Lectionary Calendar
Friday, April 19th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Nether

King James Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Net
Next Entry
Nethermost
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

NETHER, a. This word is of the comparative degree the positive occurs only in composition, as in beneath. It is used only in implied comparison, as in the nether part, the nether millstone but we never say, one part is nether than another. It is not much used.

1. Lower lying or being beneath or in the lower part opposed to upper as the nether millstone.

Distorted all my nether shape thus grew transformd.

2. In a lower place.

Twixt upper, nether and surrounding fires.

3. Belonging to the regions below.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Nether'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​n/nether.html.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile