Difference between revisions of "Pommel"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56180" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56180" /> == | ||
<p> [an old English term, derived from the French pomme, an apple, and signifying anything round, but now applied only to a part of a saddle] (גְּלּה, ''Gullah,'' a ''Globular'' or round thing, a bowl, which it signifies in Ecclesiastes 12:6; Zechariah 4:3), the [[Ball]] or round ornament on the capital of a column ( 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; "bowl," 1 Kings 7:41-42). (See [[Column]]). </p> | <p> [an old English term, derived from the French pomme, an apple, and signifying anything round, but now applied only to a part of a saddle] ( '''''גְּלּה''''' , ''Gullah,'' a ''Globular'' or round thing, a bowl, which it signifies in Ecclesiastes 12:6; Zechariah 4:3), the [[Ball]] or round ornament on the capital of a column ( 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; "bowl," 1 Kings 7:41-42). (See [[Column]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7283" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7283" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:14, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.
(2): ( n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
(3): ( n.) The top (of the head).
(4): ( n.) A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
(5): ( n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
(6): ( v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
Anything round. It formed some part of the chapiters of the two pillars in the temple built by Solomon. 2 Chronicles 4:12,13 . The same word is translated 'bowls' in 1 Kings 7:41,42 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
Pommel . See Bowl.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
[an old English term, derived from the French pomme, an apple, and signifying anything round, but now applied only to a part of a saddle] ( גְּלּה , Gullah, a Globular or round thing, a bowl, which it signifies in Ecclesiastes 12:6; Zechariah 4:3), the Ball or round ornament on the capital of a column ( 2 Chronicles 4:12-13; "bowl," 1 Kings 7:41-42). (See Column).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
pum´el ( 2 Chronicles 4:12 , 2 Chronicles 4:13 ): the Revised Version (British and American) reads "bowl" (which see).
