Easton's Bible Dictionary: Bar
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Used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (
Nehemiah 3:3
); a rock in the sea (
Jonah 2:6
); the shore of the sea (
Job 38:10
); strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (
Isaiah 45:2
;
Amos 1:5
); defences of a city (
1 Kings 4:13
). A bar for a door was of iron (
Isaiah 45:2
), brass (
Psalm 107:16
), or wood (
Nahum 3:13
).
Easton's Bible Dictionary
