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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_164486" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_164486" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62447" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62447" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> RAM'PART, n. Hence we see rampart is from L. reparo re and paro. See [[Parry]] and Repair. </p> 1. In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and formed into bastions, curtains, &c. <p> No standards from the hostile ramparts torn. </p> 2. That which fortifies and defends from assault that which secures safety. <p> RAM'PART, To fortify with ramparts. Not in use. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43480" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43480" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57352" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57352" /> == | ||
<p> (חֵיל, '' | <p> (חֵיל, ''Cheyl,'' Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8; elsewhere "trench," "bulwark," etc.), a fortification or low wall surrounding and protecting a military trench ( 2 Samuel 20:15; Isaiah 26:1, etc.; comp. 1 Kings 21:23; Psalms 48:14). (See [[Army]]); (See [[Siege]]). In the [[Talmud]] the [[Hebrew]] word is applied to'the interior space surrounding the wall of the Temple (Lightfoot, ''Opp.'' ii, 193). (See [[Temple]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7720" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7720" /> == | ||
