1 Kings 7:5
And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
And all the ‖doores and postes were square, with the windowes: and light was against light in three rankes.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, spaces and pillars were square in prospect.
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1 Kings 7:5
Sense 1: Upright supports or doorposts. Sense 2: Messengers or couriers sent swiftly.
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Sense 1: Having four equal sides and right angles; also fitting, even, or in agreement. Sense 2: To make square or even in form.
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Sense 1: Openings in walls or structures that admit light, air, sight, or passage. Sense 2: Figures of openings in heaven.
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Sense 1: Brightness or illumination. Sense 2: A source or opening that gives light. Sense 3: Figuratively, truth, knowledge, revelation, life, or favour contrasted with darkness. Sense 4: To illuminate or kindle. Sense 5: To alight or come upon. Sense 6: Slight, easy, swift, or not heavy.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Rows, orders, positions, or classes.
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4And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
4And there were windowes in three rowes, and †light was against light in three rankes.
5And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
5And all the ‖doores and postes were square, with the windowes: and light was against light in three rankes.
Selected passage6¶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
6¶ And he made a porch of pillars, the length thereof was fiftie cubites, and the breadth thereof thirtie cubites: and the porch was ‖before them: and the other pillars, and the thicke beame were ‖before them.