All 13 Uses of
privy
in
Old Testament
- 9:31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.†
Book 7.
- Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.†
Book 9.
- 10:8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.†
Book 19.
- 11:2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.†
Book 19.
- 31:4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.†
Book 19.
- 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?†
Book 19. *
- 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.†
Book 19.
- In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.†
Book 19.
- 1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.†
Book 20.
- 1:18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.†
Book 20.
- 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.†
Book 5.
- 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; 2:45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.†
Book 11.
- 21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.†
Book 26.
Definitions:
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(1)
(privy as in: privy to her real identity) informed about something secret or not generally known
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, privy can refer to a hidden place, outhouse, or toilet.