Genesis 8:7
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
And he sent forth a Rauen, which went foorth †to and fro, vntill the waters were dried vp from off the earth.
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- †Hebrew wordingHebr. in going foorth, and returning.
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Genesis 8:7
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
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The large, black fowl called a raven.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Away or back in the opposite direction, chiefly in the phrase to and fro, meaning repeatedly this way and that, back and forth, or from place to place.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dry, meaning to become or make free from moisture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.
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8:6¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
8:6¶ And it came to passe at the end of forty dayes, that Noah opened the window of the Arke which he had made.
8:7And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8:7And he sent forth a Rauen, which went foorth †to and fro, vntill the waters were dried vp from off the earth.
Selected passage8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
8:8Also hee sent foorth a doue from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground.
8:9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
8:9But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the Arke: for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and †pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke.
8:10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
8:10And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes; and againe hee sent foorth the doue out of the Arke.
8:11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
8:11And the doue came in to him in the euening, and loe, in her mouth was an Oliue leafe pluckt off: So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
8:12And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
8:12And hee stayed yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.