse;

1611 marginal noteIere.30.7. ioel 2.11. amos 5.18.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Zephaniah 1:15

Wasteness is directly paired with desolation in the day of the Lord, supplying a laid-waste condition.