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Anchor (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

See Ship. ANCIENT has now a narrow range of usage. In AV it is freely applied to men, as Ezk 9» ' then they began at the a. men ' ; Ezr 3'" ' many of tlie priests and Levites ... a. (RV 'old') men.' Cf. Luttrell (1704), 'Sir Samuel Astry (being verj antient) has resigned his place of clerk ; and Penn, Life (1718), 'This A.M.C. aforeseid, is an Ancient Maid.' Follo^ving the Heb. (and LXX) a. is used as a subst., as Is 3' ' the judge and the prophet and the prudent and the a.' ; but esp.

in the plur., as Ps 119™ ' I understand more than the B,' ' (RV ' aged '). In these places ' the ancients ' are mostly a definite class, the Elders of Israel, or of some tribe or city. See Elder in OT. Wright ( IKorrf Book' p. 36) points out that ' the ancient ' is used for the plur. in the Pref.

of 1611; it is probable that in Job 12" we have an instance of the same : ' With the ancient (RV 'with aged men') is wisdom'; while Sir 39' is unmistakable, 'seek out the wisdom of all the ancient ' (triirruy apxa-iiov, RV ' ancients '). J. Hastings.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Anchor

Anchor an'-ker. ⇒See a list of verses on ANCHOR in the Bible. See SHIPS AND BOATS. ⇒See the definition of anchor in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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