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16 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- Genesis 20:18ISBE
For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.
- Numbers 5:13ISBE
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
- Numbers 24:3ISBE
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- Numbers 24:15ISBE
¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
- 2 Samuel 22:46ISBE
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
- 1 Chronicles 12:1ISBE
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
- Job 28:21ISBE
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
- Psalms 18:45ISBE
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
- Isaiah 29:10ISBE
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
- Jeremiah 22:15ISBE
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
- Ezekiel 40:16ISBE
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
- Ezekiel 41:16ISBE
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
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- Ezekiel 41:26 ISBE
- Amos 9:11 ISBE
- Luke 4:20 ISBE
- Luke 9:36 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
kloz, klos verb, adjective and adverb, (kacah, caghar; kammuo): Other words are charah, "to burn"; "Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar?" (Jer 22:15 the King James Version), the Revised Version (British and American) "strivest to excel in cedar," margin "viest with the cedar"; atsam, "to harden"; "Yahweh has closed your eyes" (Isa 29:10); gadhar, "to hedge" or "wall up" (Am 9:11); `atsar, "to restrain" (Ge 20:18). In Lu 4:20, ptusso, "to fold up." the Revised Version (British and American) has "was closed," margin "is opened," for "are open" (Nu 24:3,15), "closed" for "narrow" or "covered" (Eze 40:16; 41:16,26). To "keep close," sigao (Lu 9:36), the Revised Version (British and American) "held their peace." We have also "kept close" (the Revised Version (British and American) Nu 5:13; Hebrew cathar, "to hide"); also Job 28:21; "kept himself close," the Revised Version, margin "shut up" (1Ch 12:1); "close places," micgereth (2Sa 22:46; Ps 18:45 = "castles or holds shut in with high walls").
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.