Deck

To deck ( = Lat. tegere, Ger. decken, Eng. thatch) is simply ' to cover,' hence the ' deck ' of a ship. Thus Cov. has (Hag 1') ' Ye decke youre selves, but ye are not warme (Gen., AV, and RV ' Ye clothe you '). In this sense possibly is Pr 7" ' I have decked my bed ^vith coverings of tapestry ' ('P";31, LXX rircLKa, Vulg. intexui). But Luther has ' Ich habe mein Bette schon geschmikket, Wye.

' I have arayed,' and it is certain that by 1611 'deck' had taken on the sense of decorate, no doubt through confusion with that word, with which it has no proper connexion. Thus Pr. Bk. (1552) Com. Service (Keeling, p. 191), 'when a man hath pre- pared a rich feast, decked his table with all kind of provision, so that there lacketh nothing but the guests to sit down.' In this sense 'deck' is used elsewhere in AV. J. Hastings. DECL&BE, DECLARATION The oldest mean- ing of the vb.

' declare ' is to make clear (de-clarus), explain, expound, as in the Title of Ty lie's ed. of Tindale's NT, • declaryng many harde places con- teyned in the texte.' So perhaps Dt 1' (see Driver). Elsewhere in AV ' declare ' is the tr. of a great number of different Heb. and Gr. words, but its meaning is probably never more precise than ' make known, as Hs 50° ' the heavens shall d. his right- eousness,' Ac 17" 'Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him d.

I unto you ' (RV ' set forth '), Ro 1 ' declared to be the Son of God with power . . by the resurrection from the dead.' And this is the meaning of declaration in its few occurrences, Job 13", Est 10«(RV 'full account '), Sir 43", Lk 1' (RV ' narrative'), 2 Co 8" (RV to shew '). J. Hastings.