Genesis 41:23
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
And behold, seuen eares ‖withered, thin & blasted with the East wind, sprung vp after them.
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, small.
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- 2 Kings 19:26Rank 1 from verse 23
26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
26Therefore their Inhabitants were †of small power, they were dismayed and confounded, they were as the grasse of the field, and as the greene herbe, as the grasse on the house tops, and as corne blasted before it be growen vp.
- Genesis 41:6Rank 2 from verse 23
- Hosea 13:15Rank 3 from verse 23
15¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
15¶ *†Though he be fruitfull among his brethren, an East winde shall come, the winde of the LORD shall come vp from the wildernesse, and his spring shall become drie, and his fountaine shalbe dried vp: he shall spoile the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
7For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
7‖For they haue sowen the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewinde: it hath no stalke: the budde shall yeeld no meale: if so be it yeeld, the strangers shall swallow it vp.
- Hosea 9:16Rank 5 from verse 23
16Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
16†Ephraim is smitten, their roote is dried vp, they shall beare no fruite: yea though they bring foorth, yet wil I slay euen the beloued fruite of their wombe.
- Psalms 129:6–7Rank 6 from verse 23
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
6Let them bee as the grasse vpon the house tops: which withereth afore it groweth vp:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor hee that bindeth sheaues, his bosome.
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Genesis 41:23
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wither, meaning to dry up, fade, lose freshness or strength, or waste away.
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Having little thickness or extent from one surface to the opposite. Slim; small; slender; lean.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Blighted, withered, scorched, or damaged by a destructive force.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.
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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.
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Arose, grew, issued, or leaped forth.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
22And I saw in my dreame, and behold, seuen eares came vp in one stalke, full and good.
23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
23And behold, seuen eares ‖withered, thin & blasted with the East wind, sprung vp after them.
Selected passage24And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
24And the thin eares deuoured the seuen good eares: and I told this vnto the magicians, but there was none that could declare it to me.