Rid; Riddance

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Rid; Riddance [1]

rid , rid´ans  : "Rid" originally meant "rescue" (the King James Version   Genesis 37:22;  Exodus 6:6;  Psalm 82:4;  Psalm 144:7 ,  Psalm 144:11 ), whence the meaning "remove" or "clean out" ( Leviticus 26:6 the King James Version, with "riddance" in   Leviticus 23:22;  Zephaniah 1:18 ). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in  Exodus 6:6 .

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