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shut

Meaning of “shut”

To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.

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105 occurrences102 verses28 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:16

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Daniel 6:22
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 6:22 · retained source text

My God hath sent his Angel, and hath shut the lyons mouthes that they haue not hurt me: forasmuch as before him, innocencie was found in me; and also before thee, O king, haue I done no hurt.

Daniel 8:26
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 8:26 · retained source text

And the vision of the euening, and the morning, which was tolde, is true: wherfore shut thou vp the vision, for it shalbe for many dayes.

Daniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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1611 witness · Daniel 12:4 · retained source text

But thou, O Daniel, shut vp the wordes, and seale the booke euen to the time of the ende: many shall runne to and fro, and knowledge shall bee increased.

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