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COVER, L.
1. To overspread the surface of a thing with another substance to lay or set over as, to cover a table with a cloth, or a floor with a carpet.
The valleys are covered with corn. Psalms 65 .
The locusts shall cover the face of the earth. Exodus 5 .
2. To hide to conceal by something overspread.
If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me-- Psalms 139 .
3. To conceal by some intervening object as, the enemy was covered from our sight by a forest.
4. To clothe as, to cover with a robe or mantle to cover nakedness. 1 Samuel 28:14 . Exodus 28:42 .
5. To overwhelm.
The waters covered the chariots and horsemen. Exodus 14 .
Let them be covered with reproach. Psalms 71 .
6. To conceal from notice or punishment.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4 .
7. To conceal to refrain from disclosing or confessing.
He that covereth his sin shall not prosper. Proverbs 28 .
8. To pardon or remit.
Blessed is he whose sin is covered. Psalms 32 .
9. To vail, applied to women. 1 Corinthians 11 . To wear a hat, applied to men. Be covered, sir.
10. To wrap, infold or envelop as, to cover a package of goods.
11. To shelter to protect to defend. A squadron of horse covered the troops on the retreat.
And the soft wings of peace cover him around.
12. To brood to incubate as, a hen covering her eggs.
13. To copulate with a female.
14. To equal, or be of equal extent to be equivalent to as, the receipts do not cover the expenses a mercantile use of the word.
15. To disguise to conceal hypocritically.
16. To include, embrace or comprehend. This land was covered by a mortgage.
COVER, n.
1. Any thing which is laid, set or spread over another thing as the cover of a vessel the cover of a bed.
2. Any thing which vails or conceals a screen disguise superficial appearance. Affected gravity may serve as a cover for a deceitful heart.
3. Shelter defense protection. The troops fought under cover of the batteries.
4. Concealment and protection. The army advanced under cover of the night.
5. Shelter retreat in hunting.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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.
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Entry for 'Cover'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/cover.html.
Entry for 'Cover'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/c/cover.html.
