Concourse

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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]

Proverbs 1:21

King James Dictionary [2]

CONCOURSE, n. L., to run together, to run.

1. A moving, flowing or running together confluence as a fortuitous concourse of atoms a concourse of men.

2. A meeting an assembly of men an assemblage of things a collection formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. Acts 19 .

3. The place or point of meeting, or a meeting the point of junction of two bodies.

The drop will begin to move towards the concourse of the glasses. This application is unusual.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]

1: Συστροφή
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(Strong'S #4963 — Noun Feminine — suntrophe — soos-trof-ay' )

"a turning together" (sun, "with," trepo, "to turn"), signifies (a) that which is rolled together; hence (b) a dense mass of people, concourse, Acts 19:40 . See Banded.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

kon´kōrs ( המה , hāmāh , "to hum," "to make a noise"; συστροφή , sustrophḗ , "a turning" or "twisting together"): Hāmāh , usually translated by some word signifying "sound" is rendered "concourse" in Proverbs 1:21 (perhaps from the noise made by people thronging and talking together; compare 1 Kings 1:41 , "uproar"), "She (wisdom) crieth in the chief place of concourse," the Revised Version, margin, Hebrew "at the head of the noisy (streets)"; sustrophē is translated "concourse" ( Acts 19:40 ), a riotous crowd. Compare Judith 10:18.

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