Bible Dictionary: Club

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

2. (n.) Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

3. (n.) An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

4. (n.) A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

5. (v. t.) To beat with a club.

6. (v. t.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

7. (v. t.) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

8. (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment; as, to club the expense.

9. (v. i.) To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

10. (v. i.) To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

11. (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CLUB

klub.

See ARMOR, III, 1; SHEPHERD; STAFF.

Greek

3586. xulon -- wood
... Phonetic Spelling: (xoo'-lon) Short Definition: a staff, cross, anything made of
wood Definition: anything made of wood, a piece of wood, a club, staff; the ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4661. mappets -- a war-club
... 4660, 4661. mappets. 4662 . a war-club. Transliteration: mappets Phonetic
Spelling: (map-pates') Short Definition: war-club. Word ...
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7626. shebet -- rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe
... 7625, 7626. shebet. 7627 . rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. Transliteration:
shebet Phonetic Spelling: (shay'-bet) Short Definition: tribes. ...
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8455. tothach -- (a weapon) perhaps club, mace
... 8454, 8455. tothach. 8456 . (a weapon) perhaps club, mace. Transliteration:
tothach Phonetic Spelling: (to-thawkh') Short Definition: clubs. ...
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4650. mephits -- scatterer, disperser
... 4649, 4650. mephits. 4651 . scatterer, disperser. Transliteration: mephits
Phonetic Spelling: (may-feets') Short Definition: club. ...
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3597. kelappoth -- an axe
... hammer. From an unused root meaning to clap or strike with noise; a club or
sledge-hammer -- hammer. 3596, 3597. kelappoth. 3598 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Origin of the Holy Club
... Chapter 1. Wesley as a Missionary to Georgia Origin of the Holy Club. In pursuance
of [his] directions, I immediately went to Mr. Gerald ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/origin of the holy club.htm

On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
... We can see this change, for instance, in the modern transformation of the thing
called a club. ... Now the club is valued as a place where a man can be unsociable. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiv on certain modern writers.htm

Association
... ask you, my friends, why you were met together here to- day, you would tell me,
I suppose, that you were come to church as members of a benefit club; and quite ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon xx association.htm

In the Hands of Giant Accuser
... "I fell on my knees, while the old Giant dealt me a blow over the head with his
club. 'You have cursed,' he shouted. 'See, your mind is full of evil words. ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter seven in the hands.htm

The Mystery of Personality
... His election to the Commercial Club of Cincinnati in 1923 is another
indication of his democratic and appealing character. This ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/the mystery of personality.htm

Bibliography.
... Edinburgh.8vo. Bannatyne Club. ... In 6 Vols. A special and limited edition of 112 copies
of the First Two Volumes was struck off for this Printing Club. ...
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Arise, and Go into the City
... Arise, And Go Into The City. "Arise, And Go Into The City" "Acts 9:6. 1. "Tell the
rector of Christ Church that if he doesn't call off the Woman's Club, I'll ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/arise and go into the.htm

Moravians and Methodists, 1735-1742.
... They were called the Reforming Club, the Holy Club, the Godly Club, the Sacramentarians,
the Bible Moths, the Supererogation Men, the Enthusiasts, and, finally ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter ix moravians and methodists.htm

The Struggle for Life
... This invention of the club was soon followed by another change. ... Possibly both the
erect position and the Club had another origin, but the detail is immaterial. ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter vi the struggle for.htm

Chapter eighteen
... But what can you do with the club men?". ... "In your work with the club men, with
your old acquaintances, what sort of reception do they give you? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter eighteen.htm

Thesaurus

Club (7 Occurrences)
... fund. 5. (vt) To beat with a club. 6 ... 7. (vt) To unite, or contribute, for the
accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. 8. (vt ...
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War-club (1 Occurrence)
War-club. War-carriages, War-club. War-cries . Multi-Version
Concordance War-club (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah 51:20 An ...
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Maul (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary An old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew
mephits (Proverbs 25:18), properly a war-club. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Clubs (7 Occurrences)

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Knock (7 Occurrences)
... against another. 2. (vi) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to
rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. 3. (vt ...
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War-cries (1 Occurrence)
War-cries. War-club, War-cries. War-cry . Multi-Version Concordance War-cries
(1 Occurrence). ... (BBE). War-club, War-cries. War-cry . Reference Bible.
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Flail (1 Occurrence)
... for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff
or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a ...
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Return (499 Occurrences)
... (vt) To bat (the ball) back over the net. 17. (vt) To lead in response to the lead
of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club. 18. ...
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Eleven (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives
of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven. Int. ...
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Bible Concordance

Club (7 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 23:21 He killed an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
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1 Chronicles 11:23 He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.
(See NAS NIV)

Proverbs 25:18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 10:5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
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Isaiah 10:15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
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Isaiah 10:24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
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Jeremiah 51:20 You are my battle axe and weapons of war: and with you will I break in pieces the nations; and with you will I destroy kingdoms;
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Club

Clubbing

Related Terms

War-club (1 Occurrence)

Maul (3 Occurrences)

Clubs (7 Occurrences)

Knock (7 Occurrences)

War-cries (1 Occurrence)

Flail (1 Occurrence)

Return (499 Occurrences)

Eleven (25 Occurrences)