Difference between revisions of "Hostage"
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== | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_127847" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) [[A]] person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40941" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40941" /> == | ||
2 Kings 14: | 2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24 | ||
== | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31920" /> == | ||
2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44430" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_44430" /> == | ||
<p> (תֲִּרוּבָה , taarubah', suretyship), a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some engagement. (See [[Pledge]]). Conquered kings or nations often gave hostages for the payment of their tribute, or for the continuance of their subjection; thus Jehoash, king of Israel, exacted hostages from Amaziah, king of | <p> (תֲִּרוּבָה '', taarubah', suretyship),'' a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some engagement. (See [[Pledge]]). Conquered kings or nations often gave hostages for the payment of their tribute, or for the continuance of their subjection; thus Jehoash, king of Israel, exacted hostages from Amaziah, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Chronicles 25:24). (See [[War]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_127847"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/hostage Hostage from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_40941"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/hostage Hostage from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_40941"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/hostage Hostage from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_31920"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/hostage Hostage from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_44430"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hostage Hostage from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_44430"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hostage Hostage from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the person is to be released.
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
2 Kings 14:14 2 Chronicles 25:24
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(תֲִּרוּבָה , taarubah', suretyship), a person delivered into the hands of another as a security for the performance of some engagement. (See Pledge). Conquered kings or nations often gave hostages for the payment of their tribute, or for the continuance of their subjection; thus Jehoash, king of Israel, exacted hostages from Amaziah, king of Judah ( 2 Kings 14:14; 2 Chronicles 25:24). (See War).
