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<p> ''''' chām´bẽr ''''' - ''''' ing ''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> ''''' koı́tais ''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, <i> Clerk's [[Tale]] </i> , 766, a concubine. </p> | <p> ''''' chām´bẽr ''''' - ''''' ing ''''' : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English [[Versions]] of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , <i> ''''' koı́tais ''''' </i> (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in <i> Othello </i> , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, <i> Werner </i> , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, <i> Clerk's [[Tale]] </i> , 766, a concubine. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_2171"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/chambering Chambering from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_2171"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/chambering Chambering from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Chambering [1]
chām´bẽr - ing : Illicit intercourse; the rendering in English Versions of the Bible since Tyndale of κοίταις , koı́tais (literally "beds," Romans 13:13 ). The Greek usage is paralleled in classic authors and the Septuagint; like the English participle, it denotes repeated or habitual acts. The word is not recorded elsewhere in English literature as verb or participle in this sense; in Othello , iii, 3, a chamberer is an intriguer, male wanton, in Byron, Werner , IV, 1, 404, a gallant or carpet knight, and in Chaucer, Clerk's Tale , 766, a concubine.