Engines
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Engines (4 Occurrences)

2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. His name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, until he was strong. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 4:2 And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls. (BBE)

Ezekiel 21:22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors, lifting up earthworks, building walls. (BBE)

Ezekiel 26:9 He shall set his battering engines against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS)

Thesaurus
Engines (4 Occurrences)
... Assyrians. Such an engine is mentioned in the reign of David (2 Samuel
20:15). Multi-Version Concordance Engines (4 Occurrences). 2 ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... of military discipline in the wilderness, when they entered Canaan they had no
experience of the operations of a siege and were without the engines of war ...
/s/siege.htm - 51k

Governor (78 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery,
to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are ...
/g/governor.htm - 48k

Irrigation
... This supply is now being supplemented by the introduction of thousands of pumps
and oil engines for raising the water of the wells sufficiently to run it ...
/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Invented (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Turret (1 Occurrence)
... one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in
approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting ...
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Earthworks (10 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 21:22 At his right hand was the fate of Jerusalem, to give orders for
destruction, to send up the war-cry, to put engines of war against the doors ...
/e/earthworks.htm - 9k

Engine

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Earthwork (7 Occurrences)
... on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork
against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it ...
/e/earthwork.htm - 9k

Defenses (8 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:15 He made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skillful men, to be
on the towers and on the battlements, with which to shoot arrows and great ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Hebrews hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Ecclesiastes 7:29) contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chronicles 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.) Hebrews 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 Samuel 20:15).

Strong's Hebrew
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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2810. chishshabon -- device, invention
... Definition: devices. Word Origin from chashab Definition device, invention NASB
Word Usage devices (1), engines (1). engine, invention. From ...
/hebrew/2810.htm - 6k

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