Easton's Bible Dictionary
An architectural term found only in
Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute proof that the Israelites employed arches in their buildings. The arch was employed in the building of the pyramids of Egypt. The oldest existing arch is at Thebes, and bears the date B.C. 1350. There are also still found the remains of an arch, known as Robinson's Arch, of the bridge connecting Zion and Moriah. (see
TYROPOEON VALLEY.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) Any part of a curved line.
2. (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.
3. (n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve.
4. (n.) Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.
5. (n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta.
6. (v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches.
7. (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
8. (v. i.) To form into an arch; to curve.
9. (a.) Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.
10. (a.) Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad.
11. (n.) A chief.
12. (n.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ARCHarch ('ayil; Septuagint ta ailam, in sense of "posts" or "colonnade"): Referred to repeatedly in Ezekiel 40:16, but translation is an error for "porch" or "portico." the Revised Version (British and American) gives in marg, "or, colonnade. The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain." The principle of arch construction was known to the Jews and examples of early Jewish rude arches have been found in Palestine. An arched form need not necessarily be constructed with radiating joints; it can be corbelled as at Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus). This type of construction has been found also in Palestine.
Greek
476. antidikos -- an opponent, adversary ... adversary. From anti and dike; an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as
the
arch-enemy) -- adversary. see GREEK anti. see GREEK dike.
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361. elam -- a porch... arch. Or (shortened);elam {ay-lawm'}; or (feminine) ielammah {ay-lam-maw'}; probably
from 'ayil; a pillar-space (or colonnade), ie A pale (or portico) --
arch.
... /hebrew/361.htm - 6k 8382. taam -- to be double
... root; to be complete; but used only as denominative from ta'owm, to be (causatively,
make) twinned, ie (figuratively) duplicate or (arch.) Jointed -- coupled ...
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92. aguddah -- a band
... bunch, burden, troop. Feminine passive participle of an unused root (meaning to
bind); a band, bundle, knot, or arch -- bunch, burden, troop. 91, 92. ...
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7198. qesheth -- a bow
... From qashah in the original sense (of qowsh) of bending: a bow, for shooting (hence,
figuratively, strength) or the iris -- X arch(-er), + arrow, bow((-man ...
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8561. timorah -- palm (tree) figure
... (plural o or (feminine) timmorah (singular and plural) {tim-mo-raw'}; from the same
root as tamar; (arch.) A palm-like pilaster (ie Umbellate) -- palm tree. ...
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7549. raqia -- an extended surface, expanse
... firmament. From raqa'; properly, an expanse, ie The firmament or (apparently) visible
arch of the sky -- firmament. see HEBREW raqa'. 7548, 7549. raqia. 7550 ...
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8064. shamayim -- heaven, sky
... of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}; from an unused root meaning to be lofty;
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which ...
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8121. shemesh -- sun
... From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east;
figuratively, a ray, ie (arch.) A notched battlement -- + east side(-ward), sun ...
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1610. gaph -- body, self, height, elevation
... highest places, himself. From an unused root meaning to arch; the back; by extensive
the body or self -- + highest places, himself. 1609, 1610. gaph. 1611 ...
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2588. chanuth -- a cell, vault
... cabin. From chanah; properly, a vault or cell (with an arch); by implication, a
prison -- cabin. see HEBREW chanah. 2587, 2588. chanuth. 2589 . ...
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Library
Circular Letter to the Clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Suffolk.
... Circular Letter to the Clergy of the Arch-Deaconry of Suffolk. My Worthy Brethren, ...
HUMPHREY PRIDEAUX,. Arch-Deacon of Suffolk. August 17th, 1692. Footnotes: ...
/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/circular letter to the clergy.htm
Transactions of that Period, and Progress of Christian Doctrine ...
... Book III. Chapter XVII."Transactions of that Period, and Progress of Christian
Doctrine through the Joint Efforts of Emperors and Arch-Priests. ...
/.../chapter xvii transactions of that period.htm
Athanasius Again Reinstated by the Letter of Constantius, and ...
... Book III. Chapter XX."Athanasius again reinstated by the Letter of Constantius,
and receives his See. The Arch-Priests of Antioch. ...
/.../chapter xx athanasius again reinstated by.htm
The Life of Mr. Patrick Hamilton.
... James Beaton was arch-bishop, Hugh Spence dean of divinity, John Waddel rector,
James Simson official, Thomas Ramsay canon and dean of the abbey, with the ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr patrick.htm
The Life of David Hackston of Rathillet.
... that party, until the 3d of May 1679, that we find him, with other eight gentlemen,
who were in quest of one Carmichael, who, by means of the arch-bishop, had ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of david hackston.htm
The Life of Robert Ker of Kersland, Esq.
... guards, and kept in the guard house till next day; when the commanding officer would
have dismissed him, but first he behoved to know the arch-bishop's pleasure ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of robert ker.htm
The Life of Mr. Robert Bailey.
... After his study of divinity, he took orders from arch-bishop Law, about the year
1622, and was soon after presented by the earl of Eglinton to the church of ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr robert 5.htm
Concerning Jonathan, one of the Sicarii, that Stirred up a ...
... [8] Vespasian and his two sons, Titus and Domitian. [9] See the representations
of these Jewish vessels as they still stand on Titus's triumphal arch at Rome ...
/.../chapter 11 concerning jonathan one.htm
The Life of Mr. Angus Macbean.
... In August, the presbytery were informed not only that he absented wilfully, but
that he disowned the government of the church by arch-bishops, bishops, &c. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr angus.htm
The Life of Mr. James Mitchel.
... Mr. Mitchel, being now excluded from all mercy or favour from the government, and
having not yet laid down arms, and taking the arch-bishop of St. ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr james 5.htm
Thesaurus
Arch (24 Occurrences)... The
arch was employed in the building of the pyramids of Egypt. The oldest
existing
arch is at Thebes, and bears the date BC 1350.
.../a/arch.htm - 15kCope (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave
of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. ...
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Vault (2 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an
arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. ...
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Tyropoeon
... A fragment of the arch (qv) of this bridge (called "Robinson's Arch"), where it
projects from the sanctuary wall, was discovered by Robinson in 1839. ...
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Arched (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Arch. 2. (a.) Made with an arch or curve;
covered with an arch; as, an arched door. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Candlestick (34 Occurrences)
... shown him. Its form is described in Exodus 25:31-40; 37:17-24, and may
be seen represented on the Arch of Titus at Rome. It was ...
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Thessalonica (8 Occurrences)
... Jason," with whom Paul and Silas lodged, are in the original called politarchai,
an unusual word, which was found, however, inscribed on an arch in Thessalonica ...
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Gabbatha (1 Occurrence)
... of the Aramaic gabhetha', meaning "height" or "ridge." Tradition which now locates
the Pretorium at the Antonia and associates the triple Roman arch near there ...
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Thrust (92 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) An attack; an assault. 10. (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a
construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal ...
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Barber
... LITERATURE. Benzinger, heb. Arch., 110; Nowack, Lehrbuch der Heb. Arch.,
134; W. Max Muller, Asien und Europa, 296. George B. Eager. ...
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