KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of climb, meaning to mount or ascend, with labor or a slow motion. To ascend by means of the hands and feet, implying labor, difficulty and slow progress.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 14:13
Complete exact-word concordance
And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
And Ionathan climed vp vpon his hands, and vpon his feete, and his armour bearer after him: and they fell before Ionathan; and his armour bearer slew after him.
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
And he ranne before, and climed vp into a sycomore tree to see him, for he was to passe that way.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and feet directly supplies the manner of ascent in this occurrence.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Ascended by the use of the hands and feet.
