FOLD, n. See the verb, to fold.
1. A pen or inclosure for sheep a place where a flock of sheep is kept, whether in the field or under shelter.
2. A flock of sheep. Hence in a scriptural sense, the church, the flock of the Shepherd of Israel.
Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. John 10 .
3. A limit. Not in use.
FOLD, n.
1. The doubling of any flexible substance, as cloth complication a plait one part turned or bent and laid on another as a fold of linen.
2. In composition, the same quantity added as two fold, four fold, ten fold, that is, twice as much, four times as much, ten times as much.
FOLD, Heb. The primary sense is to fall, or to lay, to set, throw or press together.
1. To double to lap or lay in plaits as, to fold a piece of cloth.
2. To double and insert one part in another as, to fold a letter.
3. To double or lay together, as the arms. He folds his arms in despair.
4. To confine sheep in a fold.
FOLD, To close over another of the same kind as, the leaves of the door fold.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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