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dē̇-skrı̄´: This word like “describe†came into the English through the French descrire (Latin, describere); it occurs only in the King James Version of : “And the house of Joseph sent to Bethel.†תּוּר, tūr the verb thus translated, signifies “to explore†or “examine,†and the Revised Version (British and American) correctly renders “sent to spy out.