Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Concealed; private; secret; disguised; as, covert actions.
2. (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
3. (v. t.) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
4. (n.) A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.
5. (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
COVERTkuv'-ert: Now seldom used, except for game, and then generally spelt "cover." "A covered way" (2 Kings 16:18 the King James Version); also a shelter of any kind (Isaiah 4:6); "a hiding place," "a lair," "a hut" (Job 38:40); "a place of secrecy," "a secret way" (1 Samuel 25:20 Job 40:21 Psalm 61:4 Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 32:2); "a den," "a lair" (Jeremiah 25:38).
Strong's Hebrew
5520. sok -- a thicket, covert, lair... 5519, 5520. sok. 5521 . a thicket,
covert, lair. Transliteration: sok
Phonetic Spelling: (soke) Short Definition: tabernacle. Word
... /hebrew/5520.htm - 6k 695. ereb -- a lying in wait, a covert, lair
... 694, 695. ereb. 696 . a lying in wait, a covert, lair. Transliteration:
ereb Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-reb) Short Definition: lair. ...
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5521. sukkah -- a thicket, booth
... booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. Fem of cok; a hut or lair --
booth, cottage, covert, pavilion, tabernacle, tent. see HEBREW cok. ...
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5643. cether -- a covering, hiding place, secrecy
... Definition: backbiting. backbiting, covering, covert, disguise, hiding place,
protection, secretly, Or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32 ...
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2665. chephes -- a device, plot
... Word Origin from chaphas Definition a device, plot NASB Word Usage plot (1). search.
From chaphas; something covert, ie A trick -- search. see HEBREW chaphas. ...
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4329. mesak -- portico
... Word Origin see musak. portico From cakak; a portico (as covered) -- covert. see
HEBREW cakak. 4328, 4329. mesak. 4330 . Strong's Numbers.
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3858. lahat -- a flame
... flaming, enchantment From lahat; a blaze; also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic
(as covert) -- flaming, enchantment. see HEBREW lahat. 3857, 3858. ...
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4679. metsad -- fastness, a stronghold
... Or mtsad {mets-awd'}; or (feminine) mtsadah {mets-aw-daw'}; from tsuwd; a fastness
(as a covert of ambush) -- castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition. ...
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4563. mistor -- place of shelter
... Word Origin from sathar Definition place of shelter NASB Word Usage protection
(1). refuge. From cathar; a refuge -- covert. see HEBREW cathar. 4562, 4563. ...
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4565. mistar -- a secret place, hiding place
... secretly, place. From cathar; properly, a concealer, ie A covert -- secret(-ly,
place). see HEBREW cathar. 4564, 4565. mistar. 4566 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library
John Chapter viii. 12
... Follow on in the same psalm: "But the sons of men shall hope under the covert of
Thy wings." Having now a salvation in common with their cattle, "the sons of ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xxxiv john chapter viii.htm
December 1 Morning
... DECEMBER 1 MORNING. A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and
a covert from the tempest."ISA.32:2. Forasmuch . . . as ...
/.../anonymous/daily light on the daily path/december 1 morning.htm
Accession of Cyrus to the Throne.
... expressed no resentment, still he had secretly felt an extreme indignation and anger,
and he had now, for fifteen years, been nourishing covert schemes and ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter v accession of cyrus.htm
The Hiding-Place
... THE HIDING-PLACE. '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 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the hiding-place.htm
Journey to Jerusalem. Ten Lepers. Concerning the Kingdom.
... or, There! for, lo, the kingdom of God is within you. [Romans 14:17. The
question of the Pharisees was doubtless a covert criticism. ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcv journey to jerusalem ten.htm
Letter C
... Received 1816 * Covel, Samuel "Received 1821 * Covel, Zenas "Received 1801, Located
1810 * Covenhoven, Peter "Received 1810 * Covert, Morris "Received ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter c.htm
Tennessee Justifying Her Procedure.
... deceived. If there are errors in this confession, why should any man who
has discovered them yet pretend to preach under its covert? ...
/.../bente/american lutheranism/tennessee justifying her procedure.htm
A Prince's Bride
... birds sang with poignant sweetness while the new-budded limbs of the oleanders tilted
suddenly under their weight as they circled from covert to covert. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter i a princes bride.htm
Book iv. --Of Marcion's Antitheses.
... 15 Large grace hath poured profusely; and to ope. To the saints' eyes the Bandit's
[1546] covert plague: Lest any untrained, daring, ignorant,. ...
/.../book iv of marcions antitheses.htm
The Revolt of Babylon.
... These measures were all concerted and carried into effect in the most covert and
secret manner; and the tidings came at last to Susa that Babylon had openly ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter vii the revolt of.htm
Thesaurus
Covert (18 Occurrences)... 1. (a.) Concealed; private; secret; disguised; as,
covert actions. 2. (vt) Sheltered;
not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a
covert nook.
...COVERT.
.../c/covert.htm - 12kLair (8 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 10:9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in
wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. ...
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Den (19 Occurrences)
... 11:8), "a light-hole," from 'or, "light," perhaps for me`arah; cokh (Psalm 10:9
the King James Version), and cukkah (Job 38:40), "a covert," elsewhere "booth ...
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Marsh (4 Occurrences)
... Can the flag grow without water?" and in Job 40:21 (of the behemoth), "He lieth
under the lotus-trees, In the covert of the reed, and the fen (bitstsah)." In 1 ...
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Spring (122 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to
shoot. 3. (vi) To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. ...
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Reed (41 Occurrences)
... the top of every reed. The "covert of the reed" (Job 40:21) shelters a large
amount of animal and bird life. This reed will answer ...
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Covers (50 Occurrences)
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Shadow (72 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 4:6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the
heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. ...
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Hiding (53 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 32:2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the
storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a ...
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Oppressing (11 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:38 He has left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an
astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword, and because of ...
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