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Job 38:29

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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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  1. Psalms 147:16–17Rank 1 from verse 29
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    16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.

    17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

  2. Job 37:10Rank 2 from verse 29
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    10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

  3. Job 38:8Rank 3 from verse 29
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    8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

  4. Job 6:16Rank 4 from verse 29
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    16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

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Job 38:29

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

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frost

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1. Freezing cold. 2. A hoary, ice-like deposit or covering produced by cold.

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heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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gendered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gender. Sense 1: To copulate or breed. Sense 2: To produce or bring forth as a result.

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28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

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30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

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