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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52311" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> LADDER </strong> . In ancient times ladders were used chiefly for scaling the walls of a besieged city, as frequently shown on the [[Egyptian]] and [[Assyrian]] monuments (Wilkinson, <em> Anc. Egyp </em> . i. 243; Layard, <em> [[Nineveh]] </em> , ii. 372). Although this use of them is probably implied in Proverbs 21:22 , scaling-ladders are first expressly mentioned in the time of the [[Maccabees]] ( 1Ma 5:30 ). See Fortification, §§ 3, 6. </p> <p> Jacob’s ‘ladder’ (Genesis 28:12 ) seems to have been rather a ‘flight of stone steps, rising up to heaven’ (Driver, <em> Com. in loc </em> .). </p> <p> A. R. S. Kennedy. </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16497" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16497" /> == | ||
<p> [[Genesis]] 28:12-17 . The comforting vision of the heavenly ladder shown to the fugitive Jacob, assured him of the omnipresent providence of God, and of his communication of all needed good to his people in the desert of this world, Hebrews 1:14 . It was also an assurance that there was a way open from earth to heaven, as well as from heaven to earth; and we may see in it an illustration of the nature of Christ, in which heaven and earth meet; and of his work, which brings man home to God. </p> | <p> [[Genesis]] 28:12-17 . The comforting vision of the heavenly ladder shown to the fugitive Jacob, assured him of the omnipresent providence of God, and of his communication of all needed good to his people in the desert of this world, Hebrews 1:14 . It was also an assurance that there was a way open from earth to heaven, as well as from heaven to earth; and we may see in it an illustration of the nature of Christ, in which heaven and earth meet; and of his work, which brings man home to God. </p> | ||
== | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61140" /> == | ||
[[ | <p> LAD'DER, n. </p> 1. A frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, &c. 2. That by which a person ascends or rises means of ascending as a ladder made of cords. <p> [[Lowliness]] is young ambition's ladder. </p> 3. [[Gradual]] rise elevation. <p> [[Mounting]] fast towards the top of the ladder ecclesiastical. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197993" /> == | |||
<p> Genesis 28:12 (c) We are made to realize that there is a way to glory from earth. There is a way for us to approach to GOD in prayer, and then return to the fields of labor bringing with us Heaven's blessings. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41880" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_41880" /> == | ||
Genesis 28:12John 1:49-51 | |||
== | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32402" /> == | ||
Genesis 28:12 | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_136751" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_136751" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) One who makes glad. </p> | <p> (n.) One who makes glad. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47666" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_47666" /> == | ||
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<ref name="term_16497"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/ladder Ladder from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_16497"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/ladder Ladder from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_61140"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/ladder Ladder from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_197993"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/wilson-s-dictionary-of-bible-types/ladder Ladder from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_41880"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ladder Ladder from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_41880"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ladder Ladder from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_32402"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/ladder Ladder from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_136751"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ladder Ladder from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_136751"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ladder Ladder from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_47666"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ladder Ladder from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_47666"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ladder Ladder from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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