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Lake
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
LAKE. Luke 5:1. The principal lakes mentioned in the Bible are Tiberias or Gennesaret, the Salt or Dead Sea, and Merom. See those articles. LA'KUM (way-stopper, fortress), a place situated on the boundary of Naphtali, between Jabneel and the Jordan. Josh 19:33.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
LAKE. Luke 5:1. The principal lakes mentioned in the Bible are Tiberias or Gennesaret, the Salt or Dead Sea, and Merom. See those articles.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 4
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 4
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]