King James Version
Genesis 7:19 in the King James Version says “And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were cove...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.”
Genesis 7:19 · KJV
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
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“exceedingly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“exceedingly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“were covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that were under”
H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“the whole heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
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