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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_164486" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_164486" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62447" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_62447" /> == | ||
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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43480" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_43480" /> == | ||
2 Samuel 20: | 2 Samuel 20:15 Psalm 122:7 Lamentations 2:8 | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53653" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53653" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Rampart]] </strong> . See [[Fortification]] and Siegecraft, <strong> 3 </strong> . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57352" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_57352" /> == | ||
<p> (חֵיל, | <p> ( '''''חֵיל''''' , ''Cheyl,'' Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8; elsewhere "trench," "bulwark," etc.), a fortification or low wall surrounding and protecting a military trench ( 2 Samuel 20:15; Isaiah 26:1, etc.; comp. 1 Kings 21:23; Psalms 48:14). (See [[Army]]); (See [[Siege]]). In the [[Talmud]] the [[Hebrew]] word is applied to'the interior space surrounding the wall of the Temple (Lightfoot, ''Opp.'' ii, 193). (See [[Temple]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7720" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7720" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' ram´part ''''' ( Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8 ). See [[Fortification]] . </p> | <p> ''''' ram´part ''''' ( Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8 ). See [[Fortification]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:17, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
(2): ( n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.
(3): ( n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
King James Dictionary [2]
RAM'PART, n. Hence we see rampart is from L. reparo re and paro. See Parry and Repair.
1. In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and formed into bastions, curtains, &c.
No standards from the hostile ramparts torn.
2. That which fortifies and defends from assault that which secures safety.
RAM'PART, To fortify with ramparts. Not in use.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
2 Samuel 20:15 Psalm 122:7 Lamentations 2:8
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Rampart . See Fortification and Siegecraft, 3 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( חֵיל , Cheyl, Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8; elsewhere "trench," "bulwark," etc.), a fortification or low wall surrounding and protecting a military trench ( 2 Samuel 20:15; Isaiah 26:1, etc.; comp. 1 Kings 21:23; Psalms 48:14). (See Army); (See Siege). In the Talmud the Hebrew word is applied to'the interior space surrounding the wall of the Temple (Lightfoot, Opp. ii, 193). (See Temple).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
ram´part ( Lamentations 2:8; Nahum 3:8 ). See Fortification .
