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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_184075" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' ter´ā́s ''''' ( מסלּה , <i> ''''' meṣillāh ''''' </i> ): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] balcony, especially a large and uncovered one. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44330" /> == | |||
2 Chronicles 9:11 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63011" /> == | |||
<p> (מְסַלָּה, ''mesillah,'' 2 Chronicles 9:11; Sept. ἀνάβασις; a ''highway,'' as elsewhere usually rendered), a staircase, constructed by [[Solomon]] for his edifices out of the algum-trees imported from the East Indies. (See [[Palace]]); (See [[Temple]]). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9070" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' ter´ā́s ''''' ( מסלּה , <i> ''''' meṣillāh ''''' </i> ): Solomon is said, in 2 Chronicles 9:11 , to have made of the algum trees brought him from [[Ophir]] "terraces," or raised walks, for the house of Yahweh. In the parallel 1 Kings 10:12 , the word used is rendered "pillars," margin "'a railing'; [[Hebrew]] 'a prop.'" </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_184075"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/terrace Terrace from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_44330"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/terrace Terrace from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63011"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/terrace Terrace from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_9070"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/terrace Terrace from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_9070"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/terrace Terrace from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces.
(2): ( v.) A street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.
(3): ( v.) A balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.
(4): ( v.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
(5): ( v.) A level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.
(6): ( v. t.) To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
2 Chronicles 9:11
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(מְסַלָּה, mesillah, 2 Chronicles 9:11; Sept. ἀνάβασις; a highway, as elsewhere usually rendered), a staircase, constructed by Solomon for his edifices out of the algum-trees imported from the East Indies. (See Palace); (See Temple).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
ter´ā́s ( מסלּה , meṣillāh ): Solomon is said, in 2 Chronicles 9:11 , to have made of the algum trees brought him from Ophir "terraces," or raised walks, for the house of Yahweh. In the parallel 1 Kings 10:12 , the word used is rendered "pillars," margin "'a railing'; Hebrew 'a prop.'"
