HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4546
מְסִלָּה
me.sil.lah — highway
highway, raised way, public road
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Highway
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4547
מַסְלוּל
mas.lul — highway
highway
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5619
סָקַל
sa.qal — to stone
1) to stone (to death), put to death by stoning 1a) (Qal) to pelt with stones, stone to death 1b) (Niphal) to be stoned to death 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to stone, pelt with stones 1c2) to free from stones (of vineyard, highway) 1d) (Pual) to be stoned to death
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5549
סָלַל
sa.lal — to build
1) to lift up, cast up, exalt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cast up a highway 1a2) to cast up a way 1a3) to lift up (of song) 1b) (Pilpel) to exalt, esteem highly, prize 1c) (Hithpoel) to exalt oneself
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1327
διέξοδος
diexodos — thoroughfare
δι-έ-οδος, -ου, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for תּוֹצָאָה, as Num.34:4ff, and frequently in Jos;] in π. of the conclusion of a trial (MM, Exp., xi); a way out through, an outlet; pl., δ. τῶν ὁδῶν, RV, the partings of the highways: Mat.22:9.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5538
סִלָּא
sil.la — Silla
§ Silla = "a highway" the scene of the murder of king Joash of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
A raised road for public use. Such roads were not found in Palestine; hence the force of the language used to describe the return of the captives and the advent of the Messiah (Isa. 11:16; 35:8; 40:3; 62:10) under the figure of the preparation of a grand thoroughfare for their march. During their possession of Palestine the Romans constructed several important highways, as they did in all countries which they ruled.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.