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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41971" /> == | |||
1 Kings 17:19[[House]][[Upper Room]] | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52450" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> LOFT. </strong> See House, <strong> 5 </strong> . </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61214" /> == | |||
<p> LOFT, n. </p> 1. Properly, an elevation hence, in a building, the elevation of one story or floor above another hence, a floor above another as the second loft third loft fourth loft. Spenser seems to have used the word for the highest floor or top, and this may have been its original signification. 2. A high room or place. | |||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_78280" /> == | |||
Acts 20:9 | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_139573" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (v. t. & i.) To raise aloft; to send into the air; </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (v. t. & i.) to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (a.) Lofty; proud. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (v. t.) To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (n.) [[Pitch]] or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation. </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (n.) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. </p> <p> (9): </p> <p> (n.) A floor or room placed above another; a story. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5802" /> == | |||
<p> In 1 Kings 17:23 , changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber." </p> | <p> In 1 Kings 17:23 , changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber." </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48905" /> == | |||
<p> (עֲלַיָּה , aliy ah', ὑπερῷον), the upper chamber, e.g. of a private house (1 Kings 17:19; Acts 20:9). Such rooms were either over the gate (2 Samuel 19:1) or built on the flat roof (2 Kings 23:12), and were especially used for prayer, conference, or public meetings. (See [[Chamber]]); (See [[House]]); (See [[Roof]]). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_41971"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/loft Loft from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_52450"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/loft Loft from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_61214"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/loft Loft from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_78280"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/loft Loft from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_139573"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/loft Loft from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_5802"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/loft Loft from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_5802"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/loft Loft from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_48905"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/loft Loft from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 09:16, 12 October 2021
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
1 Kings 17:19HouseUpper Room
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
LOFT. See House, 5 .
King James Dictionary [3]
LOFT, n.
1. Properly, an elevation hence, in a building, the elevation of one story or floor above another hence, a floor above another as the second loft third loft fourth loft. Spenser seems to have used the word for the highest floor or top, and this may have been its original signification. 2. A high room or place.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [4]
Acts 20:9
Webster's Dictionary [5]
(1):
(v. t. & i.) To raise aloft; to send into the air;
(2):
(v. t. & i.) to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
(3):
(a.) Lofty; proud.
(4):
(v. t.) To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
(5):
(n.) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).
(6):
(n.) That which is lifted up; an elevation.
(7):
(n.) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
(8):
(n.) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
(9):
(n.) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
In 1 Kings 17:23 , changed in the Revised Version (British and American) to "chamber."
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(עֲלַיָּה , aliy ah', ὑπερῷον), the upper chamber, e.g. of a private house (1 Kings 17:19; Acts 20:9). Such rooms were either over the gate (2 Samuel 19:1) or built on the flat roof (2 Kings 23:12), and were especially used for prayer, conference, or public meetings. (See Chamber); (See House); (See Roof).
References
- ↑ Loft from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Loft from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Loft from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Loft from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
- ↑ Loft from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Loft from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Loft from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
