Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
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Plain
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Luke 6:17
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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עֲרָבָה
ʻărâbâh · ar-aw-baw'
22 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
Strong's KJV usage: Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also 1026.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 1:1Strong's last: Zechariah 14:10
Open full H6160 profile →מִישׁוֹר
mîyshôwr · mee-shore'
14 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
Strong's KJV usage: equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 3:10Strong's last: Zechariah 4:7
Open full H4334 profile →כִּכָּר
kikkâr · kik-kawr'
12 times translated as this KJV form68 total Strong's occurrences
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large [round] coin)
Strong's KJV usage: loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
Strong's first: Genesis 13:10Strong's last: Nehemiah 3:22
Open full H3603 profile →אֵלוֹן
ʼêlôwn · ay-lone'
7 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
an oak or other strong tree
Strong's KJV usage: plain. See also 356.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 12:6Strong's last: 1 Samuel 10:3
Open full H436 profile →בִּקְעָה
biqʻâh · bik-aw'
7 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a split, i.e. a wide level valley between mountains
Strong's KJV usage: plain, valley.
Strong's first: Genesis 11:2Strong's last: Amos 1:5
Open full H1237 profile →שְׁפֵלָה
shᵉphêlâh · shef-ay-law'
3 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
Lowland, i.e. (with the article) the maritime slope of Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley).
Strong's first: Jeremiah 17:26Strong's last: Zechariah 7:7
Open full H8219 profile →ὀρθῶς
orthōs · or-thoce'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
in a straight manner, i.e. (figuratively) correctly (also morally)
Strong's KJV usage: :--plain, right(-ly).
Strong's first: Mark 7:35Strong's last: Mark 7:35
Open full G3723 profile →πεδινός
pedinós · ped-ee-nos'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
level (as easy for the feet)
Strong's KJV usage: :--plain.
Strong's first: Luke 6:17Strong's last: Luke 6:17
Open full G3977 profile →אָבֵל
ʼâbêl · aw-bale'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a meadow
Strong's KJV usage: plain. Compare also the proper names beginning with Abel-.
Strong's first: Judges 11:33Strong's last: Judges 11:33
Open full H58 profile →בָּאַר
bâʼar · baw-ar'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to dig; by analogy, to engrave; figuratively, to explain
Strong's KJV usage: declare, (make) plain(-ly).
Strong's first: Habakkuk 2:2Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:2
Open full H874 profile →בִּקְעָא
biqʻâʼ · bik-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: plain.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:1Strong's last: Daniel 3:1
Open full H1236 profile →נָכֹחַ
nâkôach · naw-ko'-akh
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
straightforward, i.e. (figuratively), equitable, correct, or (abstractly), integrity
Strong's KJV usage: plain, right, uprightness.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 8:9Strong's last: Proverbs 8:9
Open full H5228 profile →סָלַל
çâlal · saw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
Strong's KJV usage: cast up, exalt (self), extol, make plain, raise up.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 15:19Strong's last: Proverbs 15:19
Open full H5549 profile →שָׁוָה
shâvâh · shaw-vaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to level, i.e. equalize; figuratively, to resemble; by implication, to adjust (i.e. counterbalance, be suitable, compose, place, yield, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, (be, make) equal, lay, be (make, a-) like, make plain, profit, reckon.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 28:25Strong's last: Isaiah 28:25
Open full H7737 profile →תָּם
tâm · tawm
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
Strong's KJV usage: coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 25:27Strong's last: Genesis 25:27
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H1237
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
H436
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
H3603
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
H3603
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
H3603
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
H436
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
H436
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
H3603
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
H3603
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
H3603
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
H3603
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
H8535
And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
English meaning and historical usage.
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plain
PLAIN, a. [L. planus; splendor. Gr. to wander.]
1. Smooth; even; level; flat; without elevations and depressions; not rough; as plain ground or land; a plain surface. In this sense, in philosophical writings, it is written plane.2. Open; clear. Our troops beat an army in plain fight and open field.3. Void of ornament; simple; as a plain dress. Plain without pomp, and rich without a show.4. Artless; simple; unlearned; without disguise, cunning or affectation; without refinement; as men of the plainer sort.Gen. 25.
Plain but pious christians--5. Artless; simple; unaffected; unembellished; as a plain tale or narration.6. Honestly undisguised; open; frank; sincere; unreserved. I will tell you the plain truth. Give me leave to be plain with you.7. Mere; bare; as a plain knave or fool.8. Evident to the understanding; clear; manifest; not obscure; as plain words or language; a plain difference; a plain argument. It is plain in the history, that Esau was never subject to Jacob.9. Not much varied by modulations; as a plain song or tune.10. Not high seasoned; not rich; not luxuriously dressed; as a plain diet.
11. Not ornamented with figures; as plain muslin.
12. Not dyed.
13. Not difficult; not embarrassing; as a plain case in law.
14. Easily seen or discovered; not obscure or difficult to be found; as a plain road or path. Our coarse is very plain. Ps.27.
A plain or plane figure, in geometry, is a uniform surface, from every point of whose perimeter right lines may be drawn to every other point in the same.
A plain figure, in geometry, is a surface in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface.
A plain angle, is one contained under two lines or surfaces, in contradistinction to a solid angle.
PLAIN, adv. Not obscurely; in a manner to be easily understood.
1. Distinctly; articulately; as, to speak plain. Mark 7.2. With simplicity; artlessly; bluntly.PLAIN, n.
1. Level land; usually, an open field with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as all the plain of Jordan. Gen.13.2. Field of battle.PLAIN, v.t. To level; to make plain or even on the surface.
PLAIN, v.i. [L. plango.] To lament or wail. [Not used.] [See Complain.]
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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