International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DESCRYde-skri': This word like "describe" came into the English through the French descrire (Latin, describere); it occurs only in the King James Version of Judges 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."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To recognize; to discern; to discover; to spy out or discover by the eye; to espy.
2. (v. t.) To discover; to disclose; to reveal.
3. (n.) Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance.
Strong's Hebrew
8447. tor -- a plait, turn... 2), standard (1), turn (2). chapman, sent to
descry, be excellent, merchantman,
search out, seek, espy out. Or tor {tore}; from tuwr
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... A primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or
reconnoitring -- chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man ...
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