Astray

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Astray - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ASTRA'Y, adv. [a and stray. See Stray.]

Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal and figurative sense. In morals and religion, it signifies wandering from the path of rectitude, from duty and happiness.

Before I was afflicted, I want astray. Psa 129.

Cattle go astray when they leave their proper owners or inclosures. See Deu 22.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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