KJV dictionary & concordance
A private or inner room.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Joel 2:16
Complete exact-word concordance
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Gather the people: sanctifie the congregation: assemble the elders: gather the children, and those that sucke the breasts: let the bridegroome goe forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray to thy father which is in secret, and thy father which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Entering the closet, shutting its door, and praying in secret directly describes it as a private enclosed room. The description is not an exhaustive room definition.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
