KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 115:5–7
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Psalms 115:5
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.
Psalms 115:6
6They 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.
Psalms 115:7
7They 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.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 115:5
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, judgment, or presence, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Psalms 115:6
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The projecting part of the face containing the nostrils and serving chiefly for smell and breathing.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Scent or odor; as a verb, to perceive by the nose or to give off an odor.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Psalms 115:7
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To utter words; to say, declare, address, or communicate by speech.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study5They 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.
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