Pair
Bible Usage:
- pair used 4 times.
- First Reference: Amos 2:6
- Last Reference: Revelation 6:5
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: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G2201 Used 1 time
PAIR, noun [Latin par; Heb. to join, couple or associate.]
1. Two things of a kind, similar in form, applied to the same purpose, and suited to each other or used together; as a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes; a pair of oxen or horses.
2. Two of a sort; a couple; a brace; as a pair of nerves; a pair of doves. Luke 2:24.
PAIR, verb intransitive To be joined in pairs; to couple, as, birds pair in summer.
1. To suit; to fit; as a counterpart.
Ethelinda,
My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
PAIR, verb transitive To unite in couples; as minds paired in heaven.
1. To unite as correspondent, or rather to contrast.
Glossy jet is paired with shining white.
PAIR, verb transitive To impair. [See Impair.]
PA'IRED, participle passive Joined in couples, fitted; suited.
PA'IRING, participle present tense Uniting in pairs; fitting.
PAIR-ROYAL, noun Three of a sort in certain games of cards.