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wind

Meaning of “wind”

Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.

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123 occurrences113 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:1

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Proverbs 25:14
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:14 · retained source text

Who so boasteth himselfe of a false gift, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in a gift of falshood.

Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 25:23 · retained source text

The North winde driueth away raine: so doeth an angrie countenance a backbiting tongue.

1611 marginal noteOr, The Northwinde bringeth foorth raine, so doeth a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 30:4 · retained source text

Who hath ascended vp into heauen, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his sonnes name, if thou canst tell?

1611 marginal noteIohn. 3.13. iob.38.4. psal.104.3 isa. 40.12.

Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 1:6 · retained source text

The winde goeth toward the South, and turneth about vnto the North; it whirleth about continually, and the winde returneth againe according to his circuits.

Ecclesiastes 5:16
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:16 · retained source text

And this also is a sore euill, that in all points as he came, so shall hee goe: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the winde?

1611 marginal noteChap.1.2.

Ecclesiastes 11:4
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 11:4 · retained source text

He that obserueth the wind, shall not sow: and hee that regardeth the clouds, shall not reape.

Song of Solomon 4:16
¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:16 · retained source text

¶ Awake, O Northwinde, and come thou South, blow vpon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out: let my beloued come into his garden, and eate his pleasant fruits.

Isaiah 7:2
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 7:2 · retained source text

And it was told the house of Dauid, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim: and his heart was moued, and the heart of his people as the trees of the wood are mooued with the wind.

1611 marginal noteHeb. resteth on Ephraim.

Isaiah 11:15
And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 11:15 · retained source text

And the LORD shall vtterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and with his mighty wind shall hee shake his hand ouer the riuer, and shall smite it in the seuen streames, and make men goe ouer dry-shod.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in shooes.

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