KJV dictionary & concordance
Drank by taking up water with the tongue.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 7:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
And the number of them that lapped putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed downe vpon their knees to drinke water.
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
And the LORD said vnto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped, will I saue you, and deliuer the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people goe euery man vnto his place.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
The numbered three hundred drink water by lapping, with the preceding verse describing the tongue action.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
