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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Galley

[SHIP]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Galley

Isaiah 33:21. See SHIP.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

2. (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.

3. (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.

4. (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

5. (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

6. (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

7. (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

8. (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.

9. (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GALLEY

gal'-i.

See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (2).

Strong's Hebrew

590. oni -- ships, a fleet
... galley, navy of ships. Probably from 'anah (in the sense of conveyance); -a ship
or (collectively)a fleet -- galley, navy (of ships). see HEBREW 'anah. ...
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Library

The Galleys
... Huddled together in damp and filthy prisons, crawling with vermin, covered with
sores and ulcers, brawling, blaspheming and fighting, the galley slaves made a ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 4 the galleys.htm

The Rivers of God
... THE RIVERS OF GOD. 'But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad
rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the rivers of god.htm

Cambyses.
... he had had a very narrow escape from Egypt; for, as soon as Amasis had heard that
he had fled, he dispatched one of his swiftest vessels, a galley of three ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter i cambyses.htm

The Provinces.
... Polycrates, therefore, ordered one of the largest vessels in his navy, a fifty-oared
galley, to be equipped and manned, and, embarking in it with a large ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter v the provinces.htm

Arria and Her Brother were Far from the Shores of Hellas and Near ...
... "Nay, but of that groaning of the rowers. It tells me of aching arms in the galley.
I cannot sleep at night, hearing it.". ... Cries of alarm rose from her galley. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 21 arria and her.htm

The Battle of Salamis.
... Themistocles, without expressing either assent or dissent, took his boat, and
ordered the oarsmen to row him to the galley of Eurybiades. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter xi the battle of.htm

The Return of Xerxes to Persia.
... the eve of the battle of Salamis. A galley was given to Sicinnus, with
a select crew of faithful men. They were all put under the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter xii the return of.htm

Knox in St. Andrews Castle: the Galleys: 1547-1549
... The siege of St Andrews Castle, from the sea, by the French then began, but the
garrison and castle were unharmed, and many of the galley slaves and some ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter iii knox in st.htm

The Advance of Xerxes into Greece.
... The galley containing the stones, and two others to aid it, pushed on beyond Sciathus
to a small rocky islet standing in a conspicuous position in the sea, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter viii the advance of.htm

Trinidad
... He ran from Punta Galera, at the north-eastern extremity"so named from the likeness
of a certain rock to a galley under sail"along the east and south of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter iii trinidad.htm

Thesaurus

Galley (1 Occurrence)
... 9. (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. GALLEY. gal'-i. See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (2). ...
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Gallim (2 Occurrences)

/g/gallim.htm - 8k

Gallery (2 Occurrences)

/g/gallery.htm - 11k

Boats (11 Occurrences)
... for "a navy of ships" is 'oni (1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 10:22, 'oni Tharshish, "a navy
(of ships) of Tarshish"; but Isaiah 33:21, 'oni shayit, a "galley with oars ...
/b/boats.htm - 40k

Ships (46 Occurrences)
... for "a navy of ships" is 'oni (1 Kings 9:26; 1 Kings 10:22, 'oni Tharshish, "a navy
(of ships) of Tarshish"; but Isaiah 33:21, 'oni shayit, a "galley with oars ...
/s/ships.htm - 53k

Money (284 Occurrences)
... On the reverse is a Phoenician galley. ... The early coins of Aradus bear, on the obverse,
the head of Baal or Dagon, and on the reverse a galley. ...
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Oars (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers
and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ...
/o/oars.htm - 7k

Gallant (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers
and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ...
/g/gallant.htm - 8k

Majestic (22 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:21 But there the LORD will be with us in majesty, in a place of broad
rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ...
/m/majestic.htm - 12k

Bible Concordance

Galley (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there.
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Subtopics

Galley

Related Terms

Gallim (2 Occurrences)

Gallery (2 Occurrences)

Boats (11 Occurrences)

Ships (46 Occurrences)

Money (284 Occurrences)

Oars (4 Occurrences)

Gallant (1 Occurrence)

Majestic (22 Occurrences)

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