Difference between revisions of "Coast"

<p> '''''kōst''''' ( גּבוּל , <i> '''''gebhūl''''' </i> , etc., "boundary"; compare גּבל , <i> '''''gebhal''''' </i> , "mountain" and Arabic <i> '''''jebel''''' </i> , "mountain"; חבל , <i> '''''ḥebhel''''' </i> , literally, "a rope"; compare Arabic <i> '''''ḥabl''''' </i> ( Joshua 19:29 the King James Version; Zephaniah 2:5 , Zephaniah 2:6 , Zephaniah 2:7 ); חוף , <i> '''''ḥōph''''' </i> , literally, "that which is washed"; compare Arabic <i> '''''ḥāffet''''' </i> ( Joshua 9:1 the King James Version; Ezekiel 25:16 ); παράλιος , <i> '''''parálios''''' </i> , literally, "by the sea" ( Luke 6:17 )): "Coast" (from Latin <i> costa </i> , "rib" or "side") in the sense of "seacoast," occurs but a few times in the Bible. In nearly all the many passages where the King James Version has "coast," the Revised Version (British and American) correctly has "border," i.e. "boundary," translating <i> '''''gebhūl''''' </i> , etc.; in Acts 27:2 the American Standard Revised Version, "coast" is the translation of τόπος , <i> '''''tópos''''' </i> , literally, "place." That the seacoast is but seldom mentioned arises naturally from the fact that, while the promised land extended to the sea, the coast was never effectively occupied by the Israelites. </p> <p> RVm in a number of places renders <i> ''''''ı̄''''' </i> , English Versions of the Bible "isle" or "island" (which see), by "coastland," e.g. Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 23:6; Isaiah 24:15; Isaiah 59:18; Jeremiah 25:22; Ezekiel 39:6; Daniel 11:18; Zephaniah 2:11 . In Isaiah 20:6 , the King James Version has "isle," the King James Version margin"country," and the Revised Version (British and American) "coast-land." In Jeremiah 47:4 , the King James Version has "country," the King James Version marginand the Revised Version (British and American) "isle," and the Revised Version, margin "sea-coast." See [[Isle]] . </p>

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