KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 11:1–2
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Genesis 11:1
1AND the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
1¶ And *the whole earth was of one †language, and of one †speach.
- Hebr. lippe.
- Heb. words.
- Wis. 10.5.
Genesis 11:2
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
2And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 11:1
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A tongue, or speech.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 11:2
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Travel by land to any distance and for any time, indefinitely.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Level or open land with little rise or depression; also clear, evident, simple, or unadorned, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
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Open the full verse study9For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
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Open the full verse study18¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
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Open the full verse study2And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
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Open the full verse study10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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Open the full verse study1AND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
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Open the full verse study11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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Open the full verse study11And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
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Open the full verse study11Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
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Open the full verse study9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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