King James Bible Dictionary

Talkative.

1. The head of the sixteenth priestly order (1 Chronicles 24:14).

2. Jeremiah 20:1.

3. Ezra 2:37; Nehemiah 7:40.

4. Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61.

5. The father of Zadok (Nehemiah 3:29).

saying; speaking; a lamb

1. A family of priests
1 Chronicles 9:12; Ezra 2:37; Ezra 10:20; Nehemiah 7:40; Nehemiah 11:13

2. Head of a division of priests
1 Chronicles 24:14

3. Name of a man or town
Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61

4. Father of Zadok
Nehemiah 3:29

5. Father of Pashur
Jeremiah 20:1-2

(talkative).

1. The founder of an important family of priests. (1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:13) This family had charge of, and gave its name to, the sixteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 24:14) (B.C. 1014.)
2. Apparently the name of a place in Babylonia. (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61)

IMMERGE, verb transitive immerj'. [Latin immergo; in and mergo, to plunge.]

1. To plunge into or under a fluid. [See Immerse, which is generally used.]

2. verb intransitive To enter the light of the sun, as a star, or the shadow of the earth, as the moon.

IMMER'IT, noun Want of worth. [Not used.]

IMMER'ITED, adjective Unmerited. [Not used.]

IMMER'ITOUS, adjective Undeserving. [Not used.]

IMMERSE, verb transitive immers'. [Latin immersus, from immergo; in and mergo, to plunge.]

1. To put under water or other fluid; to plunge; to dip.

2. To sink or cover deep; to cover wholly; as, to be immersed in a wood.

3. To plunge; to overwhelm; to involve; to engage deeply; as, to immerse in business or cares.

It is impossible for a man to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyment of this.

IMMERS'ED, participle passive Put into a fluid; plunged; deeply engaged; enveloped in the light of the sun, as a star, or in the shadow of the earth, as the moon.

IMMERS'ING, participle present tense Plunging into a fluid; dipping; overwhelming; deeply engaging.

IMMER'SION, noun The act of putting into a fluid below the surface; the act of plunging into a fluid till covered.

1. The state of sinking into a fluid.

2. The state of being overwhelmed or deeply engaged; as an immersion in the affairs of life.

3. In astronomy, the act of entering into the light of the sun, as a star, so as to be enveloped and invisible to the eye; or the state of being so enveloped. Also, the entrance of the moon into the shadow of the earth, at the commencement of an eclipse; or the state of being enveloped in the shadow. It is opposed to emersion.

The time when a star or planet is so near the sun as to be invisible; also, the moment when the moon begins to be darkened, and to enter the shadow of the earth.