KJV dictionary & concordance
To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 7:16
Complete exact-word concordance
And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
And the men pursued after them the way to Iordan, vnto the foords: and assoone as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
NOW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
¶ Now Iericho was straitly shut vp, because of the children of Israel: none went out, & none came in.
1611 marginal noteHebr. did shut vp, and was shut vp.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To close itself; to be closed.
