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To drink by licking up liquid with the tongue in the manner of a dog (Judges 7:5-7 ). Gideon was to separate those who drank by cupping water in their hands and then lapping it up, still keeping watch, from those who knelt down to drink.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Lap (Verb)'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/l/lap-verb.html. 1991.

Bible Dictionaries Lap (Verb)

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Lap (Verb)