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Genesis 11:2
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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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Genesis 11:2
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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
The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · 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
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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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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