Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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Matthew 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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ταμεῖον
tameîon · tam-i'-on
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a dispensary or magazine, i.e. a chamber on the ground-floor or interior of an Oriental house (generally used for storage or privacy, a spot for retirement)
Strong's KJV usage: :--secret chamber, closet, storehouse.
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Strong's first: Matthew 6:6Strong's last: Matthew 6:6
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chuppâh · khoop-paw'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a canopy
Strong's KJV usage: chamber, closet, defence.
Strong's first: Joel 2:16Strong's last: Joel 2:16
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Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
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closet
CLOSET, noun s as z.
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.
When thou prayest, inter into thy closet Matthew 6:6.
2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.
3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.
CLOSET, verb transitive s as z. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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