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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PRIVY; PRIVILY

priv'-i, priv'-i-li: These words are obsolete in modern English and are replaced by "secret," "secretly," rather than by the cognates "private," "privately." the Revised Version (British and American) usually has not altered the King James Version's use of the word, but in Psalm 11:2 has substituted "in darkness" and in Judges 9:31 uses "craftily," margin "in Tormah" (see TORMAH). In Ezekiel 21:14, the King James Version "entereth into their privy chambers," "privy" is a gloss, omitted in the Revised Version (British and American). "To be privy to a thing" (1 Kings 2:44 Acts 5:2) is simply "to know" it; in The Wisdom of Solomon 8:4, the Revised Version (British and American) has changed the phrase into "be initiated into."

Greek

856. aphedron -- a place of sitting apart, ie a privy, drain
... a place of sitting apart, ie a privy, drain. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: aphedron Phonetic Spelling: (af-ed-rone') Short Definition: a drain ...
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4894. suneidon -- to see together, hence to comprehend
... hence to comprehend. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: suneidon Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-i'-do) Short Definition: I know, consider, am privy to Definition ...
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609. apokopto -- to cut off
... cut off. From apo and kopto; to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the
privy parts) -- cut off. Compare katatome. see GREEK apo. see GREEK kopto. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8212. shophkah -- male organ
... privy member. Feminine of a derivative from shaphak; a pipe (for pouring forth,
eg Wine), ie The penis -- privy member. see HEBREW shaphak. 8211, 8212. ...
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2314. chadar -- to surround, enclose
... enter a privy chamber. A primitive root; properly, to inclose (as a room), ie (by
analogy,) to beset (as in a siege) -- enter a privy chamber. 2313, 2314. ...
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3045. yada -- to know
... know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to
be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X ...
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Library

Of God's Privy Doom: and that they that Fall Again be not Deemed ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER XXX OF GOD'S PRIVY DOOM: AND THAT THEY THAT FALL
AGAIN BE NOT DEEMED BY US: AND OF GREAT ARGUMENTS AGAINST PURCHASOURS. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xxx of gods privy.htm

"Two Parts of Truth: the Part that is Open: Our Saviour and Our ...
... For it is our Lord's privy counsel, and it belongeth to the royal lordship of God
to have His privy counsel in peace, and it belongeth to His servant, for ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xxx two parts of.htm

The Monk Nilus.
... Once, when he saw the archbishop with an imperial privy-councilor, many priests,
and government-officers, and several of the congregation coming towards him ...
//christianbookshelf.org/neander/light in the dark places/the monk nilus.htm

Subject Index
... Council, [2439]Edict of Privy Council, [2440]of Aries, [2441]of Cloves-hoo,
[2442]of Cloveshoo, 747 AD, [2443]of Laodicea, [2444]of Lyons, 1274 AD, [2445]of ...
/.../luckock/studies in the book of common prayer/subject index.htm

Knox and Queen Mary (Continued): 1563-1564
... encouragement to Jehus. At this date Ruthven was placed, "by Lethington's
means only," on the Privy Council. Moray especially hated ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter xvi knox and queen.htm

That a Very Contemplative List not Meddle Him with Active Life ...
... from thence she would not remove, for nothing that she saw nor heard spoken nor
done about her; but sat full still in her body, with many a sweet privy and a ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the seventeenth chapter.htm

The Cruelty of Herod Toward the Infants, and the Manner of his ...
... feet. 7. He suffered also from a similar trouble in his abdomen. Nay more,
his privy member was putrefied and produced worms. He ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter viii the cruelty of herod.htm

The Council of Tyre.
... by shameless women. The devisers of this calumny were put to shame, and
all the bishops who were privy to it, blushed. The woman ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xxviii the council of tyre.htm

The Teaching of Contemplative Life in Praying, Meditating, Fasting ...
... The soul goes up into this height whiles soaring by excess it is taken up above
itself, and heaven being open to the eye of the mind, it offers privy things to ...
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Acts iv. 36, 37
... But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and
kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xii acts iv 36.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.

2. (a.) Secret; clandestine.

3. (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.

4. (a.) Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.

5. (n.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.

6. (n.) A necessary house or place; a backhouse.

Thesaurus

Privy (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Assigned to private uses; not public; private;
as, the privy purse. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PRIVY; PRIVILY. ...
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Privily (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a privy manner; privately; secretly.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PRIVY; PRIVILY. priv'-i ...
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Draught (8 Occurrences)
... 17. (n.) A team of oxen or horses. 18. (n.) A sink or drain; a privy. 19. (n.) A
mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet. 20. ...
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Prize (13 Occurrences)

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Nakedness (50 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The condition of being naked. 2. (n.) The privy
parts; the genitals. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NAKED; NAKEDNESS. ...
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Necessary (75 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A privy; a water-closet. 6. (n.) Such things, in respect to infants, lunatics,
and married women, as are requisite for support suitable to station. ...
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Organ (6 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). Deuteronomy 23:1 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy
member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh. (See NAS). ...
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Latrine (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital,
etc. Multi-Version Concordance Latrine (2 Occurrences). ...
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Gong (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A privy or jakes. 2. (n.) An instrument,
first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and ...
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Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) Wearing apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. 3.
(n.) A privy. Multi-Version Concordance Wardrobe (4 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Privy (3 Occurrences)

Acts 5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 23:1 He who is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

1 Kings 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, "You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Subtopics

Privy

Related Terms

Privily (15 Occurrences)

Draught (8 Occurrences)

Prize (13 Occurrences)

Nakedness (50 Occurrences)

Necessary (75 Occurrences)

Organ (6 Occurrences)

Latrine (2 Occurrences)

Gong (1 Occurrence)

Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)