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Couple [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Two of the same species or kind, and near in place, or considered together; as a couple of men; a couple or oranges. I have planted a couple of cherry trees. We cannot call a horse and an ox a couple unless we add a generic term. Of a horse and ox feeding in a pasture, we should say, a couple of animals. Among huntsmen and soldiers, brace is used for couple; as a brace of ducks; a brace or pistols. couple differs from pair, which implies strictly not only things of the same kind, but likeness, equality or customary association. A pair is a couple; but a couple may or may not be a pair.

2. Two things of any kind connected or linked together.

3. A male and female connected by marriage, betrothed or allied; as a married couple; a young couple

4. That which links or connects two things together; a chain.

Couple [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To embrace, as the sexes.

Couple [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To link, chain or connect one thing with another; to sew or fasten together.

2. Thou shalt couple the curtains with taches. Exodus 26:6 .

3. To marry; to wed; to unite, as husband and wife.

Couple [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

4. See Couple-close.

5. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

6. Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

Couple [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

2. To join in wedlock; to marry.

Couple [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To come together as male and female; to copulate.

Couple-beggar [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.

Couple-close [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

2. A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam.

Couple-closes [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Couple-close

Coupled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

United, as two things; linked; married.

Coupled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Couple

Couplement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Union.

Couplement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Union; combination; a coupling; a pair.

Coupler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.

Couplet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Two verses; a pair of rhymes.

2. A division of a hymn or ode in which an equal number or equal measure of verse is found in each part, called a strophe.

3. A pair; as a couplet of doves. [Not used.]

Couplet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.

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19 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “Couple”

Exodus 26:3

The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

Exodus 26:6

And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.

Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.

Exodus 26:9

And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.

Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.

Exodus 26:10

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

Exodus 26:11

And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.

Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.

Exodus 26:24

And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.

Exodus 36:10

And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.

And he joined five of the curtains together, and the other five he joined as well.

Exodus 36:13

And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.

He also made fifty gold clasps to join the curtains together, so that the tabernacle was a unit.

Exodus 36:16

And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.

He joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another.

Exodus 36:17

And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.

Exodus 36:18

And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.

He also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as a unit.

Exodus 36:29

And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.

coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. He made both corners in this way.

Exodus 39:4

They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.

They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.

2 Samuel 13:6

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 16:1

And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.

1 Kings 17:12

And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

Isaiah 21:7

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

Isaiah 21:9

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

1 Peter 3:2

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.