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Swim
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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The orientals swam anciently in the manner their descendants swim, hand over hand. So the Assyrian sculptures represent swimmers. This illustrates Isaiah 25:11, "He shall spread forth His hands in the midst of them (the foes), as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth ... to swim" (compare Zechariah 5:3) the swimmer beating down with his hands, i.e. bringing down each hand forcibly.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Swim'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/swim.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Swim'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/s/swim.html. 1949.
