Difference between revisions of "Keeper; Keepers"
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5580" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' kēp´er ''''' , (mostly from שׁמר , <i> ''''' shāmar ''''' </i> ; φύλαξ , <i> ''''' phúlax ''''' </i> ): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards, doors, prisons (in [[Genesis]] 39:21 ff, <i> ''''' ṣar ''''' </i> ; compare Acts 5:23 ), etc. In Ecclesiastes 12:3 , "The keepers of the house shall tremble," the allusion is to the decay of bodily powers, the "keepers" being specially the arms, which had become feeble through age. </p> | <p> ''''' kēp´er ''''' , (mostly from שׁמר , <i> ''''' shāmar ''''' </i> ; φύλαξ , <i> ''''' phúlax ''''' </i> ): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards, doors, prisons (in [[Genesis]] 39:21 ff, <i> ''''' ṣar ''''' </i> ; compare Acts 5:23 ), etc. In Ecclesiastes 12:3 , "The keepers of the house shall tremble," the allusion is to the decay of bodily powers, the "keepers" being specially the arms, which had become feeble through age. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 16 October 2021
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]
kēp´er , (mostly from שׁמר , shāmar ; φύλαξ , phúlax ): The word is used of keepers of sheep, vineyards, doors, prisons (in Genesis 39:21 ff, ṣar ; compare Acts 5:23 ), etc. In Ecclesiastes 12:3 , "The keepers of the house shall tremble," the allusion is to the decay of bodily powers, the "keepers" being specially the arms, which had become feeble through age.
