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Besom
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.
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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
a brush or broom of twigs for sweeping (Isaiah 14:23)
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
BE'SOM . Isa 14:23. A broom made of twigs.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
BE'SOM . Isa 14:23. A broom made of twigs.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. [Archaic or Fig.] I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23. The housemaid with her besom. W. Irving.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To sweep, as with a besom. [Archaic or Poetic] Cowper. Rolls back all Greece, and besoms wide the plain. Barlow.