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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94783" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] swage or die used for shaping metals. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) [[A]] protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[A]] projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) [[A]] wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) [[A]] head or reservoir of water. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50039" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50039" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Boss]] </strong> . Only Job 15:26 , where it is doubtful whether metal bosses for strengthening the shield are implied in the figure, or whether we should render ‘the stout curves of his bucklers.’ </p> <p> [[A.]] [[R.]] [[S.]] Kennedy. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65110" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65110" /> == | ||
<p> A projection, sometimes rising to a sharp point, in the centre of a shield. Job 15:26 . </p> | <p> [[A]] projection, sometimes rising to a sharp point, in the centre of a shield. Job 15:26 . </p> | ||
== | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_26590" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (גִּב, ''gab,'' literally the ''back'' or gibbous part of any thing, spoken elsewhere of earthen bulwarks ["bodies"] or ramparts, Job 13:12; the ''vault'' ["eminent place," etc.] of a brothel, Ezekiel 16:24; 31:39; the ''eye- "brows,"'' Leviticus 14:9; the ''rim'' or "nave" of a wheel, 1 Kings 7:33), the exterior convex part of a buckler, Job 15:26 (comp. Schultens, ''Comm.'' in loc.). (See [[Shield]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2078" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2078" /> == | ||
<p> '''''bos''''' : Occurs only in the plural as a translation of גב , <i> '''''gabh''''' </i> = "arch," or "protuberance," referring to the curved ornaments of a shield (Job 15:26 ), the central knob of the buckler | <p> '''''bos''''' : Occurs only in the plural as a translation of גב , <i> '''''gabh''''' </i> = "arch," or "protuberance," referring to the curved ornaments of a shield ( Job 15:26 ), the central knob of the buckler. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_94783"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/boss Boss from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50039"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/boss Boss from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | <ref name="term_50039"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/boss Boss from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_65110"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/boss Boss from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_65110"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/boss Boss from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_26590"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/boss Boss from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_2078"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/boss Boss from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_2078"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/boss Boss from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 22:55, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
(2): (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
(3): (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
(4): (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
(5): (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
(6): (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
(7): (n.) A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
(8): (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
(9): (n.) A head or reservoir of water.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Boss . Only Job 15:26 , where it is doubtful whether metal bosses for strengthening the shield are implied in the figure, or whether we should render ‘the stout curves of his bucklers.’
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
A projection, sometimes rising to a sharp point, in the centre of a shield. Job 15:26 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(גִּב, gab, literally the back or gibbous part of any thing, spoken elsewhere of earthen bulwarks ["bodies"] or ramparts, Job 13:12; the vault ["eminent place," etc.] of a brothel, Ezekiel 16:24; 31:39; the eye- "brows," Leviticus 14:9; the rim or "nave" of a wheel, 1 Kings 7:33), the exterior convex part of a buckler, Job 15:26 (comp. Schultens, Comm. in loc.). (See Shield).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
bos : Occurs only in the plural as a translation of גב , gabh = "arch," or "protuberance," referring to the curved ornaments of a shield ( Job 15:26 ), the central knob of the buckler.
