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rampart

Meaning of “rampart”

A defensive wall, embankment, or fortification surrounding a place.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Lamentations 2:8

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “rampart”

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Lamentations 2:8
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The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:8 · retained source text

The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line: he hath not withdrawen his hand from destroying: therefore hee made the rampart and the wall to lament: they languished together.

1611 marginal noteHebr. swallowing vp.

Nahum 3:8
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Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 3:8 · retained source text

Art thou better then populous No, that was scituate among the riuers that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

1611 marginal noteOr, nourishing. Hebr. No Amon.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Nahum 3:8

Whose rampart was the sea directly identifies the sea as that city's defensive boundary. The identity is specific to the city and does not make every rampart a sea.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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An elevation or mound of earth round a place, formed for defence.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 415