Bible Encyclopedias
Eminent
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
em´i -nent : In the King James Version (only in Ezekiel 16:24 , Ezekiel 16:31 , Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 17:22 ) refers literally to physical elevation; the Revised Version (British and American) in the last passage renders "lofty" (Hebrew tālūl , "uplifted," "heaped up") and in the others "vaulted place" (Hebrew gabh , "rounded place," "mound" the English Revised Version, margin "a vaulted chamber").
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Eminent'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/e/eminent.html. 1915.