Dict: easton - Bat

easton:

Bat @ The Hebrew word (atalleph') so rendered kjv@Leviticus:11:19; kjv@Deuteronomy:14:18) implies "flying in the dark." The bat is reckoned among the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the "moles and to the bats" means to carry them into dark caverns or desolate places to which these animals resort kjv@Isaiah:2:20), i.e., to consign them to desolation or ruin.

Bath @ a Hebrew liquid measure, the tenth part of an homer (kjvKings:7:26,38; kjv@Ezekiel:45:10 kjv@Ezekiel:45:14). It contained 8 gallons 3 quarts of our measure. "Ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath" kjv@Isaiah:5:10) denotes great unproductiveness.

Bath-rabbim @ daughter of many, the name of one of the gates of the city of Heshbon, near which were pools (Cant.7:4).

Bath-sheba @ daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5), was the daughter of Eliam ( kjv@2Samuel:11:3) or Ammiel ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her ( kjv@2Samuel:11:4-5; kjv@Psalms:51:1). The child born in adultery died ( kjv@2Samuel:12:15-19). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; kjvKings:1:11; 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (kjvKings:1:11,16-21).

Baths @ The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews kjv@Leviticus:14:8; kjv@Numbers:19:19, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration kjv@Leviticus:8:6), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (16:4,24). The "pools" mentioned in kjv@Nehemiah:3:15-16, kjv@2Kings:20:20, kjv@Isaiah:22:11, kjv@John:9:7, were public bathing-places.

Battering-ram @ kjv@Ezekiel:4:2 kjv@Ezekiel:21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram's head.

Battle-axe @ a mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically kjv@Jeremiah:51:20) to Cyrus, God's instrument in destroying Babylon.

Battle-bow @ the war-bow used in fighting kjv@Zechariah:9:10 kjv@Zechariah:10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" kjv@Habakkuk:3:9) means that it was made ready for use. By David's order ( kjv@2Samuel:1:18) the young men were taught the use, or rather the song of the bow. (
See ARMOUR, BOW.)

Battlement @ a parapet wall or balustrade surrounding the flat roofs of the houses, required to be built by a special law kjv@Deuteronomy:22:8). In kjv@Jeremiah:5:10, it denotes the parapet of a city wall.