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Genesis 1:10

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And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
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  1. Deuteronomy 32:4Rank 1 from verse 10
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    4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  2. Psalms 104:31Rank 2 from verse 10
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    31The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

  3. Genesis 1:4Rank 3 from verse 10
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    4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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Genesis 1:10

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

dry

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Sense 1: Without moisture. Sense 2: To become or make free from moisture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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seas

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Great gathered bodies of water, including named salt waters, large lakes, and the waters collectively distinguished from dry land.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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9¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

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11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

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