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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_145801" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_145801" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the [[Washington]] monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) [[A]] saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52872" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52872" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Monument]] </strong> . Isaiah 65:4 , ‘which remain among the graves and lodge in the monuments,’ that is, among the tombs. In the Rhemish Version ‘monument’ is the usual word for tomb or sepulchre, after Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] <em> monumentum </em> . The reference in Is. is to the custom of obtaining oracles by incubation, that is, spending the night in subterranean sacred places. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51524" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_51524" /> == | ||
<p> is the incorrect rendering in Isaiah 65:4 for נָצוּר, nzatsur', a guarded place (" hidden thing," as in Isaiah 48:6; elsewhere "besieged," etc.), such as caves (so the Sept. σπήλαιον ), or the adyta or shrines of heathen temples (so the Vulg. delubra), as places of idolatrous or illicit devotion. It was anciently a practice in most nations for persons to resort to the sepulchres for the purpose of magic or necromancy, and this still holds its ground in | <p> is the incorrect rendering in Isaiah 65:4 for נָצוּר, ''nzatsur','' a ''guarded'' place (" hidden thing," as in Isaiah 48:6; elsewhere "besieged," etc.), such as ''caves'' (so the Sept. σπήλαιον ), or the adyta or shrines of heathen temples (so the Vulg. ''delubra),'' as places of idolatrous or illicit devotion. It was anciently a practice in most nations for persons to resort to the sepulchres for the purpose of magic or necromancy, and this still holds its ground in India and other Oriental countries. (See [[Superstition]]). </p> <p> In the Apocrypha, "monument" is the correct rendering in Wisdom of [[Solomon]] 10:7 for μνημεῖον '','' but inexactly in 1 [[Maccabees]] 13:27 for ᾠκοδόμησε, and in 2 Maccabees 15:6 for τρόπαιον ''.'' (See [[Tomb]]). </p> <p> For the monuments of Egypt and Assyria, see those countries respectively. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6496" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_6496" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' mon´ū́ ''''' - ''''' ment ''''' ( Isaiah 65:4 the King James Version). See [[Vault]] . </p> | <p> ''''' mon´ū́ ''''' - ''''' ment ''''' ( Isaiah 65:4 the King James Version). See [[Vault]] . </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
(2): ( n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
(3): ( n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
(4): ( n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Monument . Isaiah 65:4 , ‘which remain among the graves and lodge in the monuments,’ that is, among the tombs. In the Rhemish Version ‘monument’ is the usual word for tomb or sepulchre, after Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] monumentum . The reference in Is. is to the custom of obtaining oracles by incubation, that is, spending the night in subterranean sacred places.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
is the incorrect rendering in Isaiah 65:4 for נָצוּר, nzatsur', a guarded place (" hidden thing," as in Isaiah 48:6; elsewhere "besieged," etc.), such as caves (so the Sept. σπήλαιον ), or the adyta or shrines of heathen temples (so the Vulg. delubra), as places of idolatrous or illicit devotion. It was anciently a practice in most nations for persons to resort to the sepulchres for the purpose of magic or necromancy, and this still holds its ground in India and other Oriental countries. (See Superstition).
In the Apocrypha, "monument" is the correct rendering in Wisdom of Solomon 10:7 for μνημεῖον , but inexactly in 1 Maccabees 13:27 for ᾠκοδόμησε, and in 2 Maccabees 15:6 for τρόπαιον . (See Tomb).
For the monuments of Egypt and Assyria, see those countries respectively.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
mon´ū́ - ment ( Isaiah 65:4 the King James Version). See Vault .
