Genesis 6:16 KJV
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Words Then and Now
- cubit a measure of length, about eighteen inches Webster’s 1828 · Cubit
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Noah warned of the flood, The directions respecting the arkGod told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, Ps 25:14. It is with all believers,...
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Cross References
- Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
- Genesis 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
- 2 Samuel 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
- 2 Kings 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
- Ezekiel 41:16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
- Ezekiel 42:3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
- Luke 13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
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Topics
- Antediluvians Arts of Antediluvians
- Ark Directions for building of
- Art Carpentry
- Carpentry Building the ark of Noah
- Communion Noah
- Cubit A measure of distance
- Faith Noah, in building the ark
- Flood History of Flood
- God To Noah and his family, at the time of the flood
- Noah Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood
- Religion Noah
- Ship By Noah
- Window General scriptures concerning Window
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible2349–2348 BC · The Flood
Hebrew and Strong’s
- A window צֹהַר ṣōhar צֹהַר Noun · feminine singular
- shalt thou make תַּעֲשֶׂה taʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- to the ark לַתֵּבָה lattēbâ תֵּבָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- and in a cubit וְאֶל wĕʾel Preposition · with and אַמָּה ʾammâ אַמָּה Noun · feminine singular
- shalt thou finish תְּכַלֶנָּה tĕkalennâ כָּלָה Verb · piel imperfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- it above מִלְמַעְלָה milmaʿlâ מַעַל Adverb · with preposition, preposition, ending: toward
- and the door וּפֶתַח ûpetaḥ פֶּתַח Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
- of the ark הַתֵּבָה hattēbâ תֵּבָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
- shalt thou set תָּשִׂים tāśîm שׂוּם Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
- in the side thereof בְּצִדָּהּ bĕṣiddāh צַד Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person feminine singular
- lower תַּחְתִּיִּם taḥtiyyim תַּחְתִּי Adjective · masculine plural
- second שְׁנִיִּם šĕniyyim שֵׁנִי Ordinal number · masculine plural
- and third וּשְׁלִשִׁים ûšĕlišîm שְׁלִישִׁי Ordinal number · masculine plural · with and
- shalt thou make תַּעֲשֶׂהָ taʿăśehā עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular · with suffix: third person feminine singular
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