1 Samuel 25:20
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
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Covert
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Jeremiah 25:38
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
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סֵתֶר
çêther · say'-ther
5 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Strong's KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, × disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:20Strong's last: Isaiah 32:2
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mêyçâk · may-sawk'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a portico (as covered)
Strong's KJV usage: covert.
Strong's first: 2 Kings 16:18Strong's last: 2 Kings 16:18
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miçtôwr · mis-tore'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a refuge
Strong's KJV usage: covert.
Strong's first: Isaiah 4:6Strong's last: Isaiah 4:6
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çôk · soke
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a hut (as of entwined boughs); also a lair
Strong's KJV usage: covert, den, pavilion, tabernacle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 25:38Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:38
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çukkâh · sook-kaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
a hut or lair
Strong's KJV usage: booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 38:40Strong's last: Job 38:40
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H5643
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
H4329
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
H5521
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
H5643
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
H5643
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
H4563
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
H5643
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
H5643
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
H5520
He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
English meaning and historical usage.
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covert
COVERT, adjective
1. Covered; hid; private; secret; concealed.
Whether of open war, or covert guile.
2. Disguised; insidious.
3. Sheltered; not open or exposed; as a covert alley, or place.
4. Under cover, authority or protection; as a feme-covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the influence and protection of her husband.
COVERT, noun
1. A covering, or covering place; a place which covers and shelters; a shelter; a defense.
A tabernacle--for a covert from storm and rain. Isaiah 4:6.
I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Psalms 111:1.
2. A thicket; a shady place, or a hiding place. 1 Samuel 25:20. Job 38:40.
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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