ATS Bible Dictionary
Battering-RamA military engine for battering walls. A long and solid beam, armed at one end with a metallic ram's-head, was suspended by the middle, and swung violently and repeatedly against the walls of a city or castle, till a breach was made. It was sometimes in the lower part of a wooden tower built upon wheels, and was worked by more than a hundred men; while the upper part of the tower was filled with archers and slingers, Ezekiel 4:2; 21:22.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BATTERING-RAMbat'-er-ing-ram.
See SIEGE.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(
Ezek. 4:2;
21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram's head.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
2. (n.) A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
Strong's Hebrew
3733c. kar -- a he-lamb, a battering ram... << 3733b, 3733c. kar. 3734 >>. a he-lamb, a
battering ram. Transliteration:
kar Short Definition: lambs. Word Origin from karar Definition
... /hebrew/3733c.htm - 5k 3733. kar -- basket-saddle
... From karar in the sense of plumpness; a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a
battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or ...
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6904. qebol -- something in front, a military siege engine
... war. From qabal in the sense of confronting (as standing opposite in order to receive);
a battering-ram -- war. see HEBREW qabal. << 6903, 6904. qebol. 6905 >>. ...
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4239. mechi -- a smiting
... Word Origin from machah Definition a smiting NASB Word Usage blow (1). engines.
From machah; a stroke, ie Battering-ram -- engines. see HEBREW machah. ...
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