KJV dictionary & concordance
To observe, search out, spy out, or examine a place in order to learn its condition.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 1:23
Complete exact-word concordance
And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
And the house of Ioseph sent to descrie Bethel (now the name of the citie before was Luz)
1611 marginal noteGen. 28.19.
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1 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To spy out; to reconnoitre.
1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation. The house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judges 1:23. 2. To detect; to find out; to discover any thing concealed. 3. To see; to behold; to have a sight of from a distance; as, the seamen descried land. 4. To give notice of something suddenly discovered. DESCRY, noun Discovery; thing descovered.
