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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62755" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62755" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Sheet]] n. L. schenda Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on L. scindo, Gr. </p> 1. A broad piece of cloth used as part of bed-furniture. 2. A broad piece of paper as it comes from the manufacturer. Sheets of paper are of different sizes, as royal, demi, foolscap, pot and post-paper. 3. A piece of paper printed, folede and bound, or formed in to a book in blank, and making four, eight, sixteen or twenty-four pages, &c. 4. Any thing expanded as a sheet of water or of fire a sheet of copper, lead or iron. 5. Sheets, plu. a book or pamphlet. The following sheets contains a full answer to my opponent. 6. A sail. <p> SHEET, n. In nautical language, a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail to extend and retain it in a particular situation. When a ship sails with a side-wind, the lower corners of the main and fore-sails are fastened with a tackand a sheet. </p> <p> SHEET, </p> 1. To furnish with sheets. Little used. 2. To fold in a sheet. Little used. 3. To cover as with a sheet to cover with something broad and thin. <p> When snow the pasture sheets. Shak. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79306" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79306" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ὀθόνη''''' ''' (Strong'S #3607 — Noun [[Feminine]] — othone — oth-on'-ay ) </div> <p> primarily denoted "fine linen," later, "a sheet," Acts 10:11; 11:5 . Cp. othonion, "linen." </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43909" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43909" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54012" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54012" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> SHEET </strong> . See Dress, 4 ( <em> d </em> ). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60431" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60431" /> == | ||
<p> stands in the A.V. for the Heb. סָדִין ''Sadin'' ( Judges 14:12-13; "fine linen," Proverbs 31:24; Isaiah 3:23; comp. | <p> stands in the A.V. for the Heb. '''''סָדִין''''' ''Sadin'' ( Judges 14:12-13; "fine linen," Proverbs 31:24; Isaiah 3:23; comp. '''''Σινδών''''' ), and the Gr. '''''Ὀθόνη''''' ( Acts 10:11; Acts 6:5), which both mean properly a ''Linen Cloth'' ; hence the former a [[Shirt]] (as in the marg. and the latter a ''Sail.'' (See [[Linen]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8168" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8168" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' shēt ''''' . See [[Dress]]; compare Acts 10:11 , "as it were a great <i> sheet </i> " (ὀθόνη , <i> '''''othónē''''' </i> ). </p> | <p> ''''' shēt ''''' . See [[Dress]]; compare Acts 10:11 , "as it were a great <i> sheet </i> " (ὀθόνη , <i> ''''' othónē ''''' </i> ). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:00, 14 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering; especially, one used as an article of bedding next to the body.
(2): ( v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc.
(3): ( v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet;
(4): ( v. t.) the book itself.
(5): ( v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
(6): ( v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.
(7): ( v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.
(8): ( v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
(9): ( v. t.) A sail.
(10): ( v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
(11): ( v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; - usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom.
(12): ( v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
(13): ( v. t.) To expand, as a sheet.
King James Dictionary [2]
Sheet n. L. schenda Gr. The Greek and Latin words signify a table or plate for writing on L. scindo, Gr.
1. A broad piece of cloth used as part of bed-furniture. 2. A broad piece of paper as it comes from the manufacturer. Sheets of paper are of different sizes, as royal, demi, foolscap, pot and post-paper. 3. A piece of paper printed, folede and bound, or formed in to a book in blank, and making four, eight, sixteen or twenty-four pages, &c. 4. Any thing expanded as a sheet of water or of fire a sheet of copper, lead or iron. 5. Sheets, plu. a book or pamphlet. The following sheets contains a full answer to my opponent. 6. A sail.
SHEET, n. In nautical language, a rope fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail to extend and retain it in a particular situation. When a ship sails with a side-wind, the lower corners of the main and fore-sails are fastened with a tackand a sheet.
SHEET,
1. To furnish with sheets. Little used. 2. To fold in a sheet. Little used. 3. To cover as with a sheet to cover with something broad and thin.
When snow the pasture sheets. Shak.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
primarily denoted "fine linen," later, "a sheet," Acts 10:11; 11:5 . Cp. othonion, "linen."
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Acts 10:11 Acts 11:5
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
SHEET . See Dress, 4 ( d ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
stands in the A.V. for the Heb. סָדִין Sadin ( Judges 14:12-13; "fine linen," Proverbs 31:24; Isaiah 3:23; comp. Σινδών ), and the Gr. Ὀθόνη ( Acts 10:11; Acts 6:5), which both mean properly a Linen Cloth ; hence the former a Shirt (as in the marg. and the latter a Sail. (See Linen).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
shēt . See Dress; compare Acts 10:11 , "as it were a great sheet " (ὀθόνη , othónē ).
References
- ↑ Sheet from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Sheet from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Sheet from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
- ↑ Sheet from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Sheet from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Sheet from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Sheet from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
