Rid Riddance (ISBE)

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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 .