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the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Swelling

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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Swert (or Sweerts), Francis
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(גָּאוֹן, gaon, "excellency," "pride," etc.) OF JORDAN is a phrase occurring in the A.V. at Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19; but which should be rendered "pride of Jordan," as in Zechariah 11:3. It refers to the verdure and thickets along the banks, lined with willows, tamarisks, and cane, in which the lions once made their covert; but has no allusion to overwhelming billows from a rise of the waters (Reland, Palaest. p. 274). (See JORDAN).

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