Rid; Riddance rid, rid'-ans: "Rid" originally meant "rescue" (the King James Version Genesis 37:22, Exodus 6:6, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 144:7, Psalms 144:11), whence the meaning "remove" or "clean out" (Leviticus 26:6 the King James Version, with "riddance" in Leviticus 23:22, Zechariah 1:18). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in Exodus 6:6.