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hairy

Meaning of “hairy”

Overgrown with hair; covered with hair; abounding with hair.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 25:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “hairy”

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Genesis 25:25
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:25 · retained source text

And the first came out red, all ouer like an hairy garment: and they called his name, Esau.

Genesis 27:11
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:11 · retained source text

And Iacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Genesis 27:23
And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:23 · retained source text

And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairie, as his brother Esaus hands: So he blessed him.

2 Kings 1:8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 1:8 · retained source text

And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loynes: and he said, It is Eliiah the Tishbite.

Psalms 68:21
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 68:21 · retained source text

But God shall wound the head of his enemies: and the hairy scalpe of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Overgrown with hair; covered with hair; abounding with hair.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 876