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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73947" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73947" /> == | ||
<p> Me'ah. (a hundred). The tower of Me' | <p> '''Me'ah.''' ''(a hundred).'' ''The tower of '' '''Me'ah''' ''.'' One of the towers of the wall of [[Jerusalem]] when rebuilt by Nehemiah, Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39, appears to have been situated somewhere at the northeast part of the city, outside of the walls of Zion. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67728" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67728" /> == | ||
<p> A tower in the walls of | <p> [[A]] tower in the walls of Jerusalem when rebuilt by Nehemiah. The word signifies 'a hundred;' but what this refers to, or where the tower was situated, is not known. Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 . [[R.V.]] reads Hammeah. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32622" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32622" /> == | ||
Nehemiah 3:1 | Nehemiah 3:1 | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50434" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_50434" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrews [[Meah]] מֵאָה , a hundred, as often; Sept. ἑκατόν, Μεά; Vulg. cenztum, Emnath), a tower in Jerusalem, situated on the eastern wall (Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39), probably at the north-eastern angle of the [[Temple]] enclosure (Strong's | <p> (Hebrews [[Meah]] מֵאָה '', a hundred'' , as often; Sept. ἑκατόν, Μεά; Vulg. ''cenztum, Emnath'' ), a tower in Jerusalem, situated on the eastern wall ( Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39), probably at the north-eastern angle of the [[Temple]] enclosure (Strong's ''Harmony and Expos. of the Gospels'' , Append. ii, p. 19; but it is not likely that the outer wall was different from that of the Temple, as supposed by Dr. Barclay, ''City of the Great King'' , p. 152). (See [[Jerusalem]]). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 22:10, 12 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Me'ah. (a hundred). The tower of Me'ah . One of the towers of the wall of Jerusalem when rebuilt by Nehemiah, Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39, appears to have been situated somewhere at the northeast part of the city, outside of the walls of Zion.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
A tower in the walls of Jerusalem when rebuilt by Nehemiah. The word signifies 'a hundred;' but what this refers to, or where the tower was situated, is not known. Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 . R.V. reads Hammeah.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Nehemiah 3:1
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(Hebrews Meah מֵאָה , a hundred , as often; Sept. ἑκατόν, Μεά; Vulg. cenztum, Emnath ), a tower in Jerusalem, situated on the eastern wall ( Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39), probably at the north-eastern angle of the Temple enclosure (Strong's Harmony and Expos. of the Gospels , Append. ii, p. 19; but it is not likely that the outer wall was different from that of the Temple, as supposed by Dr. Barclay, City of the Great King , p. 152). (See Jerusalem).
