Topic
Discover
17 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 20:26ISBE
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
- 1 Samuel 14:8ISBE
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
- 1 Samuel 14:11ISBE
And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 22:6ISBE
¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
- 2 Samuel 22:16ISBE
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- Job 12:22ISBE
He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
- Psalms 29:9ISBE
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- Proverbs 18:2ISBE
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
- Isaiah 22:8ISBE
¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
- Isaiah 57:8ISBE
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
- Jeremiah 13:26ISBE
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
- Lamentations 2:14ISBE
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
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- Hosea 7:1 ISBE
- Nahum 3:5 ISBE
- Habakkuk 3:13 ISBE
- Acts 21:3 ISBE
- Acts 27:39 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 19 references
dis-kuv'-er: In modern usage the word "discover" signifies "to get first sight or knowledge of," "to ascertain," or "to explore." Such usage appears in 1Sa 22:6 of the discovery of David's hiding-place, where the Hebrew uses yadha`. In the King James Version the word "discover" often occurs in a sense now archaic or even obsolete. (Note in the cases cited below the Hebrew word is galah, except Jer 13:26 (chashaph, "to make bare") and Hab 3:13 (`arar, "to make naked").)
(1) "To exhibit," "uncover" (or "betray"), in which examples the English Revised Version also reads with the King James Version "discover"; the American Standard Revised Version "uncover" (Ex 20:26; Job 12:22; Isa 57:8 ("discovered thyself" the King James Version and the English Revised Version); Jer 13:26; La 2:14; Ho 7:1; Na 3:5).
(2) "To cause to be no longer a covering," "to lay bare" (2Sa 22:16 the King James Version).
(3) "To bring to light," "disclose" (1Sa 14:8,11 (the English Revised Version with the King James Version "discover")).
(4) "To unmask" or "reveal oneself" (Pr 18:2 the King James Version).
(5) "To take away the covering of" (Isa 22:8 the King James Version).
(6) "To lay bare" (Hab 3:13). In Ps 29:9, the King James Version reads: "The voice of the Lord .... discovereth the forests," where the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "strippeth the forests bare," i.e. "strippeth the forests of their leaves" (Perowne, The Psalms, I, 248); "strippeth bare the forests" (Briggs, Psalms, I, 251, 253).
In the New Testament (the King James Version), the word "discover" occurs as a translation of the Greek anaphanantes in Ac 21:3, and for katenooun in Ac 27:39, where the Revised Version (British and American) reads in the first instance "had come in sight of," and in the latter case "perceived."
W. N. Stearns
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.