Uncover
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To remove the covers from dishes, or the like.
(2): ( v. t.) To divest of the hat or cap; to bare the head of; as, to uncover one's head; to uncover one's self.
(3): ( v. t.) To take the cover from; to divest of covering; as, to uncover a box, bed, house, or the like; to uncover one's body.
(4): ( v. t.) To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
(5): ( v. i.) To take off the hat or cap; to bare the head in token of respect.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
signifies "to unroof" (apo, from, stege, "a roof"), Mark 2:4 .
King James Dictionary [3]
1. To divest of a cover to remove any covering from a word of general use. 2. To deprive of clothes to strip to make naked. 3. To unroof as a building. 4. To take off the hat or cap to bare the head. 5. To strip of a vail, or of any thing that conceals to lay open to disclose to view.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
Isaiah 47:3 (a) The Lord is informing Israel that He will strip them as a nation so that their conveniences will be taken from them, their comforts of living, their prestige and power, and they will be left helpless before their enemies. (See also Jeremiah 49:10).
