DESCRY

de-skri': This word like "describe" came into the English through the French descrire (Latin, describere); it occurs only in the King James Version of Judges 1:23: "And the house of Joseph sent to Bethel." tur the verb thus translated, signifies "to explore" or "examine," and the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "sent to spy out."

8447. tor -- a plait, turn
... 2), standard (1), turn (2). chapman, sent to descry, be excellent, merchantman,
search out, seek, espy out. Or tor {tore}; from tuwr ...
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8446. tur -- to seek out, spy out, explore
... A primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or
reconnoitring -- chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man ...
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Some Hymns of Great Witnesses.
... How, Unapproached! shall mind of man Descry Thy dazzling throne, And pierce and
find Thee out, and scan Where Thou dost dwell alone? Unuttered Thou! ...
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Homer's Obligations to the Sacred Writers.
... The groaning presses foam with floods of wine. Here are the vines in early
flower descry'd. Here grapes discoloured on the sunny side,. ...
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The Time Shall Surely Come
... To mortals shall appear. II. Not in a lowly garb,. Shall we the Lord descry,. But
decked in glory like the sun,. That lights the morning sky. III. ...
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Seven Sanctified Thoughts and Mournful Sighs of a Sick Man Ready ...
... mariner rows with all his force to arrive at the wished port, and that the traveller
never resteth till he come to his journey's end, we fear to descry our port ...
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To the Rev. A. Brandram
... We were exerting ourselves to the utmost to weather the cape, which we could descry
by the lightning on our lee, its brow being frequently brilliantly lighted ...
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God's Attribute of Goodness Considered as Natural; the God of ...
... Now, when I survey the subject in its aspects of time, I nowhere descry it [2581]
from the beginning of material existences, or at the commencement of those ...
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The Personal History of Callistus; his Occupation as a Banker ...
... was anchored in the middle of the harbour; and as the ferryman was slow in his
movements, Callistus, who was in the ship, had time to descry his master at a ...
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For as Soon as He Understood that the Ignorant Multitudes were ...
... 5. And as the keen-sighted eagle in its heavenward flight is able to descry from
its lofty height the most distant objects on the earth: so did he, whilst ...
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Overthrow of an Idol Temple, and Abolition of Licentious Practices ...
... And as the keen-sighted eagle in its heavenward flight is able to descry from its
lofty height the most distant objects on the earth, so did he, while residing ...
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They Shall He Mine, Saith the Lord. Mal 3:16-18
... Is noted in his book of grace. Against another day. For they, by faith, a day descry,.
And joyfully expect,. When he, descending from the sky,. ...
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1. (v. t.) To recognize; to discern; to discover; to spy out or discover by the eye; to espy.

2. (v. t.) To discover; to disclose; to reveal.

3. (n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.

Descry (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DESCRY. ... Multi-Version Concordance Descry (1 Occurrence).
Judges 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. ...
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Desecrate (9 Occurrences)

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Display (30 Occurrences)
... of publicity; to parade. 5. (vt) To make conspicuous by large or prominent
type. 6. (vt) To discover; to descry. 7. (vi) To make ...
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Descriptions (1 Occurrence)

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See (8256 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent
qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. ...
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Fortified (79 Occurrences)
... In later times watchmen were set on the tower over the gate to descry the approach
of friend or foe or messenger (2 Samuel 18:24), and the tower had chambers ...
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Fort (8 Occurrences)
... In later times watchmen were set on the tower over the gate to descry the approach
of friend or foe or messenger (2 Samuel 18:24), and the tower had chambers ...
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Fortress (75 Occurrences)
... In later times watchmen were set on the tower over the gate to descry the approach
of friend or foe or messenger (2 Samuel 18:24), and the tower had chambers ...
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Fortification (5 Occurrences)
... In later times watchmen were set on the tower over the gate to descry the approach
of friend or foe or messenger (2 Samuel 18:24), and the tower had chambers ...
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Cities (427 Occurrences)
... In later times watchmen were set on the tower over the gate to descry the approach
of friend or foe or messenger (2 Samuel 18:24), and the tower had chambers ...
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Descry (1 Occurrence)

Judges 1:23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
(KJV)

Descry

Desecrate (9 Occurrences)

Display (30 Occurrences)

Descriptions (1 Occurrence)

See (8256 Occurrences)

Fortified (79 Occurrences)

Fort (8 Occurrences)

Fortress (75 Occurrences)

Fortification (5 Occurrences)

Cities (427 Occurrences)

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