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Caul

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GREEK · G6535

ἁρμονία

harmonia — a joint

1. a fastening to keep ship-planks together, a clamp , (Odyssey by Homer) 2. a joining, joint , between a ship's planks, τὰς ἁρμ. ἐπάκτωσαν τῆι βύβλωι caulked the joints with byblus, (Herdotus Historicus) 3. a frame : metaphorically, δύστροπος γυναικῶν ἁρμ. women's perverse temperament , (Euripides) 4. a covenant, agreement , in plural, (Iliad by Homer):—; settled government, order , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 5. harmony , as a concord of sounds , first as a mythical personage, Harmonia, Music , companion of Hebe, the Graces and the Hours; child of the Muses, (Homeric Hymns) 6. metaphorically, harmony, concord , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

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GREEK · G9694

χαλκεῖον

chalkeion — a brass cauldron

1. a smith's shop, forge, smithy , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. = χαλκίον, a copper, caldron , (Herdotus Historicus) 3. a metal reflector in a lamp, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

(Heb. yothe’reth; i.e., “something redundant”), the membrane which covers the upper part of the liver (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 3:4, 10, 15; 4:9; 7:4; marg., “midriff”). In Hos. 13:8 (Heb. seghor; i.e., “an enclosure”) the pericardium, or parts about the heart, is meant.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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