International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bar (2)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Bar (2)


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bar (substantive):

(1) בּריח, berı̄aḥ = “a bolt” (-29; ; -34; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; , , -15; “bars and doors” for the sea (the bank or shore of the sea); ; “the bars of thy gates”: the walls of the city were now rebuilt and its gates only closed and barred by night (see ); , “bars of a castle”; ; ; ; ; ): meaning “a rock in the sea” ().

(2) מוט, mōṭ = “a staff,” “stick,” “pole” (, margin); “strong fortification and great impediment” (; , “the bolt of Damascus”: no need here to render prince, as some do (G. A. Smith in the place cited.)).

(3) בּד, badh = “staff,” “part of body,” “strength” (, “bars of Sheol”: the gates of the world of the dead; compare ; some read, “Will the bars of Sheol fall?”).

(4) מטיל, meṭı̄l = “something hammered out, a (forged) bar” (). See DOOR; GATE; HOUSE.