KJV dictionary & concordance
To set forth in words, copy, mark out, or represent plainly.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Joshua 18:4
Complete exact-word concordance
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
Giue out from among you three men, for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, & goe through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shal come againe to me.
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
Ye shall therfore describe the land into seuen parts, and bring the description hither to me: that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
¶ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
¶ And the men arose, and went away: and Ioshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Goe, and walke through the land, & describe it, and come againe to me, that I may here cast lots for you, before the LORD in Shiloh.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To delineate or mark the form or figure; as, to describe a circle by the compasses. […] To show or represent to others in words; to communicate the resemblance of a thing, by naming its nature, form or properties.
