Battlement
Bible Usage:
- battle used 170 times.
- battlement used once.
- battlements used once.
- battles used 6 times.
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 22:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4624 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Battlement
A parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law (Deuteronomy 22:8). In Jeremiah 5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Battlement
Among the Jews a battlement was required by law to be built upon every house. It consisted of a low wall built around the roofs of the houses to prevent persons from falling off, and sometimes serving as a partition from another building. (22:8; Jeremiah 5:10)
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Battlement
BAT'TLEMENT, noun [This is said to have been bastillement, from bastille, a fortification.]
A wall raised on a building with openings or embrasures, or the
embrasure itself.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Battlemented
BAT'TLEMENTED, adjective Secured by battlements.
Naves Topical Index
Battlements
On roofs of houses
Deuteronomy 22:8
On walls
Jeremiah 5:10
Bible Usage:
- battle used 170 times.
- battlement used once.
- battlements used once.
- battles used 6 times.
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 22:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H4624 Used 1 time