KJV dictionary & concordance
Saliva, the moisture or fluid of the mouth, especially when spat out.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Samuel 21:13
Complete exact-word concordance
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
And he changed his behauiour before them, and fained himselfe mad in their hands, and scrabled on the doores of the gate, and let his spittle fall downe vpon his beard.
1611 marginal noteOr, made markes.
How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
How long wilt thou not depart from me? nor let me alone till I swallow downe my spittle?
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spettle, and he anointed the eyes of the blinde man with the clay,
1611 marginal noteOr, spread the clay vpon the eyes of the blinde man.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Saliva; the thick moist matter which is secreted by the salivary glands and ejected from the mouth.
