Psalms 115:5–7
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
They haue mouths, but they speake not; eies haue they, but they see not.
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
They haue eares, but they heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not.
They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
They haue hands, but they handle not, feete haue they, but they walke not: neither speake they through their throat.
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- Jeremiah 10:5Rank 1 from verse 5
5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
5***They are vpright as the palme tree, but speake not: they must needes bee borne, because they cannot goe: be not afraid of them, for they cannot doe euil, neither also is it in them to doe good.
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Psalms 115:5
Sense 1: The opening used for eating and speaking. Sense 2: An opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Psalms 115:6
Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.
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The projecting part of the face containing the nostrils and serving chiefly for smell and breathing.
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Sense 1: Scent or odor. Sense 2: As a verb, to perceive by the nose or to give off an odor.
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Psalms 115:7
Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand. Sense 2: To treat or deal with.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of.
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The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
4*Their idoles are siluer and gold: the worke of mens hands.
5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
5They haue mouths, but they speake not; eies haue they, but they see not.
Selected passage6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
6They haue eares, but they heare not: noses haue they, but they smell not.
Selected passage7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
7They haue hands, but they handle not, feete haue they, but they walke not: neither speake they through their throat.
Selected passage8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.
8They that make them are like vnto them: so is euery one that trusteth in them.