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(the representative of many Hebrews words, and usually of the Greek âÜëëù ) occurs in many applications as a synonyme of throw. The following seem to deserve special notice.
1. Amaziah, king of Judah, caused the punishment of "casting down from the top of a rock" to be inflicted on ten thousand Edomites whom he had taken in war (2Ch_25:12); and the Greeks and Romans were in the habit of condemning certain criminals to be cast down from the top of a rock, especially the latter nation, whence the famous "Tarpeian Rock" at Rome. SEE PUNISHMENT.
2. The phrase to "cast up a bank" is one frequently employed in Scripture for the preliminary act in beseigers of raising a rampart of blockade around a hose the city. SEE SIEGE.
3. For the practice of "casting metal," SEE METALLURGY.
4. On the act of "casting out of the synagogue," SEE EXCOMMUNICATION.
5. "Castaway" ( ἀäüêéìïò , not accepted, reprobate) occurs 1Co_9:27, as a term equivalent to apostate. SEE APOSTASY.