Joshua 15:2
And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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Bay
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Zechariah 6:7
And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
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לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn · law-shone'
3 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Strong's KJV usage: babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
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Strong's first: Joshua 15:2Strong's last: Joshua 18:19
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ʼâmôts · aw-mohts'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
of a strong color, i.e. red (others fleet)
Strong's KJV usage: bay.
Strong's first: Zechariah 6:3Strong's last: Zechariah 6:7
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And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
H3956
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
H3956
And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
no direct Strong's tag
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
H554
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
H554
And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
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bay
BAY, adjective [Latin badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay dark bay dappled bay gilded bay chestnut bay In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called brown.
BAY, noun
1. An arm of the sea, extending into the land, not of any definite form, but smaller than a gulf, and larger than a creek. The name, however, is not used with much precision, and is often applied to large tracts of water, around which the land forms a curve, as Hudson's bay Nor is the name restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but used for any recess or inlet between capes of head lands, as the bay of Biscay.
2. A pond-head, or a pond formed by a dam, for the purpose of driving mill-wheels. [ I believe not used in U.S.]
3. In a barn, a place between the floor and the end of the building, or a low inclosed place, for depositing hay.
In England, says Johnson, if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 feet broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn.
4. In ships of war, that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts.
5. Any kind of opening in walls.
BAY, noun [Gr. a branch of the palm tree.]
1. The laurel tree, Hence,
2. Bays, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown, bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
The patriot's honors, and the poet's bays.
3. In some parts of the U.States, a tract of land covered with bay trees.
BAY, noun A state of expectation, watching or looking for; as, to keep a man at bay So a stag at bay is when he turns his head against the dogs. Whence abeyance, in law, or a state of expectancy.
BAY, verb intransitive
1. To bark, as a dog at his game.
2. To encompass, or inclose, from bay We now use embay.
BAY, verb transitive To bark at; to follow with barking.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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