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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_139679" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_139679" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> (1): (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. </p> <p> (2): (v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs. </p> <p> (3): (v. i.) To move to and fro; to rock. </p> <p> (4): (n.) A [[Hebrew]] measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills. </p> <p> (5): (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book. </p> <p> (6): (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time. </p> <p> (7): (n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing. </p> <p> (8): (n.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water. </p> <p> (9): (v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61246" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61246" /> == | ||
<p> LOG, n. </p> 1. A bulky piece or stick of timer unhewed. [[Pine]] logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopped at saw-mills. A piece of timber when hewed or squared, is not called a log, unless perhaps in constructing log-huts. 2. In navigation, a machine for measuring the rate of a ship's velocity through the water. The common log is a piece of board, forming the quadrant of a circle of about six inches radius, balanced by a small plate of lead nailed on the circular part, so as to swim perpendicular. 3. Heb. A | <p> LOG, n. </p> 1. A bulky piece or stick of timer unhewed. [[Pine]] logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopped at saw-mills. A piece of timber when hewed or squared, is not called a log, unless perhaps in constructing log-huts. 2. In navigation, a machine for measuring the rate of a ship's velocity through the water. The common log is a piece of board, forming the quadrant of a circle of about six inches radius, balanced by a small plate of lead nailed on the circular part, so as to swim perpendicular. 3. Heb. A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing, according to some authors, three quarters of a pint according to others, five sixths of a pint. According to Arbuthnot, it was the seventy second part of the bath or ephab, and the twelfth part of a hin. <p> LOG, To move to and fro. Not used. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41961" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41961" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16575" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16575" /> == | ||
<p> A | <p> A Hebrew measure for liquids, containing five-sixths of a pint, Leviticus 14:10,12,24 . </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81043" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81043" /> == | ||
<p> Leviticus 14:12 , a | <p> Leviticus 14:12 , a Hebrew measure for things liquid, containing five-sixths of a pint. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36364" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36364" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Twelfth of an hin measure. According to Josephus, .1204 of a gallon; according to the rabbinists, .0615. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32405" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32405" /> == | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
(2): (v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
(3): (v. i.) To move to and fro; to rock.
(4): (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
(5): (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
(6): (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
(7): (n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
(8): (n.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
(9): (v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
King James Dictionary [2]
LOG, n.
1. A bulky piece or stick of timer unhewed. Pine logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopped at saw-mills. A piece of timber when hewed or squared, is not called a log, unless perhaps in constructing log-huts. 2. In navigation, a machine for measuring the rate of a ship's velocity through the water. The common log is a piece of board, forming the quadrant of a circle of about six inches radius, balanced by a small plate of lead nailed on the circular part, so as to swim perpendicular. 3. Heb. A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing, according to some authors, three quarters of a pint according to others, five sixths of a pint. According to Arbuthnot, it was the seventy second part of the bath or ephab, and the twelfth part of a hin.
LOG, To move to and fro. Not used.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Ecclesiastes 10:9Ezekiel 24:102 Kings 6:51 Kings 5:8-9Matthew 7:3-5Luke 6:41-42
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Log. See Weights And Measures.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [5]
A Hebrew measure for liquids, containing five-sixths of a pint, Leviticus 14:10,12,24 .
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [6]
Leviticus 14:12 , a Hebrew measure for things liquid, containing five-sixths of a pint.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [7]
Twelfth of an hin measure. According to Josephus, .1204 of a gallon; according to the rabbinists, .0615.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [8]
Leviticus 14:10,12,15,21,24
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [9]
LOG. See Weights and Measures.
People's Dictionary of the Bible [10]
Log. See Measures.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [11]
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [12]
(לֹג, log, prob. a deep cavity, basin; Sept. κοτύλη, Vulg. sextarius), the smallest liquid measure (e.g. of oil) among the Hebrews (Leviticus 14:10; Leviticus 14:12; Leviticus 14:15; Leviticus 14:21; Leviticus 14:24), containing, according to the rabbins (see Carpzov. Apparat. p. 685), the twelfth part of a "HIN," or six eggs, i.e., nearly a pint. (See Measure).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [13]
log לג , lōgh , "deepened," "hollowed out" ( Leviticus 14:10-24 )): The smallest liquid or dry measure of the Hebrews, equal to about 1 pint. See Weights And Measures .
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [14]
[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES]
References
- ↑ Log from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Log from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Log from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Log from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Log from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Log from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Log from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
