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window

Meaning of “window”

An opening or aperture in the wall or structure of a building, ship, or ark, admitting light, air, sight, passage, or access.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences16 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 6:16

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Genesis 6:16
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
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1611 witness · Genesis 6:16 · retained source text

A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Genesis 8:6
¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
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1611 witness · Genesis 8:6 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe at the end of forty dayes, that Noah opened the window of the Arke which he had made.

Genesis 26:8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
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1611 witness · Genesis 26:8 · retained source text

And it came to passe when he had bene there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistims looked out at a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Joshua 2:15
Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
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1611 witness · Joshua 2:15 · retained source text

Then shee let them downe by a coard thorow the window: for her house was vpon the towne wall, and she dwelt vpon the wall.

Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
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1611 witness · Joshua 2:18 · retained source text

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt binde this line of scarlet threed in the window which thou didst let vs downe by: and thou shalt bring thy father and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy fathers houshold home vnto thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. gather.

Joshua 2:21
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
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1611 witness · Joshua 2:21 · retained source text

And shee saide, According vnto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, & they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

Judges 5:28
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
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1611 witness · Judges 5:28 · retained source text

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattesse, Why is his charet so long in comming? Why tarie the wheeles of his charets?

1 Samuel 19:12
¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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¶ So Michal let Dauid downe thorow a window: and hee went and fled, and escaped.

2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 6:16 · retained source text

And as the Arke of the LORD came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window, and saw king Dauid leaping and dauncing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

2 Kings 9:30
¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:30 · retained source text

¶ And when Iehu was come to Iezreel, Iezebel heard of it, and shee painted her face, and tyred her head, and looked out at a window.

1611 marginal noteHeb. put her eyes in painting.

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An opening or aperture in a wall or structure for light, air, sight, or passage.

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