Besom
BESOM
A broom or brush for sweeping. Before “the besom of destruction,” the hosts of God’s enemies are like the dust of the floor, Isa 14:23 .
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Besom
(, matate, a sweeper), occurs only in the phrase besom of destruction, i.e. desolating broom, with which Babylonia is threatened (Isa 14:23); a metaphor frequent still in the East for utter ruin (Roberts, Orient. Illustr. in loc.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Besom
the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Besom
BESOM (lit. sweeper) occurs only fig. Isa 14:23, I will sweep it [Babylon] with the sweeper of destruction. One such besom of twigs the writer remembers having seen in the museum of Egyptian antiquities in Cairo.
A. R. S. Kennedy.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Besom
bezum: Occurs only once in Scripture: I will sweep it with the besom of destruction (Isa 14:23). Refers to what was in store for Babylon. The Hebrew word mat’ate’, rendered besom, is close of kin to the one (t’te’thha) rendered sweep. In early English besom was synonymous with broom, and is still so used in some parts of England.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Besom
Anglo-Saxon name for a broom made of twigs. Isa 14:23.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Besom
Be’som. A brush or broom of twigs for sweeping. Isa 14:23.