Bible Dictionaries
Posts

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Porter

Next Entry
Potentate

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Post
Thompson Chain Reference
• Posts
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Post Communion
American Tract Society
• Posts
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Post
• Door-Posts
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Post
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Post, Doorpost
• Post
King James Dictionary
• Post
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Posts
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Oaths, English Post Reformation
• English Post Reformation Oaths
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Post
Webster Dictionary
• Tool-Post
• Powder-Posted
• Posting
•   (only first 3 shown)
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Post
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Pigeon Post
• Post
• Post and Pair
•   (only first 3 shown)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Post
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Door-Post
• Poetry, Hebrew (Post-Biblical).
• Post
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Post Restante
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• English Post-Reformation Oaths
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Door and Door-Post
• Jewish Abend-Post
Lexicons
• אַיִל אַיִל, אַיִל, אַיִל, אֵל, אֵל, , אֵל
• אַמָּה , אַמָּה
• חָזַק
•   (only first 3 shown)

ruts. The dispatch of letters with speed was of early date. Job said, "Now my days are swifter than a post." Job 9:25 . When Hezekiah proclaimed a Passover for all Israel he sent letters of invitation by 'runners' from city to city. 2 Chronicles 30:6,10 . The posts sent with the decree from Shushan the palace went on horses, mules, camels, and young dromedaries, "being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment." Esther 3:13,15; Esther 8:10,14 . In the prophecy of God's judgements on Babylon it is said that the news should be carried to the king by one post running to meet another. Jeremiah 51:31 . By dividing large districts into small departments with a post-house in each, in which 'runners' and animals were always kept ready, despatches could quickly be dispersed in various directions.