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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58725" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58725" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> COAST, n. </p> 1. The exterior line, limit or border of a country, as in Scripture. From the river to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. Deuteronomy 11 . And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. Numbers 24. Hence the word may signify the whole country within certain limits. Exodus 10:4 . 2. The edge or margin of the land next to the sea the sea-shore. This is the more common application of the word and it seems to be used for sea-coast, the border of the sea. Hence it is never used for the bank of a river. 3. A side applied to objects indefinitely, by Bacon and Newton. This is a correct use of the word, but now obsolete. 4. The country near the sea-shore as, populous towns along the coast. <p> The coast is clear, is a proverbial phrase signifying, the danger is over the enemies have marched off, or left the coast. </p> <p> COAST, </p> 1. To sail near a coast to sail by or near the shore, or in sight of land. <p> The ancients coasted only in their navigation. </p> 2. To sail from port to port in the same country. <p> COAST, </p> 1. To sail by or near to as, to coast the American shore. 2. To draw near to approach to follow. | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101806" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101806" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65577" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65577" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A term in scripture signifying any 'border,' inland as well as near the sea, it also may imply large districts. Exodus 10:4; Joshua 1:4; 1 Kings 1:3; etc. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69822" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69822" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33130" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33130" /> == | ||
<p> an inaccurate rendering in the | <p> an inaccurate rendering in the A. V. of various terms (usually גְּבוּל, חבֶל, etc., Gr. ὅριον ) signifying [[Border]] (q.v.), boundary, or extremity, except in the expression "sea-coast" (חוֹ Š, ''Choph,'' Ezekiel 25:16; παράλιος, Luke 6:17; παραθαλάσσιος, Matthew 9:13). (See [[Sea]]). </p> | ||
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