Battlement

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A balustrade around the roofs of ancient houses, which were flat, and were much, resorted to for fresh air, amusement, or retirement by day and for sleep at night. The Mosaic law required a battlement for each house, Deuteronomy 22:8 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Deuteronomy 22:8 Jeremiah 5:10

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BATTLEMENT . See Fortification, House.

King James Dictionary

BAT'TLEMENT, n. This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification.

A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the

embrasure itself.

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Battlement. Deuteronomy 22:8. See Dwelling.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Battlement. Among the Jews, a battlement was required, by law, to be built upon every house. It consisted of a low wall built around the roofs of the houses to prevent persons from falling off, and sometimes serving as a partition from another building. Deuteronomy 22:8; Jeremiah 5:10.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

Deuteronomy 22:8 (c) The thought of the passage is that we are to seek to establish preventive measures or ample protection around the church, the people of GOD, and the testimony of our Lord. In this way there will not be a mingling of Christians with the unsaved and no mixture of the Christian program with the world's plans and schemes.

Jeremiah 5:10 (b) We understand from this that the world puts up barriers to prevent the Word of GOD from being preached to them, and to prevent the people of GOD from teaching the Word to them.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bat ´'l -ment . See Fortification; House .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Battlement [HOUSE]