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Fish-gate (Hastings' Dictionary)

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

See Jkkusalem. FISH-POOL occurs in AV of Ca 7* ' Thine eyes are [like] the fish-pools of Heshbon,' but the exact translation is simply ' jjools ' (so RV ; Heb. niDi?, LXX Xi/i^ai). See Hitzig, adloc, and art. Hesh- bon. Equally unwarrantable is the introduction of ' fish ' in Is 19'", where AV, following Ibn Ezra, tr. Pji"?;^ 1;? '^V^? ' all that make sluices [and] ponds for fish.'

The passage is obscure (see Skinner, ad toe), but probably the correct tr° is that of RV, ' all they tnat work for hire shall be grieved in soul. ' * It is possible that the elsewhere unexampled '53N (for •ojy) was a play suggested by the employment of the ' workers for hire ' in the construction of water-tanks (d-sjn ; so Del. quot- ing Ehrentreu, ad loc). The LXX, while agree- ing >Tith this tr° of irjJ-'pjN (Xvirrie-qaoin-ai.

nal ras ff/vxis roviaovaii'), gives ' manufacturers of strong drink ' (iroioCn-es t6v fCSov),t instead of ' workers for hire.' They must have read VP for ''?'■ T A ^T*"! RIP"

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Fish-gate

Fish Gate See JERUSALEM. ⇒See a list of verses on FISH GATE in the Bible.

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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