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Psalms 147:15–18
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Psalms 147:15
15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
15He sendeth forth his commandement vpon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
Psalms 147:16
16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
16He giueth snow like wooll: he scattereth the hoare frost like ashes.
Psalms 147:17
17He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
17He casteth forth his yce like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
Psalms 147:18
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:15
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
commandment
An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed, as identified by the verse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Truly or in a high degree; as an adjective, true or real.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Rapidly; with celerity; with quick motion or velocity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:16
Frozen precipitation falling or lying in white flakes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Wool used in the verse as a comparison for whiteness, softness, or what a worm consumes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The powdery residue left after burning; also a sign of mourning, humiliation, or ruin.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:17
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Water frozen into a solid state.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Small pieces or portions, especially pieces of food.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To be upright, remain, endure, take a position, or present oneself.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Without warmth or heat; as a noun, coldness, chill, or cold conditions.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 147:18
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To make or become liquid or dissolved; to waste or lose substance; figuratively, to lose courage or strength.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To strike, sound, breathe, or move with wind; also a stroke or gust.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To move or run continuously as water; figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study12And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
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Open the full verse study20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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Open the full verse study1FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
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Open the full verse study29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Open the full verse study13And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
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Open the full verse study8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
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Open the full verse study9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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Open the full verse study4¶ But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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Open the full verse study25For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
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Open the full verse study11The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study6For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
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Open the full verse study29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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Open the full verse study8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
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Open the full verse study10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
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Open the full verse study9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
From verse 17
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Open the full verse study29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
30The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
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Open the full verse study22Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
23Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
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Open the full verse study9Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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Open the full verse study47He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.
48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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Open the full verse study23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
24So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
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Open the full verse study11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
From verse 18
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Open the full verse study15He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
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Open the full verse study9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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Open the full verse study10By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
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Open the full verse study16Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
17What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
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Open the full verse study20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
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Open the full verse study17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
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