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Closet

Closet * For CLOSET see CHAMBER

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Closet * For CLOSET see CHAMBER

Related meanings

Close (Adverb)

Close (Adverb) the comparative degree of anchi, "near," is found in Act 27:13 of sailing "close" by a place.

Close (Verb)

Close (Verb) derived by syncope (i.e., shortening and assimilation of t to m) from katamuo, i.e., kata, "down," and muo, from a root mu--, pronounced by closing the lips, denotes "to close down;" hence, "to sh...

Lo!

an aorist or point tense, marking a definite point of time, of the imperative mood of eidon, "to see" (taken as part of horao, "to see"), is used as an interjection, addressed either to one or many persons, e....

Set

Set "to cause to stand," is translated "to set" in Mat 4:5 (aorist tense in the best texts; some have the present, as in AV); Mat 18:2, Mat 25:33, Mar 9:36, Luk 4:9, Luk 9:47, Joh 8:3, Act 4:7, Act 5:27, Act 6...

Cage

Cage from phulasso, "to guard," denotes (a) "a watching, keeping watch," Luk 2:8; (b) "persons keeping watch, a guard," Act 12:10; (c) "a period during which watch is kept," e.g., Mat 24:43; (d) "a prison, a h...

Calf

Calf primarily denotes "anything young," whether plants or the offspring of men or animals, the idea being that which is tender and delicate; hence "a calf, young bull, heifer," Luk 15:23, Luk 15:27, Luk 15:30...

Call, Called, Calling

Call, Called, Calling derived from the root kal--, whence Eng. "call" and "clamor" (see B and C, below), is used (a) with a personal object, "to call anyone, invite, summon," e.g., Mat 20:8, Mat 25:14; it is u...

Calm

Calm primarily signifies "calmness, cheerfulness" (from a root gal--, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets), Mat...

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