KJV dictionary & concordance
A secret manner; not openly or publicly.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 24:3
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
¶ And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, the Disciples came vnto him priuately, saying, Tell vs, when shall these things be? And what shall be the signe of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
And they departed into a desert place by ship priuately.
1611 marginal noteMat. 14.13.
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him priuately, Why could not we cast him out?
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, ouer against the Temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew asked him priuately,
¶ And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
¶ And the Apostles when they were returned, tolde him all that they had done. And hee tooke them, and went aside priuately into a desert place, belonging to the citie called Bethsaida.
1611 marginal noteMat. 14.13.
¶ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
¶ And he turned him vnto his disciples, and said priuately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that yee see.
1611 marginal noteMat. 13.16.
Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hand, and went with him aside priuately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
And I went vp by reuelation, and communicated vnto them that Gospel, which I preach among the Gentiles, but priuately to them which were of reputation, lest by any meanes I should runne, or had runne in vaine.
1611 marginal noteOr, seuerally.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A secret manner; not openly or publicly.
