Cottage

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

A rustic tent or shelter, made perhaps of boughs, Isaiah 24:20 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

In Zephaniah 2:6 it is the rendering of the Hebrew Keroth , which some suppose to denote rather "pits" (RSV marg., "caves") or "wells of water," such as shepherds would sink.

Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Cottage'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/cottage.html. 1897.

King James Dictionary

COTTAGE, n. from cot. A cot a hut a small mean habitation.

The sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds. Zephaniah 2 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Temporary booth or lodge, without stability. Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 24:20 . In Zephaniah 2:6 it is rather a shelter cut out of the rock.

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A small house; a cot; a hut.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kot´ā̇j . See House .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cottage'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cottage.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.