KJV dictionary & concordance
A sheltered, covered, shaded, or hidden place; a refuge, concealment, or protective covering.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 25:20
Complete exact-word concordance
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
And it was so as she rode on the asse, that she came downe by the couert of the hill, and behold, Dauid and his men came downe against her, and she met them.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he from the house of the Lord for the king of Assyria.
And the couert for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the kings entry without, turned hee from the house of the LORD, for the king of Assyria.
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
When they couch in their dennes, and abide in the couert to lie in waite?
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
He lieth vnder the shady trees in the couert of the reede, and fennes.
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
I will abide in thy Tabernacle for euer: I will trust in the couert of thy wings. Selah.
1611 marginal noteOr, make my refuge.
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
And there shalbe a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a couert from storme and from raine.
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Let mine outcasts dwel with thee, Moab, be thou a couert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressours are consumed out of the land.
1611 marginal noteHeb. wringer.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the treaders downe.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the winde, and a couert from the tempest: as riuers of water in a drie place, as the shadow of a great rocke in a wearie land.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heauie.
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
He hath forsaken his couert, as the Lyon: for their land is desolate, because of the fiercenesse of the oppressour, and because of his fierce anger.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a desolation.
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Historical English dictionary sources
a shelter, hiding-place.
