Rid, Riddance
Rid, Riddance
rid, ridans: Rid originally meant rescue (the King James Version Gen 37:22; Exo 6:6; Psa 82:4; Psa 144:7, Psa 144:11), whence the meaning remove or clean out (Lev 26:6 the King James Version, with riddance in Lev 23:22; Zep 1:18). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in Exo 6:6.