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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34624" /> ==
<p> Bosses, the thickest and strongest parts, the prominent points of a buckler [ARMS, ARMOR]. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
<p> The projecting center of a shield. Job 15:26; "he (the rebel) runneth upon Him (God), even on (rather with) his neck (i.e. the rebel's haughtily uplifted neck, Psalms 75:5); upon (rather with) the thick bosses of his (the rebel's, not God's) bucklers." The rebel and his fellows, as it were, join shield to shield as a compact covering against the Almighty's darts. What suicidal folly! for "the shields of the earth belong unto God" (Psalms 47:9). The invading godless [[Gog]] and Magog's shields [[Israel]] shall "set on fire" (Ezekiel 39:9). </p>
       
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15647" /> ==
<p> The thickest and strongest parts, the projecting points, of a shield. Job 15:26 . </p>
       
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80315" /> ==
<p> the thickest and strongest parts of a buckler, Job 15:20 . </p>
       
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30655" /> ==
Job 15:26
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94833" /> ==
<p> (pl.) of [[Boss]] </p>
       
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15248" /> ==
<p> Bosses, the thickest and strongest parts, the prominent points of a buckler [ARMS, ARMOR]. </p>
       
==References ==
==References ==
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<ref name="term_34624"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/bosses Bosses from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_15647"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/bosses Bosses from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_80315"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/bosses Bosses from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_30655"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/bosses Bosses from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_94833"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/bosses Bosses from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_15248"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/bosses Bosses from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_15248"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/bosses Bosses from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 13:44, 12 October 2021

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

The projecting center of a shield. Job 15:26; "he (the rebel) runneth upon Him (God), even on (rather with) his neck (i.e. the rebel's haughtily uplifted neck, Psalms 75:5); upon (rather with) the thick bosses of his (the rebel's, not God's) bucklers." The rebel and his fellows, as it were, join shield to shield as a compact covering against the Almighty's darts. What suicidal folly! for "the shields of the earth belong unto God" (Psalms 47:9). The invading godless Gog and Magog's shields Israel shall "set on fire" (Ezekiel 39:9).

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [2]

The thickest and strongest parts, the projecting points, of a shield. Job 15:26 .

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [3]

the thickest and strongest parts of a buckler, Job 15:20 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]

Job 15:26

Webster's Dictionary [5]

(pl.) of Boss

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [6]

Bosses, the thickest and strongest parts, the prominent points of a buckler [ARMS, ARMOR].

References