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Bulwark

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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bool´wark : The word represents several Hebrew terms (חל , ḥēl , Isaiah 26:1; חילה , ḥēlāh , Psalm 48:13; מצוד , mācōdh , Ecclesiastes 9:14; מצור , macor , Deuteronomy 20:20 ). In 2 Chronicles 26:15 the word is translated in the Revised Version (British and American) "battlements." See FORTIFICATION .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bulwark'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​b/bulwark.html. 1915.
 
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