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close

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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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.

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