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lid

Meaning of “lid”

A cover; that which shuts the opening of a vessel or box.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: 2 Kings 12:9

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2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:9 · retained source text

But Iehoiada the priest tooke a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the Altar, on the right side, as one commeth into the house of the LORD, and the priests that kept the doore, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. threshold.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A cover; that which shuts the opening of a vessel or box.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 59