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winding

Meaning of “winding”

Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 1 Kings 6:8

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Every verse containing “winding”

KJV PCE
1 Kings 6:8
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 6:8 · retained source text

The doore for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went vp with winding staires into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shoulder.

Ezekiel 41:7
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 41:7 · retained source text

And there was an enlarging and a winding about still vpward to the side-chambers, for the winding about of the house went still vpward round about the house: therefore the bredth of the house was still vpward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middest.

1611 marginal noteHeb. it was made broader and went round.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Bending; twisting from a direct line or an even surface.

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