International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
FENCEfens (batsar, mibhtsar):
Commonly used in the King James Version in the description of fortified places, as the translation of batsar, "to cut off," "to separate," "to fortify" (and forms) (Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 9:1; Deuteronomy 28:52, etc.); mibhtsar, "fenced city," is a fortified place (Numbers 32:17, 36 Joshua 10:20; Joshua 19:35, etc.); matsor, "fenced cities," means "bulwark," "citadel" (2 Chronicles 8:5); metsurah, "fortification" (2 Chronicles 11:23; 2 Chronicles 12:4; 2 Chronicles 14:6; 21:3); for "fenced" the American Standard Revised Version substitutes "fortified" in all these instances; in Daniel 11:15, mibhtsar is "a well-fortified city," margin "the fortified cities," the English Revised Version "well-fenced"; "fence" is also the translation of gadher, "a wall" or "fence" (Job 19:8 the American Standard Revised Version, "walled up" (gadhar); Psalm 62:3); `azaq, "to loosen" (the ground) as with a mattock (Isaiah 5:2, where the King James Version has "fenced" it (the vineyard), the American Standard Revised Version "digged it," the English Revised Version "made a trench about it," it" margin "digged it" sukh, "to interweave" or "interlace" (Job 10:11, the Revised Version (British and American) "clothed"); male', "to be or become full" (2 Samuel 23:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "armed," margin "Hebrew filled").
ERV has "fence" for "wall" (Numbers 22:24 Isaiah 5:5 Hosea 2:6; the American Standard Revised Version retains "wall"), for "hedge" (Ecclesiastes 10:8 Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 22:30; the American Standard Revised Version "wall"); "fenced" for "walled" (Numbers 13:28 Deuteronomy 1:28; the American Standard Revised Version "fortified"); compare for "strong" Joshua 19:29 Nehemiah 9:25 Psalm 108:10 (margin Joshua 19:29, "the city of Mibzar-zor, that is, the fortress of Tyre," the English Revised Version, "fenced"), for "hedged" (Lamentations 3:7, American Revised Version, "walled"); compare for "defenced," the English Revised Version "fenced," the American Standard Revised Version "fortified" (Isaiah 36:1; Isaiah 37:26, etc.); "fences" for "hedges" (Psalm 80:12, the American Standard Revised Version "walls"); in Jeremiah 49:3, the English Revised Version and the American Standard Revised Version have "fences."
See also HEDGE.
W. L. Walker
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Hebrews gader),
Numbers 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of unmortared stones, to protect gardens, vineyards, sheepfolds, etc. From various causes they were apt to bulge out and fall (
Psalm 62:3). In
Psalm 80:12, R.V. (see Isaiah 5:5), the psalmist says, "Why hast thou broken down her fences?" Serpents delight to lurk in the crevices of such fences (
Ecclesiastes 10:8; Comp.
Amos 5:19).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
2. (n.) An enclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.
3. (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.
4. (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.
5. (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received.
6. (v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
7. (v. t.) To enclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an enclosure.
8. (v. i.) To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.
9. (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the small sword, using the point only.
10. (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.
Strong's Hebrew
5473. sug -- to fence about... << 5472, 5473. sug. 5474 >>. to
fence about. Transliteration: sug Phonetic
Spelling: (soog) Short Definition:
fence. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/5473.htm - 6k 7753. suk -- to hedge or fence up or about
... suk. 7754 >>. to hedge or fence up or about. Transliteration: suk Phonetic Spelling:
(sook) Short Definition: hedge. Word Origin a prim. ... fence, make an hedge up. ...
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5480b. suk -- to hedge or fence about, shut in
... << 5480a, 5480b. suk. 5481 >>. to hedge or fence about, shut in. Transliteration:
suk Short Definition: enclosed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1447. gader -- a wall
... wall. Word Origin from gadar Definition a wall NASB Word Usage fence (1),
hedges (1), wall (11), walls (1). fence, hedge, wall. From ...
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5823. azaq -- to dig about
... root Definition to dig about NASB Word Usage dug it all around (1). fence about.
A primitive root; to grub over -- fence about. << 5822, 5823. azaq. 5824 >>. ...
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1443. gadar -- to wall up or off, to build a wall
... close up, fence up, hedge, enclose, make up a wall, mason, repairer. A
primitive root; to wall in or around -- close up, fence up ...
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5526. cakak -- to overshadow, screen, cover
... 33:22) {saw-kak'}; a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication,
to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect -- cover, defence, defend ...
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2691. chatser -- enclosure, court
... court, tower, village (masculine and feminine); from chatsar in its original sense;
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded ...
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2838. chashuq -- a fillet or ring
... fillet. Or chashuwq {khaw-shook'}; past participle of chashaq; attached, ie A
fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars -- fillet. see HEBREW chashaq. ...
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