Difference between revisions of "Engine"
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== | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_116837" /> == | ||
[[ | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) [[Anything]] used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To equip with an engine; - said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To assault with an engine. </p> | ||
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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59872" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59872" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[En'Gine,]] n. [[L.]] ingenium. </p> 1. In mechanics, a compound machine, or artificial instrument, composed of different parts, and intended to produce some effect by the help of the mechanical powers as a pump, a windlas, a capstan, a fire engine, a steam engine. 2. [[A]] military machine as a battering ram, &c. 3. Any instrument that by which any effect is produced. An arrow, a sword, a musket is an engine of death. 4. [[A]] machine for throwing water to extinguish fire. 5. [[Means]] any thing used to effect a purpose. 6. An agent for another usually in an sense. | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72411" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72411" /> == | ||
<p> Engine. A term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applied in 2 Chronicles 26:15, were designed to propel various missiles from the walls of the besieged town. One, with which the Hebrews were acquainted, was the battering-ram, described in Ezekiel 26:9 and still more precisely in Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 21:22. </p> | <p> '''Engine.''' [[A]] term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applied in 2 Chronicles 26:15, were designed to propel various missiles from the walls of the besieged town. One, with which the Hebrews were acquainted, was the battering-ram, described in Ezekiel 26:9 and still more precisely in Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 21:22. </p> | ||
== | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50820" /> == | ||
< | <p> <strong> [[Engine]] </strong> . See Fortification, etc., [[§]] <strong> 6 </strong> . </p> | ||
== | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39925" /> == | ||
[[Arms And Armor]] | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39296" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_39296" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> ''' Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Engine'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/engine.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. ''' </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3388" /> == | |||
<p> '''''en´jin''''' ( 2 Chronicles 26:15; Ezekiel 26:9; 1 Macc 6:51; 13:43 f). See [[Siege]] . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_116837"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/engine Engine from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_59872"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/engine Engine from King James Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_59872"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/engine Engine from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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<ref name="term_72411"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/engine Engine from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_72411"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/engine Engine from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_50820"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/engine Engine from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_39925"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/engine Engine from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_39296"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/engine Engine from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_39296"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/engine Engine from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_3388"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/engine Engine from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
(2): ( n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity; ability; skill.
(3): ( v. t.) To equip with an engine; - said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
(4): ( n.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect.
(5): ( n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
(6): ( v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture.
(7): ( v. t.) To assault with an engine.
King James Dictionary [2]
1. In mechanics, a compound machine, or artificial instrument, composed of different parts, and intended to produce some effect by the help of the mechanical powers as a pump, a windlas, a capstan, a fire engine, a steam engine. 2. A military machine as a battering ram, &c. 3. Any instrument that by which any effect is produced. An arrow, a sword, a musket is an engine of death. 4. A machine for throwing water to extinguish fire. 5. Means any thing used to effect a purpose. 6. An agent for another usually in an sense.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Engine. A term applied exclusively to military affairs in the Bible. The engines to which the term is applied in 2 Chronicles 26:15, were designed to propel various missiles from the walls of the besieged town. One, with which the Hebrews were acquainted, was the battering-ram, described in Ezekiel 26:9 and still more precisely in Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 21:22.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Engine . See Fortification, etc., § 6 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Engine'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/engine.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]
en´jin ( 2 Chronicles 26:15; Ezekiel 26:9; 1 Macc 6:51; 13:43 f). See Siege .
References
- ↑ Engine from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Engine from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Engine from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Engine from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Engine from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Engine from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Engine from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
