Descry
Bible Usage:
- descry used once.
- Bible Reference: Judges 1:23
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H8446 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Descry
DESCRY, verb transitive
1. To espy; to explore; to examine by observation.
The house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judges 1:23.
2. To detect; to find out; to discover any thing concealed.
3. To see; to behold; to have a sight of from a distance; as, the seamen descried land.
4. To give notice of something suddenly discovered.
DESCRY, noun Discovery; thing descovered.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Descrying
DESCRYING, participle present tense Descovering; espying.