Pole
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

2. (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole.

3. (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch.

4. (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops.

5. (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.

6. (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.

7. (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

8. (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.

9. (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian.

10. (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle.

11. (n.) The firmament; the sky.

12. (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
POLE

pol: Numbers 21:8, 9 the King James Version for nes, Revised Version "standard."

Greek
3146. mastigoo -- to scourge
... mastigoo Phonetic Spelling: (mas-tig-o'-o) Short Definition: I flog, scourge Definition:
I flog, scourge, the victim being strapped to a pole or frame; met: I ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3146.htm - 7k

4716. stauros -- an upright stake, hence a cross (the Rom. ...
... From the base of histemi; a stake or post (as set upright), ie (specially), a pole
or cross (as an instrument of capital punishment); figuratively, exposure to ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4716.htm - 8k

1385. dokos -- a beam of timber
... 1385 -- a large beam (joist) of wood; "" () a log on which planks in the house rest
(as in the papyri); joist, rafter, plank (Moffatt); a pole sticking out ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1385.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew
4132. mot -- a shaking, pole, bar (of a yoke)
... 4131, 4132. mot. 4133 . a shaking, pole, bar (of a yoke). Transliteration:
mot Phonetic Spelling: (mote) Short Definition: bars. ...
/hebrew/4132.htm - 6k

4133. motah -- a pole, bar (of a yoke)
... 4132, 4133. motah. 4134 . a pole, bar (of a yoke). Transliteration: motah Phonetic
Spelling: (mo-taw') Short Definition: yoke. Word Origin fem. ...
/hebrew/4133.htm - 6k

5251. nes -- a standard, ensign, signal, sign
... warning (1). banner, pole, sail, ensign, standard. From nacac; a flag; also
a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal ...
/hebrew/5251.htm - 6k

8650. toren -- a mast
... beacon, mast. Probably for 'oren; a pole (as a mast or flag-staff) -- beacon, mast.
see HEBREW 'oren. 8649b, 8650. toren. 8651 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/8650.htm - 6k

7573. ratham -- to bind, attach
... root Definition to bind, attach NASB Word Usage harness (1). yoke, bind. A primitive
root; to yoke up (to the pole of a vehicle) -- bind. 7572, 7573. ...
/hebrew/7573.htm - 5k

7574. rethem -- broom plant, retem
... juniper tree. Or rothem {ro'-them}; from ratham; the Spanish broom (from its
pole-like stems) -- juniper (tree). see HEBREW ratham. 7573, 7574. ...
/hebrew/7574.htm - 6k

6321. pol -- beans
... 6320, 6321. pol. 6322 . beans. Transliteration: pol Phonetic Spelling:
(pole) Short Definition: beans. Word Origin of uncertain ...
/hebrew/6321.htm - 5k

Library

Narrow Escapes. Is Thrown from a Horse. Has Pneumonia. Nearly ...
... One day I was hauling heavy barn sills. They were swung under the hind axle,
and the pole was tied by a chain back around the sill. ...
/.../chapter x narrow escapes is.htm

The Conquest of Lydia.
... He set up a pole on the plain in an upright position, and then measured the pole
and also its shadow. He also measured the length of the shadow of the pyramid. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter vii the conquest of.htm

Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus.
... For they suppose that towards the North Pole is situated the Dragon, the Serpent,
from the highest pole looking upon all (the objects), and gazing on all the ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xlvii opinions of the heretics.htm

The Phoenix
... Attributed to Lactantius [2011] There is a happy spot, retired [2012] in the
first East, where the great gate of the eternal pole lies open. ...
/.../lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/the phoenix.htm

The Poison and the Antidote
... And Moses prayed for the people.8. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery
serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the poison and the antidote.htm

Genesis.
... 5 While chaos and black darkness shrouded all: Which darkness, when God bade be
from the pole [1245]. ... Increase, that with your seed the pole and earth [1258]. ...
/.../unknown/fathers of the third century tertullian appendix/3 genesis.htm

Evening of the Third Day in Passion-Week-On the Mount of Olives ...
... This was placed in a hollow cup or deep saucer - the Beth Shiqqua [5524] - which
was fastened by a pointed end into a long wooden pole, on which it was borne ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii evening of the.htm

Missionary Hymns.
... Let the Gospel Loud resound from pole to pole. This song of anticipation has dropped
out of the modern hymnals, but the last stanza lingers in many memories. ...
/.../brown/the story of the hymns and tunes/chapter iv missionary hymns.htm

God Neither Known nor Loved by the World
... Fills them with rage against his empire now: I traverse earth in vain from pole
to pole,. To seek one simple heart, set free from all below. ...
/.../god neither known nor loved.htm

The Triumph of Heavenly Love Desired
... A thousand sorrows pierce my soul,. To think that all are not thine own: Ah! be
adored from pole to pole; Where is thy zeal? arise; be known! ...
/.../the triumph of heavenly love.htm

Thesaurus
Pole (21 Occurrences)
... piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches
have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar ...
/p/pole.htm - 15k

Perch (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to
roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or ...
/p/perch.htm - 8k

Plow (11 Occurrences)
... The branch is cut off 10 or 12 ft. from the trunk and forms the pole. A lighter
stick, about 3 ft. ... The pole is of 2 pieces joined end to end. ...
/p/plow.htm - 15k

Staff (91 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon;
a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff ...
/s/staff.htm - 38k

Eden (19 Occurrences)
... 2. The North Pole: Dr. William F. Warren has with prodigious learning attempted
to show that the original Eden was at the North Pole, a theory which has too ...
/e/eden.htm - 28k

Chariot (102 Occurrences)
... The chief pieces of the Hebrew chariot were (1) the pole to which the two horses
were yoked, (2) the axle-resting upon two wheels with six or eight spokes (1 ...
/c/chariot.htm - 55k

Vault (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A leap or bound. 5. (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. 6. (n.)
A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. ...
/v/vault.htm - 9k

Tongue (160 Occurrences)
... 16. (n.) The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end
of which the oxen are yoked. 17. (n.) The clapper of a bell. 18. ...
/t/tongue.htm - 42k

Rod (138 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. ... 7. (n.) A measure of length
containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. Int. ...
/r/rod.htm - 42k

Roost (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. ... 5. (vi)
To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. ...
/r/roost.htm - 8k

Resources
What is See You at the Pole (SYATP)? | GotQuestions.org

Was Jesus crucified on a cross, pole, or stake? | GotQuestions.org

What is an Asherah pole? | GotQuestions.org

Pole: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Pole (21 Occurrences)

Numbers 4:10
and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put it upon a pole.
(DBY)

Numbers 4:12
And they shall take all the instruments of service, wherewith they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put them upon a pole.
(DBY)

Numbers 13:23
And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
(See JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 21:8
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:21
You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make for yourselves.
(See NIV)

Judges 6:25
It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
(See NIV)

Judges 6:26
and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down."
(See NIV)

Judges 6:28
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
(See NIV)

Judges 6:30
Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."
(See NIV)

1 Kings 15:13
Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 16:33
Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 6:2
Let us go, please, to the Jordan, and every man a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"
(See NIV)

2 Kings 13:6
Nevertheless they didn't depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin, but walked therein: and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.)
(See NIV)

2 Kings 17:16
They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 21:3
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 21:7
He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;
(See NIV)

2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 23:15
Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 15:16
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 30:17
One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Pole

Related Terms

Perch (2 Occurrences)

Plow (11 Occurrences)

Staff (91 Occurrences)

Eden (19 Occurrences)

Chariot (102 Occurrences)

Vault (2 Occurrences)

Tongue (160 Occurrences)

Rod (138 Occurrences)

Roost (4 Occurrences)

Beacon (3 Occurrences)

Shaft (13 Occurrences)

Images (158 Occurrences)

Tabernacle (333 Occurrences)

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Looks (76 Occurrences)

Weaving (4 Occurrences)

Wind (180 Occurrences)

Flail (1 Occurrence)

Reach (63 Occurrences)

Radiant (14 Occurrences)

Reed (41 Occurrences)

Elevation (7 Occurrences)

End (3706 Occurrences)

Ensign (21 Occurrences)

Erect (17 Occurrences)

Measuring (42 Occurrences)

Mole (2 Occurrences)

Mast (4 Occurrences)

Pokereth-hazzebaim (2 Occurrences)

Beam (17 Occurrences)

Brass (168 Occurrences)

Banner (20 Occurrences)

Bunch (6 Occurrences)

Bat (2 Occurrences)

Crooked (31 Occurrences)

Arcturus (2 Occurrences)

South (170 Occurrences)

Shin (2 Occurrences)

Swarm (26 Occurrences)

Stiffnecked (9 Occurrences)

Sweep (34 Occurrences)

Stiff-necked (18 Occurrences)

Sit (216 Occurrences)

Stake (2 Occurrences)

Bar (27 Occurrences)

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

Cross (157 Occurrences)

Ahab (85 Occurrences)

Place (9195 Occurrences)

Utensils (72 Occurrences)

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Lizard (3 Occurrences)

Punishments (31 Occurrences)

Beheld (95 Occurrences)

Burial (25 Occurrences)

Deluge (17 Occurrences)

Noah (55 Occurrences)

Height (109 Occurrences)

High (4559 Occurrences)

Pokereth-hazzebaim
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