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King James Dictionary
The King James Dictionary© provides definitions for 837 words or phrases used in the King James Version of the Bible. This is provided to help one better understand the scripture which may contain words and phrases that are now archaic.
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Fathom |
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Approx. 6 Feet. |
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But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; And sounded, and found it twenty FATHOMs: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen FATHOMS. (Acts 27:27-28) |
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