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wax

Meaning of “wax”

To grow, increase, or become.

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24 occurrences23 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 22:24

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Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 22:14 · retained source text

I am powred out like water, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like waxe, it is melted in the middest of my bowels.

1611 marginal noteOr, sundred.

Psalms 68:2
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 68:2 · retained source text

As smoke is driuen away, so driue them away: as waxe melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Psalms 97:5
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 97:5 · retained source text

The hilles melted like waxe at the presence of the LORD: at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.

Psalms 102:26
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 102:26 · retained source text

They shall perish, but thou shalt indure, yea all of them shall waxe old like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shalbe changed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stand

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