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Greek

1041. bomos -- a platform, an altar
... a platform, an altar. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: bomos Phonetic
Spelling: (bo'-mos) Short Definition: an altar Definition: an altar ...
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968. bema -- a step, raised place, by impl. a tribunal
... 968 (from , "to step, ascend") -- properly, a platform to which someone walked up
to receive ; (figuratively) the administration of justice -- literally, given ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3595. kiyyor -- pot, basin
... Word Origin from the same as kur Definition pot, basin NASB Word Usage basin
(6), basins (5), firepot (1), laver (9), pan (1), platform (1). ...
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4608. maaleh -- an ascent
... Word Origin from alah Definition an ascent NASB Word Usage ascent (9),
platform (1), slope (1), stairway (4), upper section (1). ...
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1363. gobah -- height
... gabah Definition height NASB Word Usage dignity (1), haughtiness (1), haughty (1),
height (6), high (2), loftiness (1), lofty (1), pride (1), raised platform (1 ...
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5982. ammud -- a pillar, column
... apiece, pillar. Or ammud {am-mood'}; from amad; a column (as standing); also a stand,
ie Platform -- X apiece, pillar. see HEBREW amad. 5981, 5982. ...
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Library

The Saybrook Platform
... THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONNECTICUT CHAPTER VI THE SAYBROOK
PLATFORM. A Government within a Government. The Saybrook ...
/.../chapter vi the saybrook platform.htm

The Cambridge Platform and the Half-Way Covenant
... THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONNECTICUT CHAPTER IV THE CAMBRIDGE
PLATFORM AND THE HALF-WAY COVENANT. It is always right ...
/.../chapter iv the cambridge platform.htm

The Saybrook Platform and the Toleration Act
... THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONNECTICUT CHAPTER VII THE SAYBROOK
PLATFORM AND THE TOLERATION ACT. They keep the word ...
/.../chapter vii the saybrook platform.htm

The Abrogation of the Saybrook Platform
... THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN CONNECTICUT CHAPTER XI THE ABROGATION
OF THE SAYBROOK PLATFORM. That house cannot stand."Mark 3, 25. ...
/.../chapter xi the abrogation of.htm

American Congregational Creeds.
... XXV., XXX., and XXXI.] we refer ourselves to the Platform of Church Discipline agreed
upon by this present assembly; and do therefore think it meet that this ...
/.../ 103 american congregational creeds.htm

Drunkenness.
... II. DRUNKENNESS. I. A TEMPERANCE PLATFORM. ... This is a Temperance Platform upon which
every sober, informed, and conscientious person may stand. ...
/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/ii drunkenness.htm

Standing with the People
... First Day: The Social Platform of Jesus. ... "As thou didst send me into the world, even
so sent I them." Must the platform of Jesus be our platform and program? ...
/.../rauschenbusch/the social principles of jesus/chapter iii standing with the.htm

The Tribunal of Caiphas.
... them was a room almost as large as the vestibule itself, where the seat of the members
of the Council were placed on a species of round platform raised above ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter vii the tribunal of.htm

The Corporate Union of Church Bodies: Bases and Terms.
... It must not be forgotten that the first creed formulated in America, the Cambridge
Platform, 1648, gave as one of its two ends 'the holding forth of the Unity ...
/.../the creeds of the evangelical protestant churches/ii the corporate union of.htm

The Next Day, and the Next after That, were Passed by the Cardinal ...
... Then they went up together to the platform on the summit of the Cathedral, and looked
at the great bell known as the "Bourdon de Notre Dame";"and here they ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

2. (n.) A place laid out after a model.

3. (n.) Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.

4. (n.) A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.

5. (n.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.

6. (v. t.) To place on a platform.

7. (v. t.) To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.

Thesaurus

Platform (9 Occurrences)
... A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes
to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political ...
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Calah (2 Occurrences)
... name of Nimroud. The main ruins are situated on a large, rectangular platform
on the bank of the old bed of the Tigris. 4. The Temple ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... 17. (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. 18. (n.) A car without a roof,
the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car. 19. ...
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Rostrum (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A stage or elevated platform for public speaking; the platform in the forum
where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so ...
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Stage (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A floor or story of a house. 2. (n.) An elevated platform on which an orator
may speak, a play be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like. ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 5. A Babylonian Description of the Tower: E-temen-ana-ki, to give the Babylonian
(Sumerian) name, consisted of six stages built upon a platform, and provided ...
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Olives (30 Occurrences)
... compare 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:13), is usually included in the Mount of Olives,
but its lower altitude-it is on a level with the temple-platform-and its ...
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Pulpit (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) The whole body of the clergy; preachers as a class; also, preaching.
3. (n.) A desk, or platform, for an orator or public speaker. ...
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Athali'ah (17 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 11:14 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood on the platform, as the
manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people ...
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Stoop (10 Occurrences)
... Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with
platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the ...
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Bible Concordance

Platform (9 Occurrences)

2 Kings 11:14 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
(See JPS)

2 Kings 23:3 And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his'soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.
(See JPS)

2 Chronicles 6:13 For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,
(DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 23:13 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason! treason!
(See JPS)

Nehemiah 8:4 And Ezra the scribe took his place on a tower of wood which they had made for the purpose; and by his side were placed Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah on the right; and on the left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam.
(See NIV)

Nehemiah 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God.
(See JPS DBY NAS)

Ezekiel 41:8 I saw also that the house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 41:9 The breadth of the wall that 'is' to the side-chamber at the outside 'is' five cubits; and that which is left 'is' the place of the side-chambers that 'are' to the house.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 41:11 And the opening of the side-chamber 'is' to the place left, one opening northward, and one opening southward, and the breadth of the place that is left 'is' five cubits all round about.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Platform

Related Terms

Calah (2 Occurrences)

Flat (33 Occurrences)

Rostrum (1 Occurrence)

Stage (5 Occurrences)

Tower (74 Occurrences)

Olives (30 Occurrences)

Pulpit (1 Occurrence)

Athali'ah (17 Occurrences)

Stoop (10 Occurrences)