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For
CLERK
see under
TOWNCLERK
CLIMB UP
(
&
, 305), “to ascend,” is used of climbing up, in Luke 19:4 and
John 10:1. See
ARISE
.
CLOKE (Pretense)
1.
$
(
#
1
, 1942) is “a covering, a means of hiding” ( , “upon,”
$
, “to cover”); hence, “a pretext, a cloke, for wickedness,” 1 Pet. 2:16.¶ In the
Sept. it is used in Ex. 26:14; 39:21, “coverings”; 2 Sam. 17:19; Job 19:29, “deceit.”¶
2.
(
$
, 4392), either from
, “before,” and
, “to cause to
appear, shine,” or, more probably, from
, and
, “to say,” is rendered “cloke” (of
covetousness) in 1 Thess. 2:5; “excuse” in John 15:22 (
KJV
“cloke”); “pretense” in Matt.
23:14; Mark 12:40; Luke 20:47 (
KJV
“show”); Phil. 1:18; “color” in Acts 27:30. It
signifies the assuming of something so as to disguise one’s real motives. See
PRETENSE
,
SHOW
.¶
CLOKE (Garment) For the various words for garments see
CLOTHING
.
CLOSE (Verb)
1.
$
(
"
, 2576), derived by syncope (i.e., shortening and assimilation of
to ) from
$
, i.e.,
, “down,” and
$
, from a root
$
, pronounced by
closing the lips, denotes “to close down”; hence, “to shut the eyes,” Matt. 13:15 and Acts
28:27, in each place of the obstinacy of Jews in their opposition to the gospel.¶
2.
$
(
"
, 4428), “to fold, double up,” is used of a scroll of parchment, Luke
4:20.¶ Cf.
$
, “to open up,” v. 17.¶
Notes:
(1) For “close-sealed,” Rev. 5:1, see
SEAL
.
(2) In Luke 9:36,
, “to be silent,” is translated “they kept it close,”
KJV
(
RV
,
“they held their peace”).
CLOSE (Adverb)
(
, 788), the comparative degree of
, “near,” is found in Acts 27:13,
of sailing “close” by a place.¶
For
CLOSET
see
CHAMBER
CLOTH
(
:1
, 4470) denotes “a ragged garment, or a piece of cloth torn off, a rag”;
hence, a piece of undressed “cloth,” Matt. 9:16; Mark 2:21.
Note:
For other words,
, See
LINEN
, Nos. 1 and 3.¶
CLOTHE
1.
$
(
!
, 294), “to put clothes round” (
, “around,”
$
, “to clothe”), “to invest,” signifies, in the middle voice, to put clothing on
oneself, e.g., Matt. 6:30; 11:8; Luke 7:25; 12:28.¶