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Psalms 48:7

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Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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  1. Jeremiah 18:17Rank 1 from verse 7
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    17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

  2. 1 Kings 22:48Rank 2 from verse 7
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    48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

  3. Ezekiel 27:25–26Rank 3 from verse 7
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    25The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

    26¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

  4. 1 Kings 10:22Rank 4 from verse 7
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    22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

  5. Isaiah 2:16Rank 5 from verse 7
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    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

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Psalms 48:7

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

COMBINED MEANING

breakest

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Second-person singular present form of break. Sense 1: To separate, fracture, burst, or open. Sense 2: To interrupt or violate. Sense 3: To subdue. Sense 4: To burst forth.

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COMBINED MEANING

east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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wind

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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

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8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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