sunrising

  • 21sunrise — /sun ruyz /, n. 1. the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning. 2. the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this. 3. the time when half the sun has risen above the horizon. 4. the open or beginning stage of any period …

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  • 22Lebanon —    White, the white mountain of Syria, is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti Lebanon, and the… …

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  • 23Numbers 21 — 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt… …

    The King James version of the Bible

  • 24Numbers 34 — 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 …

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  • 25Joshua 1 — 1 Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses minister, saying, 2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto… …

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  • 26Joshua 13 — 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all …

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  • 27Judges 20 — 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,… …

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  • 28sunrise — n. 1. Dawn, sunrising, daybreak, peep of day, break of day, aurora, first blush of the morning. 2. East, Orient …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 29sunrise — sun•rise [[t]ˈsʌnˌraɪz[/t]] n. 1) astron. the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning 2) astron. the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this 3) astron. the time when half the sun has risen above the horizon •… …

    From formal English to slang