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Psalms 147:16
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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.
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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)
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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.
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