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Meaning of “close”

Sense 1: Shut, enclosed, or confined. Sense 2: Near or closely joined. Sense 3: To shut, fasten, enclose, end, or bring together with no opening.

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First occurrence: Numbers 5:13

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Numbers 5:13
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;
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1611 witness · Numbers 5:13 · retained source text

And a man lye 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 witnesse against her, neither she be taken with the maner;

2 Samuel 22:46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:46 · retained source text

Strangers shall fade away: and they shall bee afraid out of their close places.

1 Chronicles 12:1
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.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Now these are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag while hee yet kept himselfe close, because of Saul the sonne of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the warre.

1611 marginal noteHeb. being yet shut vp.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 27.1.

Job 28:21
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
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1611 witness · Job 28:21 · retained source text

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all liuing, and kept close from the foules of the ayre.

1611 marginal noteOr, heauen.

Job 41:15
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
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1611 witness · Job 41:15 · retained source text

His scales are his pride, shut vp together as with a close seale.

1611 marginal noteHeb. strong pieces of shields.

Psalms 18:45
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
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1611 witness · Psalms 18:45 · retained source text

The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Jeremiah 42:16
Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:16 · retained source text

Then it shall come to passe, that the sword which yee feared, shall ouertake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine whereof yee were afraid, shall follow close after you in Egypt, and there ye shall die.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shall cleaue after you.

Daniel 8:7
And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
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1611 witness · Daniel 8:7 · retained source text

And I saw him come close vnto the ramme, and he was mooued with choler against him, and smote the ramme, and brake his two hornes, and there was no power in the ramme to stand before him, but he cast him downe to the ground, and stamped vpon him, and there was none that could deliuer the ramme out of his hand.

Amos 9:11
¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
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1611 witness · Amos 9:11 · retained source text

¶ In that day will I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will raise vp his ruines, and I will build it as in the dayes of old;

1611 marginal noteHeb. hedge, or wall.

1611 marginal noteActs 15.16.

Luke 9:36
And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
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1611 witness · Luke 9:36 · retained source text

And when the voyce was past, Iesus was found alone, and they kept it close, & told no man in those dayes any of those things which they had seene.

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