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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_149278" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_149278" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk. </p> <p> (2): (n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. [[Egyptian]] obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A mark of reference; - called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To mark or designate with an obelisk. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) An upright, four-sided pillar, gradually tapering as it rises, and terminating in a pyramid called pyramidion. It is ordinarily monolithic. [[Egyptian]] obelisks are commonly covered with hieroglyphic writing from top to bottom. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A mark of reference; - called also dagger [/]. See Dagger, n., 2. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42819" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42819" /> == | ||
Jeremiah 43:13[[On]] | Jeremiah 43:13[[On]] | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53125" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53125" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Obelisk]] </strong> . See Pillar, <strong> 2 </strong> ( <em> c </em> ). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6793" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6793" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' ob´ḗ ''''' - ''''' lisk ''''' , ''''' ob´el ''''' - ''''' isk ''''' : A sacred stone or <i> ''''' maccēbhāh ''''' </i> . For <i> ''''' maccēbhāh ''''' </i> the Revised Version (British and American) has used "pillar" in the text, with "obelisk" in the margin in many instances ( Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 12:3; 1 Kings 14:23; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 10:1 , Hosea 10:2 , etc.), but not consistently (e.g. | <p> ''''' ob´ḗ ''''' - ''''' lisk ''''' , ''''' ob´el ''''' - ''''' isk ''''' : A sacred stone or <i> ''''' maccēbhāh ''''' </i> . For <i> ''''' maccēbhāh ''''' </i> the Revised Version (British and American) has used "pillar" in the text, with "obelisk" in the margin in many instances ( Exodus 23:24; Leviticus 26:1; Deuteronomy 12:3; 1 Kings 14:23; Hosea 3:4; Hosea 10:1 , Hosea 10:2 , etc.), but not consistently (e.g. Genesis 28:18 ). See [[Pillar]] . </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77414" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77414" /> == | ||
