He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 107:29 · retained source text
He maketh the storme a calme: so that the waues thereof are still.
KJV dictionary & concordance
waves
Meaning of “waves”
Sense 1: Moving ridges or swells of water. Sense 2: Figuratively, overwhelming troubles or forces.
Definition sources
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26 occurrences26 verses13 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 22:5
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Every verse containing “waves”
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 48:18 · retained source text
O that thou haddest hearkened to my commandements! then had thy peace beene as a riuer, and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the sea.
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 51:15 · retained source text
But I am the LORD thy God, that diuided the sea, whose waues roared: the LORD of hosts is his Name.
1611 marginal noteIere.31.35.
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:22 · retained source text
Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?
1611 marginal noteIob.38.10, 11. psal. 104.9.
¶ Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:35 · retained source text
¶ Thus saith the LORD which giueth the Sunne for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moone and of the starres for a light by night, which diuideth the sea when the waues thereof roare, the LORD of hosts is his name.
1611 marginal noteGen.1.16
1611 marginal noteIsa.51.15
The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:42 · retained source text
The sea is come vp vpon Babylon: she is couered with the multitude of the waues thereof.
Because the Lord hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:55 · retained source text
Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voyce when her waues doe roare like great waters, a noise of their voice is vttered.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:3 · retained source text
Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come vp against thee, as the sea causeth his waues to come vp.
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 2:3 · retained source text
For thou hadst cast mee into the deepe, in the middest of the Seas, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes & thy waues passed ouer me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heart.
And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 10:11 · retained source text
And he shall passe through the sea with affliction, & shall smite the waues in the Sea, and all the deepes of the riuer shall dry vp: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought downe, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away.
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