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beacon, mast

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(signal). A lighted signal for warning (Isa. 30:17¹⁷One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. (Isaiah 30:17)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Signal pole placed on the top of a hill (Isa. 30:17¹⁷One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. (Isaiah 30:17)). Israel should be so reduced in prosperity and in number as to become like a solitary “tree bereft of branches” (margin).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8650 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

toren

Phonic:

to’-ren

Meaning:

probably for 766; a pole (as a mast or flag-staff)

KJV Usage:

beacon, mast