Bible Dictionaries
Vesta
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
(2):
(n.) A wax friction match.
(3):
(n.) One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of
BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Vesta'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/vesta.html. 1828.