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imagery

Meaning of “imagery”

Images or pictorial decoration.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ezekiel 8:12

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Ezekiel 8:12
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 8:12 · retained source text

Then said he vnto me, Sonne of man, hast thou seene what the ancients of the house of Israel doe in the darke, euery man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth vs not, the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.9.

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Historical definitions

decoration; chambers of i., rooms with walls decorated with paintings.

printed p. 269; PDF p. 289; Internet Archive leaf n288