Bible Dictionary: Flag

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Hebrews, or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Genesis 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine.

In Exodus 2:3, 5, Isaiah 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew suph_, a word which occurs frequently in connection with _yam; as yam suph, to denote the "Red Sea" (q.v.) or the sea of weeds (as this word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some kind of sedge or reed which grows in marshy places. (see PAPER, REED.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

2. (v. i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.

3. (v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

4. (v. t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

5. (n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.

6. (n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

7. (n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

8. (n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

9. (n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

10. (v. t.) To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

11. (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

12. (n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

13. (v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.

14. (n.) A flat stone used for paving.

15. (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

16. (v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FLAG

Two Hebrew words:

(1) cuph (Exodus 2:3, 1, "flags"; Isaiah 19:6, "flags"; Jonah 2:5, "weeds"). This is apparently a general name which includes both the fresh-water weeds growing along a river bank and "seaweeds." The Red Sea was known as Yam cuph.

(2) 'achu (Genesis 41:2, 18, the King James Version "meadow," the Revised Version (British and American) "reed-grass"; Job 8:11, "Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag (margin "reed-grass") grow without water?"). Some such general term as "sedges" or "fens" would better meet the requirements.

Greek

2909. kreitton -- better
... of 2904 , "dominion") -- what is because more fully developed, ie in (mastery,
dominance); "" after exerting the needed to "plant down God's flag of victory.". ...
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4979. schoinion -- a rope (made of rushes)
... small cord, rope. Diminutive of schoinos (a rush or flag-plant; of uncertain
derivation); a rushlet, ie Grass-withe or tie (generally) -- small cord, rope. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8650. toren -- a mast
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a mast NASB Word Usage flag (1),
mast (2). ... Probably for 'oren; a pole (as a mast or flag-staff) -- beacon, mast. ...
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5488. suph -- reeds, rushes
... flag, Red sea, weed. Probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus --
flag, Red (sea), weed. Compare Cuwph. see HEBREW Cuwph. 5487, 5488. ...
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260. achu -- reeds, rushes
... flag, meadow. Of uncertain (perhaps Egyptian) derivation; a bulrush or any marshy
grass (particularly that along the Nile) -- flag, meadow. 259, 260. ...
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226. oth -- a sign
... Probably from 'uwth (in the sense of appearing); a signal (literally or figuratively),
as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc. ...
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5251. nes -- a standard, ensign, signal, sign
... From nacac; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal;
figuratively, a token -- banner, pole, sail, (en-)sign, standard. ...
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5264. nasas -- perhaps to be high or conspicuous
... from afar, ie To be conspicuous as a signal; or rather perhaps a denominative from
nec (and identical with nacac, through the idea of a flag as fluttering in ...
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1714. degel -- a standard, banner
... standards (3). banner, standard. From dagal; a flag -- banner, standard. see
HEBREW dagal. 1713b, 1714. degel. 1715 . Strong's Numbers.
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1713. dagal -- to look, behold
... set up, with banners, chiefest A primitive root; to flaunt, ie Raise a flag;
figuratively, to be conspicuous -- (set up, with) banners, chiefest. 1712, 1713. ...
/hebrew/1713.htm - 5k

Library

The Flag of the World
... V. THE FLAG OF THE WORLD. ... He has fought for the flag, and often won heroic
victories for the flag long before he has ever enlisted. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/v the flag of the.htm

The Fort Sumter Expedition
... won the victory and that the defeat of the Confederacy was at hand, President Lincoln
decided to celebrate the event by replacing the same old flag that had ...
/.../griswold/sixty years with plymouth church/the fort sumter expedition.htm

Light at Evening Time
... every tempest has been mitigated; a sweet calm has followed each perilous swell
of the ocean, and the good old ship has kept afloat England's flag"we fondly ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/light at evening time.htm

Omar and the Sacred vine
... He enjoys it for the woman's sake, or his own sake. The warrior enjoys the moment,
but not for the sake of the moment; he enjoys it for the sake of the flag. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/vii omar and the sacred.htm

He is Our Peace.
... And then the Spanish flag was seen to drop from the merchantman's masthead
in token of surrender. Then this was the method of procedure. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/he is our peace.htm

The Christian Army
... In the Christian army there are old and young, rich and poor, wise and simple, all
under the one flag,"the banner of the Cross; all under the one Captain ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/the christian army.htm

A Dialogue with God
... the broken bridge, and will crash down the gulph and be huddled, a hideous ruin,
on the rocks; surely it is care for life that holds out the red flag of danger ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/a dialogue with god 2.htm

Condemned to be Shot.
... few moments the man would be shot and put in that grave and covered up, when who
should rise up but the American Consul, who took the American flag and wrapped ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/condemned to be shot.htm

"Free. "
... into Canada; if I could only get under the Union Jack I would be free." There are
no slaves under the Union Jack he has been told"that is the flag of freedom ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/free.htm

August the First God as Our Ally!
... Which of the causes provides a tent for the Lord of Hosts? Where has the truth its
waving flag? Stand near that flag, my soul, and thou wilt be near thy Lord! ...
/.../jowett/my daily meditation for the circling year/august the first god as.htm

Thesaurus

Flag (30 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the
spirits flag; the strength flags. 3. (vt) To let droop ...
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Banner (20 Occurrences)
... (1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together. ...
(2.) The flag borne by each separate tribe, of a smaller form. ...
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Union (24 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes,
as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field ...
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Ensign (21 Occurrences)
... (2.) Hebrews nes, a lofty signal, as a column or high pole (Numbers 21:8, 9); a
standard or signal or flag placed on high mountains to point out to the people ...
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Standard (42 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A flag; colors; a banner; especially, a
national or other ensign. 2. (n.) That which is established ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. ... 7. (vt) To cause
to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. ...
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Flagon (4 Occurrences)
...flag'-un: The translation of 'ashishah, in the King James Version in 2 Samuel
6:19 1 Chronicles 16:3 Songs 2:5 Hosea 3:1. In all, these passages the Revised ...
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Flagstaff (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A staff on which a flag is hoisted.
Multi-Version Concordance Flagstaff (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 30:17 ...
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Pole (21 Occurrences)
... carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag
is supported. (c) A Maypole. 3. (n.) A measuring stick ...
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Beckon (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 13:2 Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give
directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ...
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Bible Concordance

Flag (30 Occurrences)

Romans 12:11 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
(See RSV)

Numbers 1:52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
(BBE)

Numbers 2:3 Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
(BBE)

Numbers 2:10 On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.
(BBE)

Numbers 2:17 Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
(BBE)

Numbers 2:18 On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
(BBE)

Numbers 2:25 On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
(BBE)

Numbers 10:14 First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
(BBE)

Numbers 10:18 Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
(BBE)

Numbers 10:22 Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
(BBE)

Numbers 10:25 And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
(BBE)

Job 8:11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
(KJV ASV WBS)

Job 30:11 For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.
(BBE)

Song of Songs 2:4 He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:26 And he will let a flag be lifted up as a sign to a far-off nation, whistling to them from the ends of the earth: and they will come quickly and suddenly.
(BBE)

Isaiah 11:10 And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
(BBE)

Isaiah 11:12 And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.
(BBE)

Isaiah 13:2 Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.
(BBE)

Isaiah 18:3 All you peoples of the world, and you who are living on the earth, when a flag is lifted up on the mountains, give attention; and when the horn is sounded, give ear.
(BBE)

Isaiah 19:6 The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 30:17 A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 31:9 And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.
(BBE)

Isaiah 62:10 Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 4:6 Put up a flag for a sign to Zion: go in flight so that you may be safe, waiting no longer: for I will send evil from the north, and a great destruction.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 4:21 How long will I go on seeing the flag and hearing the sound of the war-horn?
(BBE)

Jeremiah 6:1 Go in flight out of Jerusalem, so that you may be safe, you children of Benjamin, and let the horn be sounded in Tekoa, and the flag be lifted up on Beth-haccherem: for evil is looking out from the north, and a great destruction.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 50:2 Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:12 Let the flag be lifted up against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, put the watchmen in their places, make ready a surprise attack: for it is the Lord's purpose, and he has done what he said about the people of Babylon.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 51:27 Let a flag be lifted up in the land, let the horn be sounded among the nations, make the nations ready against her; get the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her, make ready a scribe against her; let the horses come up against her like massed locusts.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 27:7 The best linen with needlework from Egypt was your sail, stretched out to be a flag for you; blue and purple from the sea-lands of Elishah gave you shade.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Flag

Flag: (Rv , Bulrush)

Related Terms

Banner (20 Occurrences)

Union (24 Occurrences)

Ensign (21 Occurrences)

Standard (42 Occurrences)

Fly (33 Occurrences)

Flagon (4 Occurrences)

Flagstaff (1 Occurrence)

Pole (21 Occurrences)