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<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Standard'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/standard.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | <p> (1): (n.) A large drinking cup. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign. </p> <p> (4): (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard. </p> <p> (5): (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver. </p> <p> (6): (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors. </p> <p> (7): (n.) The sheth of a plow. </p> <p> (8): (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. </p> <p> (9): (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. </p> <p> (10): (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees. </p> <p> (11): (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing. </p> <p> (12): (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis. </p> <p> (13): (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test. </p> <p> (14): (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63291" /> == | |||
<p> STANDARD, n. G., sort, kind. </p> 1. An ensign of war a staff with a flag or colors. The troops repair to their standard. The royal standard of Great Britain is a flag, in which the imperial ensigns of England, [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] are quartered with the armorial bearings of Hanover. <p> His armies, in the following day, on those fair plains their standards proud display. </p> 2. That which is established by sovereign power as a rule or measure by which others are to be adjusted. Thus the [[Winchester]] bushel is the standard of measures in Great Britain, and is adopted in the [[United]] States as their standard. So of weights and of long measure. 3. That which is established as a rule or model, by the authority of public opinion, or by respectable opinions, or by custom or general consent as writings which are admitted to be the standard of style and taste. Homers [[Iliad]] is the standard of heroic poetry. [[Demosthenes]] and Cicero are the standards of oratory. Of modern eloquence, we have an excellent standard in the speeches of lord Chatham. Addisons writings furnish a good standard of pure, chaste and elegant English stayle. It is not an easy thing to erect a standard of taste. 4. In coinage, the proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority. The coins of [[England]] and of the United States are of nearly the same standard. <p> By the present standard of the coinage, sixty two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. </p> 5. A standing tree or stem a tree not supported or attached to a wall. <p> [[Plant]] fruit of all sorts and standard, mural, or shrubs which lose their leaf. </p> 6. In ship-building, an inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. 7. In botany, the upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corol. | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_68865" /> == | |||
<p> Each tribe had its own standard, <i> degel, </i> and each family its own ensign, <i> oth. </i> In the camp the twelve tribes were arranged with three on each side, one of each three giving the name to that side or camp. Thus the standard of [[Judah]] is called the standard of the camp of Judah, which was on the east; the camp of [[Reuben]] on the south; the camp of [[Ephraim]] on the west; and the camp of [[Dan]] on the north. See CAMP. </p> <p> [[Scripture]] does not state the form of the standards and ensigns. The Rabbis say that the standard of Judah resembled a <i> lion </i> (cf. [[Genesis]] 49:9; Revelation 5:5 ); of Reuben a <i> man; </i> of Ephraim an <i> ox </i> (cf. Deuteronomy 33:17 ); and of Dan an <i> eagle. </i> If this were so, the same characters appear in the faces of the living creatures in Ezekiel 1:10 and in Revelation 4:4-7 . For the Christian, CHRIST is the only standard, and His banner <i> (degel) </i> is LOVE. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_44187" /> == | |||
Numbers 1:52Numbers 2:2Numbers 10:1410:18Isaiah 59:19[[Banner]] | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54137" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> STANDARD </strong> . See Banner. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_61964" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Standard'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/standard.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_178585"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/standard Standard from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63291"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/standard Standard from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_68865"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/standard Standard from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_44187"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/standard Standard from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_54137"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/standard Standard from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_61964"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/standard Standard from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_61964"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/standard Standard from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A large drinking cup.
(2): (a.) Not of the dwarf kind; as, a standard pear tree.
(3): (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a national or other ensign.
(4): (n.) That which is established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, extent, value, or quality; esp., the original specimen weight or measure sanctioned by government, as the standard pound, gallon, or yard.
(5): (a.) Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
(6): (a.) Hence: Having a recognized and permanent value; as, standard works in history; standard authors.
(7): (n.) The sheth of a plow.
(8): (n.) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
(9): (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
(10): (a.) Not supported by, or fastened to, a wall; as, standard fruit trees.
(11): (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing.
(12): (n.) A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
(13): (n.) That which is established as a rule or model by authority, custom, or general consent; criterion; test.
(14): (n.) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
King James Dictionary [2]
STANDARD, n. G., sort, kind.
1. An ensign of war a staff with a flag or colors. The troops repair to their standard. The royal standard of Great Britain is a flag, in which the imperial ensigns of England, Scotland and Ireland are quartered with the armorial bearings of Hanover.
His armies, in the following day, on those fair plains their standards proud display.
2. That which is established by sovereign power as a rule or measure by which others are to be adjusted. Thus the Winchester bushel is the standard of measures in Great Britain, and is adopted in the United States as their standard. So of weights and of long measure. 3. That which is established as a rule or model, by the authority of public opinion, or by respectable opinions, or by custom or general consent as writings which are admitted to be the standard of style and taste. Homers Iliad is the standard of heroic poetry. Demosthenes and Cicero are the standards of oratory. Of modern eloquence, we have an excellent standard in the speeches of lord Chatham. Addisons writings furnish a good standard of pure, chaste and elegant English stayle. It is not an easy thing to erect a standard of taste. 4. In coinage, the proportion of weight of fine metal and alloy established by authority. The coins of England and of the United States are of nearly the same standard.
By the present standard of the coinage, sixty two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver.
5. A standing tree or stem a tree not supported or attached to a wall.
Plant fruit of all sorts and standard, mural, or shrubs which lose their leaf.
6. In ship-building, an inverted knee placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally. 7. In botany, the upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corol.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Each tribe had its own standard, degel, and each family its own ensign, oth. In the camp the twelve tribes were arranged with three on each side, one of each three giving the name to that side or camp. Thus the standard of Judah is called the standard of the camp of Judah, which was on the east; the camp of Reuben on the south; the camp of Ephraim on the west; and the camp of Dan on the north. See CAMP.
Scripture does not state the form of the standards and ensigns. The Rabbis say that the standard of Judah resembled a lion (cf. Genesis 49:9; Revelation 5:5 ); of Reuben a man; of Ephraim an ox (cf. Deuteronomy 33:17 ); and of Dan an eagle. If this were so, the same characters appear in the faces of the living creatures in Ezekiel 1:10 and in Revelation 4:4-7 . For the Christian, CHRIST is the only standard, and His banner (degel) is LOVE.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Numbers 1:52Numbers 2:2Numbers 10:1410:18Isaiah 59:19Banner
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [5]
STANDARD . See Banner.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Standard'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/standard.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
