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Ecclesiastes 1:6
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Ecclesiastes 1:6
6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
6The winde goeth toward the South, and turneth about vnto the North; it whirleth about continually, and the winde returneth againe according to his circuits.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Turns; changes direction, returns, converts, or changes from one state or course to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The northern direction, side, quarter, or region named by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
continually
Very often; in repeated succession; from time to time; without pause or cessation; unceasingly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Journeys or courses around a place; roundabout courses or regions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study8The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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Open the full verse study5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
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Open the full verse study17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
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Open the full verse study9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
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Open the full verse study25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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Open the full verse study29He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
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Open the full verse study13And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
14But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
15And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.
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Open the full verse study4¶ But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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Open the full verse study24¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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Open the full verse study27And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
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