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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39299" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39299" /> == | ||
Jeremiah 51:20 <p> <i> Maqqel </i> is a shoot or twig of a bush ( Jeremiah 1:11 ) and then a staff used by someone walking across country or tending sheep (Genesis 32:11; 1 Samuel 17:40 ). It came to be listed as a weapon of war (Ezekiel 39:9 ). Shebet is a rod or staff used in agriculture (Isaiah 28:27 ), herding flocks (Psalm 23:4 ), in punishing people (Exodus 21:20; Proverbs 22:15; Micah 5:1 ), symbolizing authority of office (Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 14:5 ). From the last usage, the word came to mean, “tribe” ((Exodus 24:4 ). The shepherd's staff came to be adopted as a weapon (2 Samuel 23:21; Isaiah 10:5 ,Isaiah 10:5,10:15 ,Isaiah 10:15,10:24 ). </p> <p> <i> T </i> <i> otha </i> <i> ch </i> appears only in Job 41:29 , and its meaning is not certain: | Jeremiah 51:20 <p> <i> Maqqel </i> is a shoot or twig of a bush ( Jeremiah 1:11 ) and then a staff used by someone walking across country or tending sheep ( Genesis 32:11; 1 Samuel 17:40 ). It came to be listed as a weapon of war ( Ezekiel 39:9 ). Shebet is a rod or staff used in agriculture ( Isaiah 28:27 ), herding flocks ( Psalm 23:4 ), in punishing people ( Exodus 21:20; Proverbs 22:15; Micah 5:1 ), symbolizing authority of office ( Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 14:5 ). From the last usage, the word came to mean, “tribe” (( Exodus 24:4 ). The shepherd's staff came to be adopted as a weapon ( 2 Samuel 23:21; Isaiah 10:5 ,Isaiah 10:5, 10:15 ,Isaiah 10:15, 10:24 ). </p> <p> <i> [[T]] </i> <i> otha </i> <i> ch </i> appears only in Job 41:29 , and its meaning is not certain: [[Kjv,]] “darts”; [[Nas,]] [[Niv,]] [[Nrsv,]] “club(s).” </p> <p> In the New [[Testament]] xulon is wood ( 1 Corinthians 3:12 ) and objects made of wood such as fetters ( Acts 16:24 ). It can designate a wooden weapon ( Matthew 26:47 ). Xulon also designates the wooden cross ( 1 Peter 2:24 ). </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101260" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101260" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) [[A]] heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (v. t.) To beat with a club. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. </p> <p> '''(11):''' (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. </p> | ||
== | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50215" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> <strong> [[Club]] </strong> . Only Job 41:29 [[Rv]] [Note: Revised Version.] , for [[Av]] [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> ‘dart.’ </strong> The stout shepherd’s club, with its thick end probably studded with nails, with which he defended his flock against wild beasts, is rendered by <strong> ‘rod’ </strong> in Psalms 23:4 and elsewhere. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_32985" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_32985" /> == | ||
<p> (only once in the plur., and that in the Apocrypha, 2 [[Maccabees]] 4:41, ξύλων πάχη , thicknesses of sticks, i.e. stout pieces of wood). </p> | <p> (only once in the plur., and that in the Apocrypha, 2 [[Maccabees]] 4:41, ξύλων πάχη '', thicknesses of sticks,'' i.e. stout pieces of wood). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_39299"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/club Club from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_39299"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/club Club from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_101260"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/club Club from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_101260"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/club Club from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_50215"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/club Club from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_32985"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/club Club from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_32985"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/club Club from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:34, 12 October 2021
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Jeremiah 51:20
Maqqel is a shoot or twig of a bush ( Jeremiah 1:11 ) and then a staff used by someone walking across country or tending sheep ( Genesis 32:11; 1 Samuel 17:40 ). It came to be listed as a weapon of war ( Ezekiel 39:9 ). Shebet is a rod or staff used in agriculture ( Isaiah 28:27 ), herding flocks ( Psalm 23:4 ), in punishing people ( Exodus 21:20; Proverbs 22:15; Micah 5:1 ), symbolizing authority of office ( Numbers 24:17; Isaiah 14:5 ). From the last usage, the word came to mean, “tribe” (( Exodus 24:4 ). The shepherd's staff came to be adopted as a weapon ( 2 Samuel 23:21; Isaiah 10:5 ,Isaiah 10:5, 10:15 ,Isaiah 10:15, 10:24 ).
T otha ch appears only in Job 41:29 , and its meaning is not certain: Kjv, “darts”; Nas, Niv, Nrsv, “club(s).”
In the New Testament xulon is wood ( 1 Corinthians 3:12 ) and objects made of wood such as fetters ( Acts 16:24 ). It can designate a wooden weapon ( Matthew 26:47 ). Xulon also designates the wooden cross ( 1 Peter 2:24 ).
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
(2): (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
(3): (v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
(4): (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
(5): (v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.
(6): (v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.
(7): (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.
(8): (n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.
(9): (v. t.) To beat with a club.
(10): (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense.
(11): (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
Club . Only Job 41:29 Rv [Note: Revised Version.] , for Av [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘dart.’ The stout shepherd’s club, with its thick end probably studded with nails, with which he defended his flock against wild beasts, is rendered by ‘rod’ in Psalms 23:4 and elsewhere.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(only once in the plur., and that in the Apocrypha, 2 Maccabees 4:41, ξύλων πάχη , thicknesses of sticks, i.e. stout pieces of wood).
