Matthew 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
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Garnish
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Matthew 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
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κοσμέω
kosméō · kos-meh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)
Strong's KJV usage: :--adorn, garnish, trim.
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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
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garnish
G'ARNISH, verb transitive
1. To adorn; to decorate with appendages; to set off.
All within with flowers was garnished.
2. To fit with fetters; a cant term.
3. To furnish; to supply; as a fort garnished with troops.
4. In law, to warn; to give notice. [See Garnishee.]
G'ARNISH, noun Ornament; something added for embellishment; decoration.
Matter and figure they produce;
For garnish this, and that for use.
1. In jails, fetters; a cant term.
2. Pensiuncula carceraria; a fee; an acknowledgment in money when first a prisoner goes to jail.
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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