2 Kings 6:6
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
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Swim
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Acts 27:43
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
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שָׂחָה
sâchâh · saw-khaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to swim; causatively, to inundate
Strong's KJV usage: (make to) swim.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 6:6Strong's last: Isaiah 25:11
Open full H7811 profile →κολυμβάω
kolymbáō · kol-oom-bah'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to plunge into water
Strong's KJV usage: :--swim.
Strong's first: Acts 27:43Strong's last: Acts 27:43
Open full G2860 profile →צוּף
tsûwph · tsoof
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to overflow
Strong's KJV usage: (make to over-) flow, swim.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 6:6Strong's last: 2 Kings 6:6
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H7811
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
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swim
SWIM, verb intransitive
1. To float; to be supported on water or other fluid; not to sink. Most species of wood will swim in water. Any substance will swim whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.
2. To move progressively in water by means of the motion of the hands and feet, or of fins. In Paris, boys are taught to swim by instructors appointed for that purpose. Isaiah 25:11.
Leap in with me into this angry flood,
And swim to yonder point.
3. To float; to be borne along by a current. In all states there are men who will swim with the tide of popular opinion.
4. To glide along with a smooth motion, or with a waving motion.
She with pretty and with swimming gait.
A hov'ring mist came swimming o'er his sight.
5. To be dizzy or vertiginous; to have a waving motion of the head or a sensation of that kind, or a reeling of the body. The head swims when we walk on high.
6. To be floated; to be overflowed or drenched; as, the earth swims in rain.
Sudden the ditches swell, the meadows swim
All the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Psalms 6:6.
7. To overflow; to abound; to have abundance.
They now swim in joy.
SWIM, verb transitive To pass or move on; as, to swim a stream. Deer are known to swim rivers and sounds.
Sometimes he thought to swim the stormy main.
1. To immerse in water that the lighter parts may swim; as, to swim wheat for seed.
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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