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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Measuring Line
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Measuring Line, Measuring Reed
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Direct Line
Collateral Line of Consanguinity

Vines' Expository Dictionary

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Stream Line
Straight-Lined
Spurling-Line
(only first 3 shown)

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

Agonic Lines
Fall-Line
Isoclinic Lines
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Measuring Line
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia

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Plumb-Line

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Aclinic Line
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Load-Line
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The Catholic Encyclopedia

St. Anne Line

The Jewish Encyclopedia

Party Lines and Party Walls

Parallelism; or Parallel Lines

κανών

Were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a possession (Psalm 16:6 ).

Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Lines'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/l/lines.html. 1897.

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