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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198425" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198425" /> == | ||
<p> Isaiah 9:18 (b) This represents the people of [[Israel]] in their character before | <p> Isaiah 9:18 (b) This represents the people of [[Israel]] in their character before GOD. They were useless, harmful and injurious, instead of being profitable and attractive. </p> <p> Jeremiah 4:7 (b) The word is used to illustrate the evil surroundings and the wicked society of the countries of Assyria, [[Babylonia]] and other foreign nations which were to invade Israel and lay it waste. A thicket has no value to a farmer, but is to be destroyed. So these enemies were eventually to be destroyed by the Lord. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63782" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63782" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> THICK'ET, n. A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set as a ram caught in a thicket. Genesis 22 </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_184936" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_184936" /> == | ||
<p> (a.) | <p> (a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8989" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8989" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' thik´et ''''' ( סבך , <i> ''''' ṣebhākh ''''' </i> ( [[Genesis]] 22:13; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:34 ), or סבך , <i> '''''ṣōbhekh''''' </i> ( Jeremiah 4:7 ); in 1 Samuel 13:6 , חוח , <i> '''''ḥōaḥ''''' </i> ): | <p> ''''' thik´et ''''' ( סבך , <i> ''''' ṣebhākh ''''' </i> ( [[Genesis]] 22:13; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:34 ), or סבך , <i> ''''' ṣōbhekh ''''' </i> ( Jeremiah 4:7 ); in 1 Samuel 13:6 , חוח , <i> ''''' ḥōaḥ ''''' </i> ): A thick or dense growth of trees or shrubs (thorns, brambles), in which wild beasts may lurk ( Jeremiah 4:7 ), or animals be caught by their horns ( Genesis 22:13; Abraham's ram). See [[Forest]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:25, 15 October 2021
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Isaiah 9:18 (b) This represents the people of Israel in their character before GOD. They were useless, harmful and injurious, instead of being profitable and attractive.
Jeremiah 4:7 (b) The word is used to illustrate the evil surroundings and the wicked society of the countries of Assyria, Babylonia and other foreign nations which were to invade Israel and lay it waste. A thicket has no value to a farmer, but is to be destroyed. So these enemies were eventually to be destroyed by the Lord.
King James Dictionary [2]
THICK'ET, n. A wood or collection of trees or shrubs closely set as a ram caught in a thicket. Genesis 22
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(a.) A wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
thik´et ( סבך , ṣebhākh ( Genesis 22:13; Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 10:34 ), or סבך , ṣōbhekh ( Jeremiah 4:7 ); in 1 Samuel 13:6 , חוח , ḥōaḥ ): A thick or dense growth of trees or shrubs (thorns, brambles), in which wild beasts may lurk ( Jeremiah 4:7 ), or animals be caught by their horns ( Genesis 22:13; Abraham's ram). See Forest .
