Top-o-graphi-a, from (top-os), a place, and (graphein), to write or describe.<\/p>\n
Hence it is used of the figure which adds something to what is said by describing a place; or any peculiarity which marks the place, and throws light on what is being treated of.<\/p>\n
Called by the Latins LOCI DESCRIPTIO.<\/p>\n
Topographia is such a description of a place as exhibits it to our view; as the description of Sheol, Isa 14:9-12; Isa 30:33 :<\/p>\n
The new Heaven and Earth, Isa 65:17, etc.; Rev 21:1, etc.:<\/p>\n
The future glory of Jerusalem and the Land, Isa 33:20-21; Isa 35:6-10. Psa 46:5-6; Psa 60:6-9.<\/p>\n
In Psa 89:12, the description shows that the points of the compass are always* [Note: Excepting perhaps parts of Ezekiel written in Babylon.] reckoned with reference to Jerusalem, The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor (in the west) and Hermon (in the east) shall rejoice in thy name.<\/p>\n
Thus the description of these places completes the four points of the compass.<\/p>\n
The names of the places in Isa 10:28-32 give us the course of the invasion of the land by the King of Assyria.<\/p>\n
The Sea is frequently mentioned by way of description to show that the West is intended: the Mediterranean being on the West of the Land. See Num 2:18 (Heb.). Jos 16:5-6. Eze 42:19 (Heb.).<\/p>\n
In Psa 107:3, however, the Sea evidently denotes the Red Sea; and though the word sea is in the Hebrew, it is rendered South. The emphasis put upon the wonderful Exodus is thus quietly but very powerfully introduced: And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the sea! because the deliverance from Egypt was through the sea.<\/p>\n
In Psa 72:8, from sea to sea means from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Compare Exo 23:31.<\/p>\n
Sometimes a description of place is added and thrown in to convey a lesson, e.g., Joh 6:10, Now there was much grass in the place. Act 8:26, Which is desert, to show that it mattered not to the true servant whether he ministered in a city (verse 5), and gave joy to crowds of people (verse 8), or whether he ministered to one soul in the desert (verse 26).<\/p>\n
See also Isa 65:17-25. Joe 2:3. Luk 16:24-26. Joh 11:18.<\/p>\n
When the description is confined to time, it is called<\/p>\n
Topographia; or, Description of Place Top-o-graphi-a, from (top-os), a place, and (graphein), to write or describe. Hence it is used of the figure which adds something to what is said by describing a place; or any peculiarity which marks the place, and throws light on what is being treated of. Called by the Latins LOCI … Continue reading “Topographia; or, Description of Place”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}