Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. and the euening was, and the morning was &c.
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20Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
20*Thus saith the LORD; If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, and that there should not be day, and night in their season:
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13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is.
13Euery mans worke shall be made manifest. For the day shall declare it, because it †shall bee reuealed by fire, and the fire shall trie euery mans worke of what sort it is.
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Genesis 1:5
The one true God.
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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.
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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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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Absence of light. Sense 2: Obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.
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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God diuided the †light from the darkenesse.
5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
5And God called the light, Day, and the darknesse he called Night: †and the euening and the morning were the first day.
Selected passage6¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
6¶ And God said, *Let there be a †firmament in the midst of the waters: and let it diuide the waters from the waters.