Gap
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ezekiel 13:5Amos 4:3Ezekiel 2230
King James Dictionary [2]
GAP, n. See Gape and Gab.
1. An opening in any thing made by breaking or parting as a gap in a fence or wall. 2. A breach.
Manifold miseries ensued by the opening of that gap to all that side of christendom.
3. Any avenue or passage way of entrance or departure. 4. A breach a defect a flaw as a gap in honor or reputation. 5. An interstice a vacuity.
A third can fill the gap with laughing.
6. A hiatus a chasm as a gap between words.
To stop a gap, to secure a weak point to repair a defect.
To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something to make defense against any assailing danger. Ezekiel 22 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
The translation of פרץ , perec , "a breach" ( Ezekiel 13:5 , "Ye have not gone up into the gaps," the Revised Version, margin "breaches"; Ezekiel 22:30 , "I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land"). Said of prophets who failed to stand up for the right and to strengthen and preserve the people.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(פֶּרֶוֹ , pe'rets, a breach, as elsewhere rendered), a rent or opening in a wail (Ezekiel 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The Jewish false prophets did not stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30); they did nothing to stop the course of wickedness which opened a door for the vengeance of God to break in upon their nation. (See Perez)
