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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Descry:

de-skri':This word like "describe" came into the English through the French descrire (Latin, describere); it occurs only in the King James Version of Jud 1:23: "And the house of Joseph sent to Bethel." tur the verb thus translated, signifies "to explore" or "examine," and the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders "sent to spy out."

King James Dictionary

Descry: To Spy Out.

And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. And the house of Joseph sent to DESCRY Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. (Judges 1:22-23)

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