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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197511" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197511" /> == | ||
<p> Deuteronomy 22:8 (c) The thought of the passage is that we are to seek to establish preventive measures or ample protection around the church, the people of | <p> Deuteronomy 22:8 (c) The thought of the passage is that we are to seek to establish preventive measures or ample protection around the church, the people of GOD, and the testimony of our Lord. In this way there will not be a mingling of [[Christians]] with the unsaved and no mixture of the [[Christian]] program with the world's plans and schemes. </p> <p> Jeremiah 5:10 (b) We understand from this that the world puts up barriers to prevent the Word of GOD from being preached to them, and to prevent the people of GOD from teaching the Word to them. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71585" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71585" /> == | ||
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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15643" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15643" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A balustrade around the roofs of ancient houses, which were flat, and were much, resorted to for fresh air, amusement, or retirement by day and for sleep at night. The [[Mosaic]] law required a battlement for each house, Deuteronomy 22:8 . </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58600" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58600" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> BAT'TLEMENT, n. This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification. </p> <p> A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the </p> <p> embrasure itself. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30624" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30624" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15244" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15244" /> == | ||
<p> Battlement [ | <p> Battlement [HOUSE] </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 08:42, 13 October 2021
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Deuteronomy 22:8 (c) The thought of the passage is that we are to seek to establish preventive measures or ample protection around the church, the people of GOD, and the testimony of our Lord. In this way there will not be a mingling of Christians with the unsaved and no mixture of the Christian program with the world's plans and schemes.
Jeremiah 5:10 (b) We understand from this that the world puts up barriers to prevent the Word of GOD from being preached to them, and to prevent the people of GOD from teaching the Word to them.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Battlement. Among the Jews, a battlement was required, by law, to be built upon every house. It consisted of a low wall built around the roofs of the houses to prevent persons from falling off, and sometimes serving as a partition from another building. Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah 5:10.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
(2): (n.) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [4]
A balustrade around the roofs of ancient houses, which were flat, and were much, resorted to for fresh air, amusement, or retirement by day and for sleep at night. The Mosaic law required a battlement for each house, Deuteronomy 22:8 .
King James Dictionary [5]
BAT'TLEMENT, n. This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification.
A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the
embrasure itself.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [6]
Deuteronomy 22:8 Jeremiah 5:10
People's Dictionary of the Bible [7]
Battlement. Deuteronomy 22:8. See Dwelling.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [8]
Battlement . See Fortification, House.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [9]
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [10]
Battlement [HOUSE]
References
- ↑ Battlement from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
- ↑ Battlement from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Battlement from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Battlement from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Battlement from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Battlement from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Battlement from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Battlement from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Battlement from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Battlement from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
