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Beacon

A pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose (Isa. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1961, H8650
Hebrew
הָיָה · hâyâh

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

הָיָה

H1961
Transliteration
hâyâh
Pronunciation
haw-yaw
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3,561

Glosses

beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Lexicon definition

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

תֹּרֶן

H8650
Transliteration
tôren
Pronunciation
to'-ren
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
3

Glosses

beacon, mast.

Lexicon definition

a pole (as a mast or flagstaff)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

G—

The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Greek word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Beacon

A pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose (Isa. 30:17). In Isa. 33:23 and Ezek. 27:5, the same word is rendered "mast." (See [54]Banner.)

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Topical Bible

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All Scripture references2 references

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 1

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