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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H6160
That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
H6160
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
H6160
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
H6160
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
H6160
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
H6160
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
H4334
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
H4334
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
H4334
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
H4334
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
H4334
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
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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