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Pommel

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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[an old English term, derived from the French pomme, an apple, and signifying anything round, but now applied only to a part of a saddle] (גְּלּה, gullah, a globular or round thing, a bowl, which it signifies in Ecclesiastes 12:6; Zechariah 4:3), the ball or round ornament on the capital of a column (2 Chronicles 4:12-13; "bowl," 1 Kings 7:41-42). (See COLUMN).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Pommel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/pommel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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