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Saturday, November 2nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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HEM, n.
1. The border of a garment, doubled and sewed to strengthen it and prevent the raveling of the threads.
2. Edge border. Matthew 9
3. A particular sound of the human voice, expressed by the word hem.
HEM, To form a hem or border to fold and sew down the edge of cloth to strengthen it.
1. To border to edge.
All the skirt about
Was hemm'd with golden fringe.
To hem in, to inclose and confine to surround to environ. The troops were hemmed in by the enemy. Sometimes perhaps to hem about or round, may be used in a like sense.
HEM, To make the sound expressed by the word hem.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Hem'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/hem.html.
Entry for 'Hem'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/hem.html.
