Meaning of “gin”

1. Gin — a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, _mokesh_, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Ps. 69: 22, "Let their table before them become a net;" Amos 3:5, "Doth a bird fall into a net [pah] upon the ground where there is no trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the net [pah] spring up from the ground and take nothing at all?", Gesenius.)

2. Engines — (1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Eccl. 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chr. 26:15 it refers to inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls of a town, such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows (the catapulta). (2.) Heb. mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in front a battering-ram (Ezek. 26:9), the use of which was common among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2 Sam. 20:15).

3. Fountain of the Virgin — the perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copious stream to it through a tunnel cut through the rock, the actual length of which is 1,750 feet. The spring rises in a cave 20 feet by 7. A serpentine tunnel 67 feet long runs from it toward the left, off which the tunnel to the Pool of Siloam branches. It is the only unfailing fountain in Jerusalem. The fountain received its name from the "fantastic legend" that here the virgin washed the swaddling-clothes of our Lord. This spring has the singular characteristic of being intermittent, flowing from three to five times daily in winter, twice daily in summer, and only once daily in autumn. This peculiarity is accounted for by the supposition that the outlet from the reservoir is by a passage in the form of a siphon.

4. Hanging — (as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.) Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before the door of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance to the most holy place, called "the veil of the covering" (35:12; 39:34), as the word properly means. (2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars. (3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove" (R.V., "for the Asherah"); marg., instead of "hangings," has "tents" or "houses." Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.

5. Neginah — in the title of Ps. 61, denotes the music of stringed instruments (1 Sam. 16:16; Isa. 38:20). It is the singular form of Neginoth.

6. Neginoth — i.e., songs with instrumental accompaniment, found in the titles of Ps. 4; 6; 54; 55; 67; 76; rendered "stringed instruments," Hab. 3:19, A.V. It denotes all kinds of stringed instruments, as the "harp," "psaltery," "viol," etc. The "chief musician on Neginoth" is the leader of that part of the temple choir which played on stringed instruments.

7. Scourging — (1 Kings 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22-37). (See BASTINADO »T0000469.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt. 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa. 53:5) were fulfilled.

8. Septuagint — See VERSIONS »T0003768.

9. Virgin — In a prophecy concerning our Lord, Isaiah (7:14) says, "A virgin [R.V. marg., 'the virgin'] shall conceive, and bear a son" (comp. Luke 1:31-35). The people of the land of Zidon are thus referred to by Isaiah (23:12), "O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon;" and of the people of Israel, Jeremiah (18:13) says, "The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing."

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1. Genesis Chapter 1 Verse 1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

3. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

4. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 10 — And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

5. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

6. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 3 — And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

7. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 43 — Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

8. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 16 — And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

9. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 19 — And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

10. Genesis Chapter 41 Verse 21 — And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

11. Genesis Chapter 49 Verse 3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

12. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 42 — It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

13. Exodus Chapter 12 Verse 2 — This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

14. Exodus Chapter 22 Verse 17 — If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

15. Exodus Chapter 26 Verse 37 — And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

16. Exodus Chapter 26 Verse 36 — And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

17. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 16 — And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

18. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 15 — And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

19. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 14 — The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

20. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 12 — And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

21. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 11 — And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

22. Exodus Chapter 27 Verse 9 — And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

23. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 17 — The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

24. Exodus Chapter 35 Verse 15 — And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

25. Exodus Chapter 36 Verse 37 — And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

26. Exodus Chapter 36 Verse 6 — And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.

27. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 18 — And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

28. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 16 — All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

29. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 15 — And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

30. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 14 — The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

31. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 12 — And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

32. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 11 — And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

33. Exodus Chapter 38 Verse 9 — And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

34. Exodus Chapter 39 Verse 40 — The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

35. Exodus Chapter 39 Verse 38 — And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

36. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 33 — And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

37. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 28 — And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

38. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 8 — And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

39. Exodus Chapter 40 Verse 5 — And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

40. Leviticus Chapter 21 Verse 14 — A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

41. Leviticus Chapter 21 Verse 13 — And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

42. Leviticus Chapter 21 Verse 3 — And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

43. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 31 — And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

44. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 26 — And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

45. Numbers Chapter 3 Verse 25 — And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

46. Numbers Chapter 4 Verse 26 — And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

47. Numbers Chapter 4 Verse 25 — And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

48. Numbers Chapter 5 Verse 15 — Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

49. Numbers Chapter 7 Verse 9 — But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

50. Numbers Chapter 10 Verse 10 — Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.

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