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Greek

5558. chrusoo -- to gild, to cover with gold
... adorn, deck. From chrusos; to gild, ie Bespangle with golden ornaments -- deck.
see GREEK chrusos. (kechrusomene) -- 2 Occurrences. 5557, 5558. chrusoo. 5559 ...
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5269. hupozonnumi -- to undergird
... undergird, brace. From hupo and zonnumi; to gird under, ie Frap (a vessel with cables
across the keel, sides and deck) -- undergirt. see GREEK hupo. ...
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4721. stege -- a roof
... roof. Strengthened from a primary tegos (a "thatch" or "deck" of a building); a
roof -- roof. (stegen) -- 3 Occurrences. 4720, 4721. stege. 4722 . ...
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5257. huperetes -- an underling, servant
... 5257 (from 5259 , "under" and , "to row") -- properly, a rower (a crewman on a boat),
an "under-rower" who mans the oars on a lower deck; (figuratively) a ...
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2885. kosmeo -- to order, arrange
... Verb Transliteration: kosmeo Phonetic Spelling: (kos-meh'-o) Short Definition: I
put into order, adorn Definition: I put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7234. rabad -- to spread over, deck
... rabad. 7235 . to spread over, deck. Transliteration: rabad Phonetic Spelling:
(raw-bad') Short Definition: spread. ... deck. A primitive root; to spread -- deck. ...
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5710b. adah -- to ornament or deck oneself
... 5710a, 5710b. adah. 5711 . to ornament or deck oneself. Transliteration:
adah Short Definition: adorned. Word Origin a prim. root ...
/hebrew/5710b.htm - 5k

3302. yaphah -- to be fair or beautiful
... be beautiful, be fair, deck. A primitive root; properly, to be bright, ie (by
implication) beautiful -- be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck. ...
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3547. kahan -- to act as a priest
... 2), serving as priests (1). deck, be do the office of a, execute the, minister
in the priest's office. A primitive root, apparently ...
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5710. adah -- to pass on, advance
... 5709, 5710. adah. 5710a . to pass on, advance. Transliteration: adah Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-daw') Short Definition: adorn. adorn, deck self, pass by, take ...
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5600. sephinah -- a vessel, ship
... ship. From caphan; a (sea-going) vessel (as ceiled with a deck) -- ship. see HEBREW
caphan. 5599b, 5600. sephinah. 5601 . Strong's Numbers.
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7175b. qeresh -- board, boards
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition board, boards NASB Word Usage board
(17), boards (32), deck (1), frames (1). 7175a, 7175b. qeresh. 7176 . ...
/hebrew/7175b.htm - 5k

7425. Remalyahu -- father of King Pekah of Isr.
... Remaliah. From an unused root and Yahh (perhaps meaning to deck); Jah has bedecked;
Remaljah, an Israelite -- Remaliah. see HEBREW Yahh. 7424, 7425. ...
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6213. asah -- do, make
... advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy,
X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do ...
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7175. qeresh -- perhaps to tear down
... bench, board From an unused root meaning to split off; a slab or plank; by implication,
a deck of a ship -- bench, board. 7174b, 7175. qeresh. 7175a . ...
/hebrew/7175.htm - 5k

Library

On Deck
... ON DECK. When I was a boy I belonged to a baseball team in the village where
I lived, and when we played games with a team from another ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/on deck.htm

Affecting Incident at Sea.
... "My son, William Revell Moody, jumped from his berth and rushed on deck. ... "We knew
the ship was sinking when we came on deck, but there was no panic. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/affecting incident at sea.htm

Arria and Her Brother were Far from the Shores of Hellas and Near ...
... Brother and sister were reclining on the deck of their trireme. The tenth day of
their journey was near its end. ... He started to cross the deck and fell heavily. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 21 arria and her.htm

Voyage to China
... We parted; and she went on shore, giving me her blessing; I stood alone on deck,
and she followed the ship as we moved towards the dock gates. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter viii voyage to china.htm

The Olivet Message.
... Coming into Cleveland harbor one evening, just after nightfall, a number of passengers
were gathered on the upper deck eagerly watching the colored breakwater ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on power/the olivet message.htm

She Died for Him
... One night, as they were all asleep there sounded the dreaded cry of "Fire, fire!"
Everyone rushed on deck and the boats were soon filled. ...
/.../shaw/touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/she died for him.htm

Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. I Beseech You that Ye Walk ...
... Intent to reach our home. The body and the house. Deck not, but deck the heart.
With all your powers; we are but guests,. Ere long we must depart. ...
/.../lyra germanica the christian year/seventeenth sunday after trinity i.htm

Tempest and Trust
... captain of the vessel and the centurion, at which Paul assisted, strikes us, with
our modern notions of a captain's despotic power on his own deck, and single ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/tempest and trust.htm

On his Sister Gorgonia.
... of our departed one I leave to another, more scrupulous in adhering to the rules
of eulogy; nor will he lack many fair topics, if he wish to deck her with ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration viii on his sister.htm

The Potency of Prayer Hath Subdued the Strength of Fire...
... Dr. Clarke went on deck, and to his surprise found the vessel under sail, standing
on her right course. Nor did she change till she was safely at anchor. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter iv the potency of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To cover; to overspread.

2. (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

3. (v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

4. (n.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

5. (n.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

6. (n.) The roof of a passenger car.

7. (n.) A pack or set of playing cards.

8. (n.) A heap or store.

Thesaurus

Deck (8 Occurrences)
... embellish. 3. (vt) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. 4 ... ship. Small vessels
have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. 5 ...
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Guard (185 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. 13. (n.)
A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. 14. ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) An enclosure in the middle of a vessel's hold, around the pumps, from the
bottom to the lower deck, to preserve the pumps from damage and facilitate ...
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Waist (36 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of
a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the ...
/w/waist.htm - 17k

Decorate (5 Occurrences)
... (vt) To deck with that ... (See NAS). Jeremiah 10:4 They deck it with silver and with
gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (See NAS). ...
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Decked (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Deck. Multi-Version Concordance Decked
(10 Occurrences). Revelation 17:4 The woman was dressed ...
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Companion (44 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A fellow; -- in contempt. 4. (n.) A skylight on an upper deck with frames
and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. ...
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Adorn (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish;
to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive. 2. (n.) Adornment. ...
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Array (63 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) To deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. ...
(YLT). Job 40:10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. ...
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Housing (2 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or
within the vessel. 8. (n.) A covering or protection, as ...
/h/housing.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Deck (8 Occurrences)

Job 40:10 "Now deck yourself with excellency and dignity. Array yourself with honor and majesty.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 65:13 The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 4:30 You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; your lovers despise you, they seek your life.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Jeremiah 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 16:16 You took of your garments, and made for yourselves high places decked with various colors, and played the prostitute on them: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 23:40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; they have made thy benches of ivory inlaid in boxwood, from the isles of Kittim.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Jonah 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten it. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Deck

Related Terms

Guard (185 Occurrences)

Well (2882 Occurrences)

Waist (36 Occurrences)

Decorate (5 Occurrences)

Decked (10 Occurrences)

Companion (44 Occurrences)

Adorn (13 Occurrences)

Array (63 Occurrences)

Housing (2 Occurrences)