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Pavilion
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Pavilion. (A temporary movable tent or habitation.
1. Hebrew, Soc, properly an enclosed place, also rendered "tabernacle," "covert," and "den;" once only "pavilion." Psalms 27:5. (Among the Egyptians, pavilions were built in a similar style to houses, though on a smaller scale, in various parts of the country, and in the foreign districts through which the Egyptian armies passed, for the use of the king - Wilkinson).
2. Hebrew, Succah, usually "tabernacle," and "booth."
3. Hebrew, Shaphrur and shaphrir, a word used once only, in Jeremiah 49:10, to signify glory or splendor, and hence, probably to be understood of the splendid covering of the royal throne.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Pavilion'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/p/pavilion.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Pavilion'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/p/pavilion.html. 1901.
