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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_186437" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_186437" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63658" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63658" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> TOW, L. duco. To drag, as a boat or ship, through the water by means of a rope. Towing is performed by another boat or ship, or by men on shore, or by horses. Boats on canals are usually towed by horses. </p> <p> TOW, n. L. stupa. The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198448" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198448" /> == | ||
<p> Isaiah 1:31 (a) | <p> Isaiah 1:31 (a) GOD is assuring the world that His enemies will be easily destroyed. No one can harden himself against GOD and prosper. GOD always will have the last word. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44442" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44442" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63888" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63888" /> == | ||
<p> is the rendering in the | <p> is the rendering in the A.V. of the Heb. words </p> <p> '''(1)''' נַערֵת '',Neo'Reth'' (so called as being [[Shaken]] off from flax in hatchelling), [[Refuse]] ( Judges 16:9); </p> <p> '''(2)''' פּשַׁתֶּה, ''Pishteh'' (Isaiah 43:37)'', Flax'' (as elsewhere rendered); (See [[Linen]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 10:36, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
(2): ( v. t.) To draw or pull through the water, as a vessel of any kind, by means of a rope.
(3): ( v. t.) A rope by which anything is towed; a towline, or towrope.
(4): ( v. t.) The act of towing, or the state of being towed; - chiefly used in the phrase, to take in tow, that is to tow.
(5): ( v. t.) That which is towed, or drawn by a towline, as a barge, raft, collection of boats, ect.
King James Dictionary [2]
TOW, L. duco. To drag, as a boat or ship, through the water by means of a rope. Towing is performed by another boat or ship, or by men on shore, or by horses. Boats on canals are usually towed by horses.
TOW, n. L. stupa. The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Isaiah 1:31 (a) GOD is assuring the world that His enemies will be easily destroyed. No one can harden himself against GOD and prosper. GOD always will have the last word.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Judges 16:9 Isaiah 1:31 Isaiah 43:17
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Judges 16:9Flax
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
tō ( נערת , ne‛ōreth ( Judges 16:9; Isaiah 1:31 )): The coarser part of flax, with short threads, used as an example of easily inflammable material. Also Isaiah 43:17 the King James Version for פּשׁתּה , pishtāh , the usual word for "flax" (so the English Revised Version), here as used for a wick (so the American Standard Revised Version, the English Revised Version margin).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
is the rendering in the A.V. of the Heb. words
(1) נַערֵת ,Neo'Reth (so called as being Shaken off from flax in hatchelling), Refuse ( Judges 16:9);
(2) פּשַׁתֶּה, Pishteh (Isaiah 43:37), Flax (as elsewhere rendered); (See Linen).
References
- ↑ Tow from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Tow from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Tow from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
- ↑ Tow from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Tow from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Tow from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Tow from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
