Knit
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
(2): ( n.) Union knitting; texture.
(3): ( v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
(4): ( imp. & p. p.) of Knit
(5): ( v. i.) To be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
(6): ( v. t.) To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.
(7): ( v. t.) To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.
(8): ( v. t.) To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
(9): ( v. t.) To join; to cause to grow together.
King James Dictionary [2]
Knit, nit. pret. and pp. knit or knitted. L. nodo,whence nodus, Eng. knot.
1. To unite, as threads by needles to connect in a kind of net-work as, to knit a stocking. 2. To unite closely as, let our hearts be knit together in love. 3. To join or cause to grow together.
Nature cannot knit the bones, while the parts are under a discharge.
4. To tie to fasten.
And he saw heaven opened,and a certain vessel descending to him, as it were a great sheet knit at the four corners. Acts 10
5. To draw together to contract as, to knit the brows.
Knit, nit. To unite or interweave by needles.
1. To unite closely to grow together. Broken bones will in time knit and become sound.
Knit, n. nit. Union by knitting texture. Little used.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Judges 20:11 (c) Typical of union and cooperation between all the forces.
1 Samuel 18:1 (a) This is a beautiful picture of hearts that are joined sweetly and firmly together. (See also1Ch 12:17).
Colossians 2:2 (b) This figure indicates that each was willing for the other to be "on top" part of the time. In knitting, the threads take turns being "over" and "under" each other.
Colossians 2:19 (b) This is a figure to describe the fellowship of believing hearts. In knitting, one thread is over and then under, then over, then under. It indicates a willingness to be humbled and to have the low place part of the time, and to let the other person be exalted part of the time.
