Closet
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Joel 2:16
- Last Reference: Matthew 6:6
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
As used in the New Testament, signifies properly a storehouse (Luke 12:24), and hence a place of privacy and retirement (Matthew 6:6; Luke 12:3).
Used as a place for prayer
Matthew 6:6
CLOSET, noun s as z.
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; any room for privacy.
When thou prayest, inter into thy closet Matthew 6:6.
2. An apartment for curiosities or valuable things.
3. A small close apartment or recess in the side of a room for repositing utensils and furniture.
CLOSET, verb transitive s as z. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take into a private apartment for consultation.
CLOSETED, participle passive s as z. Shut up in a closet; concealed.
CLOSETING, participle present tense s as z. Shutting up in a private room; concealing.
CLOSET-SIN, noun Sin committed in privacy.