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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Read in context →The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Read in context →80 occurrences in 59 verses.
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These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.
kósmos · kos'-mos
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
Strong's KJV usage: :--adorning, world.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:8Strong's last: Revelation 13:8
Open full G2889 profile →têbêl · tay-bale'
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:8Strong's last: Nahum 1:5
Open full H8398 profile →aiṓn · ahee-ohn'
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Strong's KJV usage: :--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).
Strong's first: Matthew 12:32Strong's last: Hebrews 9:26
Open full G165 profile →oikouménē · oy-kou-men'-ay
land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
Strong's KJV usage: :--earth, world.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:14Strong's last: Revelation 12:9
Open full G3625 profile →ʼerets · eh'-rets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Strong's KJV usage: × common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Strong's first: Psalms 22:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:26
Open full H776 profile →ʻôwlâm · o-lawm'
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Strong's KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ( without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Strong's first: Psalms 73:12Strong's last: Isaiah 64:4
Open full H5769 profile →chrónos · khron'-os
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 1:9Strong's last: Titus 1:2
Open full G5550 profile →cheled · kheh'-led
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
Strong's KJV usage: age, short time, world.
Strong's first: Psalms 17:14Strong's last: Psalms 49:1
Open full H2465 profile →blépō · blep'-o
to look at (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed.
Strong's first: Revelation 17:8Strong's last: Revelation 17:8
Open full G991 profile →gē · ghay
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
Strong's first: Revelation 13:3Strong's last: Revelation 13:3
Open full G1093 profile →hólos · hol'-os
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Strong's KJV usage: :--all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
Strong's first: Revelation 16:14Strong's last: Revelation 16:14
Open full G3650 profile →chedel · kheh'-del
rest, i.e. the state of the dead
Strong's KJV usage: world.
Strong's first: Isaiah 38:11Strong's last: Isaiah 38:11
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If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
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WORLD, noun [This seems to be a compound word, and probably is named from roundness, the vault; but this is not certain.]
1. The universe; the whole system of created globes or vast bodies of matter.
2. The earth; the terraqueous globe; sometimes called the lower world
3. The heavens; as when we speak of the heavenly world or upper world
4. System of beings; or the orbs which occupy space, and all the beings which inhabit them. Hebrews 11:7.
God--hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things; by whom also he made the worlds. Hebrews 1:6.
There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their Almighty sovereign.
5. Present state of existence; as while we are in the world
Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world Psalms 73:12.
6. A secular life. By the world we sometimes understand the things of this world its pleasures and interests. A great part of mankind are more anxious to enjoy the world to than secure divine favor.
7. Public life, or society; as banished from the world
8. Business or trouble of life.
From this world-wearied flesh.
9. A great multitude or quantity; as a world of business; a world of charms.
10. Mankind; people in general; in an indefinite sense. Let the world see your fortitude.
Whose disposition, all the world well knows--
11. Course of life. He begins the world with little property, but with many friends.
12. Universal empire.
This through the east just vengeance hurld, and lost poor Antony the world
13. The customs and manners of men; the practice of life. A knowledge of the world is necessary for a man of business; it is essential to politeness.
14. All the world contains.
Had I a thousand worlds, I would give them all for one year more to devote to God.
15. The principal nations or countries of the earth. Alexander conquered the world
16. The Roman empire.
17. A large tract of country; a wide compass of things.
I must descry new worlds.
18. The inhabitants of the earth; the whole human race. John 3:16.
19. The carnal state or corruption of the earth; as the present evil world; the course of this world Galatians 1:4. Ephesians 2:2.
20. The ungodly part of the world
I pray not for the world but for them that thou hast given men. John 17:5.
21. Time; as in the phrase, world without end.
22. A collection of wonders. [Not in use.]
In the world in possibility. [All the precaution in the world would not save him.]
For all the world
1. Exactly. [Little used.]
2. For any consideration.
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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