the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Hide
King James Dictionary
or HIDE, pret. hid pp. hid, hidden.
1. To conceal to withhold or withdraw from sight to place in any state or position in which the view is intercepted from the object. The intervention of the moon between the earth and the sun hides the latter from our sight. The people in Turkey hide their grain in the earth. No human being can hide his crimes or his neglect of duty from his Maker.
2. To conceal from knowledge to keep secret.
Depart to the mountains hide yourselves there three days. Joshua 2
Tell me now what thou hast done--hide it not from me. Joshua 7
3. In Scripture, not to confess or disclose or to excuse and extenuate.
I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. Psalms 32
4. To protect to keep in safety.
In the time of trouble, he shall hide me in his pavilion. Psalms 27
To hide the face from, to overlook to pardon.
Hide thy face from my sins. Psalms 51
To hide the face, to withdraw spiritual presence, support and consolation.
Thou didst hide thy face,and I was troubled. Psalms 30
To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe to secure protection.
The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself. Proverbs 22
HIDE, To lie concealed to keep one's self out of view to be withdrawn from sight.
Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide.
Hide and seek, a play of boys, in which some hide themselves and another seeks them.
HIDE, n. In the ancient laws of England, a certain portion of land, the quantity of which however is not well ascertained. Some authors consider it as the quantity that could be tilled with one plow others, as much as would maintain a family. Some suppose it to be 60, some 80,and others 100 acres.
HIDE, n. L. cutis Gr. either a peel, from stripping, separating, or a cover.
1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed more generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, &c.
2. The human skin in contempt.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Hide'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/h/hide.html.
