Siloam, Tower of mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope of the Mount of Olives. As illustrative of the movement of small bands … Continue reading “Siloam, Tower of”
Siloam, Tower, in
Siloam, Tower in See JERUSALEM; SILOAM. Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Siloam, Tower in [Silo’am] Nothing is known of the falling of this tower except what the scripture states in Luk 13:4. The village of Siloam is on the east slope of the Kidron valley, curiously formed as if ancient tombs had been appropriated, so … Continue reading “Siloam, Tower, in”
Siloam, The Pool of
Siloam, The Pool of Shelach in Neh 3:15, KJV “Siloah,” “Shiloah” (Isa 8:16), Siloam (Joh 9:7; Joh 9:11). Now Silwan. Every other pool has lost its Bible designation. Siloam, a small suburban tank, alone retains it. It is a regularly built pool or tank (bereekah) near the fountain gate, the stairs that go down from … Continue reading “Siloam, The Pool of”
Siloam, Siloah, Shelah, Shiloah
Siloam, Siloah, Shelah, Shiloah si-loam, s-loam, si-loa, shela, shi-loa: (1) , me ha-shiloah (shiloah or shilloah is a passive form and means sent or conducted) the waters of (the) Shiloah (Isa 8:6). (2) , berekhath ha-shelah, the pool of (the) Shelah (the King James Version Siloah) (Neh 3:15). (3) (or ) , ten kolumbethran tou … Continue reading “Siloam, Siloah, Shelah, Shiloah”
Siloam, Pool of
Siloam, Pool Of A remarkable Hebrew inscription on an interior passage lately discovered behind the present. Fountain of the Virgin, by which the water was reached by the inhabitants of the city, commemorates the cutting of the tunnel- leading between these two reservoirs (see Dr. Guthe, in the Zeitschr. d. deutsch. morgenland. Geschellschaft, 36:3 sq.). … Continue reading “Siloam, Pool of”
SILOAM OR SILOAH
SILOAM OR SILOAH a fountain or pool near Jerusalem Neh 3:15; Luk 13:4; Joh 9:7 Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Siloam
SILOAM Joh 9:7,11, or SHILOAH, Neh 3:15 Isa 8:6 ; a fountain and pool at the vase of the hill Ophel, near the opening of the Tyropoeon into the valley of the Kidron on the south of Jerusalem;”Siloah’s brook, that flowedFast by the oracle of God.”MILTON.The pool is now an artificial stone reservoir, fifty-three feet … Continue reading “Siloam”
Siloah, The Pool of
Siloah, The pool of Heb. shelah; i.e., “the dart”, Neh. 3:15; with the art. _shiloah_, “sending,” Isa. 8:6 (comp. 7:3)=Siloam (q.v.) Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary Siloah, The Pool of Sil’oah, The pool of. Properly, “the pool of Shelach.” Neh 3:15. See Siloam. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Siloah, Siloam, Or Shiloah
Siloah, Siloam, Or Shiloah a place in the vicinity of Jerusalem, of great importance in some respects both in ancient and modern times. I. Name. This occurs in a different form both in the original and in the A.V. as applied to water, in three passages of Scripture, which we here arrange chronologically. 1. The … Continue reading “Siloah, Siloam, Or Shiloah”
Siloah, Siloam
Siloah, Siloam [Silo’ah] [Silo’am] A pool on the south of Jerusalem near the west slope of the Kidron valley. It is mentioned in the Old Testament as being ‘by the king’s garden’ when the walls of Jerusalem were being rebuilt by Nehemiah (Neh 3:15). In Isa 8:6, under the name of SHILOAH, it is used … Continue reading “Siloah, Siloam”