Bible Dictionary: Vault

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

2. (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

3. (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

4. (n.) A leap or bound.

5. (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

6. (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

7. (v. t.) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

8. (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

9. (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

10. (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EARTH, VAULT, OF THE

volt:

In one passage God is said to have "founded his vault ('aghuddah) upon the earth" (Amos 9:6). It is not quite certain whether this dome or vault refers to the earth itself, or to the heavens arched above it.

The latter is the usual interpretation, but in either case the reference is rather to the strength of the structure than to its form; the word implying something that is firmly bound together and hence, an arch or dome because of its stability.

See also ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 2.

VAULT

volt (natsar, "to guard," "protest"): Isaiah's charge against Israel as "a people that.... lodge in the secret places" (Isaiah 65:4, margin "vaults," the King James Version "monuments") probably refers to the custom of sleeping in sacred tombs or vaults of idol temples to learn the future through dreams by the method known as incubation.

See DIVINATION, 6, (ii); 7, 1; FAMILIAR; WITCHCRAFT; and Expository Times, IX, 157;.

VAULT OF EARTH

See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1.

Greek

2926. krupte -- a crypt
... a crypt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: krupte Phonetic Spelling:
(kroop-tay') Short Definition: a cellar, vault Definition: a cellar, vault ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2329. chug -- vault, horizon
... 2328, 2329. chug. 2330 . vault, horizon. Transliteration: chug Phonetic
Spelling: (khoog) Short Definition: circle. Word Origin ...
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2588. chanuth -- a cell, vault
... 2587, 2588. chanuth. 2589 . a cell, vault. Transliteration: chanuth Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-nooth') Short Definition: cell. Word ...
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1354. gab -- a back
... 1), massive* (1), rims (3), shrine (2), shrines (1). the top or rim, a boss,
a vault. From an unused root meaning to hollow or curve ...
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Library

The Death of the Famous Actor Miraudin was a Nine Days' Wonder...
... and marked, "In sorrow, from Sylvie Hermenstein", on the closed coffin, escorted
her melancholy burden back to Paris, where in a stately marble vault, to the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xxv the death of the.htm

An Accident and a Long Sermon
... great. In the beginning of the expounding, there being a large vault beneath,
the main beam which supported the floor broke. The ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/an accident and a long.htm

The First Peræan Discourses - to the Pharisees Concerning the Two ...
... What was the object of lighting a lamp? Surely, that it may give light. But if so,
no one would put it into a vault, nor under the bushel, but on the stand. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xi the first peraean.htm

Mosaic Cosmogony.
... It represents the sky as a watery vault in which the sun, moon, and stars are set. ...
The work of the second day of creation is to erect the vault of Heaven (Heb. ...
/.../temple/essays and reviews the education of the world/mosaic cosmogony.htm

In the Present Crusade against the Bible and the Faith of ...
... unto [106] .". "The work of the second day of Creation is to erect the vault
of Heaven (Heb. Rakia; Gr. stereoma; Lat. Firmamentum ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/v in the present crusade.htm

The Death and the Raising of Lazarus - the Question of Miracles ...
... Such a cave' or vault' of 4 cubits' (6 feet) width, 6 cubits' (9 feet) length, and
4 cubits' (6 feet) height, contained niches' for eight bodies - three on ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxi the death and.htm

The Siege. (xxi, xxxii-xxxiv, xxxvii, xxxviii. )
... He denied this, but was taken to the princes, who flogged him and flung
him into a vault in the house of Jonathan, the Secretary. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/3 the siege xxi xxxii-xxxiv.htm

The Tomb of Jesus
... Nay, start not from the entrance; let not the darkness affright thee; the vault
is not damp with the vapors of death, nor doth the air contain aught of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the tomb of jesus.htm

History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2
... of Gizeh and Saqqara: the Great Sphinx; the mastabas, their chapel and its decoration,
the statues of the double, the sepulchral vault -- Importance of the wall ...
/.../history of egypt chaldaea syria babylonia and assyria v 2/title page.htm

Hugh the Builder
... Hugh resolved upon a stone vault of the Burgundian type, followed at the Grande
Chartreuse, and he therefore had to thicken the walls by an extra case. ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter viii hugh the builder.htm

Thesaurus

Vault (2 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an
arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. ...
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Vaulted (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Vault. 2. (a.) Arched; concave;
as, a vaulted roof. 3. (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault. ...
/v/vaulted.htm - 8k

Cosmological
... But it is an exaggeration of all this to speak, as is sometimes done, as if the
Hebrews were children who thought of the sky as a solid vault (Genesis 1:6-8 ...
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Earth (10501 Occurrences)
... EARTH, VAULT, OF THE. volt: In one passage God is said to have "founded
his vault ('aghuddah) upon the earth" (Amos 9:6). It is not ...
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World (2829 Occurrences)
... But it is an exaggeration of all this to speak, as is sometimes done, as if the
Hebrews were children who thought of the sky as a solid vault (Genesis 1:6-8 ...
/w/world.htm - 40k

Roof (55 Occurrences)
... In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some
writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. ...
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Compasses (1 Occurrence)
... kum'-pas, kum'-pas-iz: "Compass," noun, is the translation of chugh, "a circle,"
"vault" or "arch" ("when he set a compass upon the face of the depth" Proverbs ...
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Compass (51 Occurrences)
... kum'-pas, kum'-pas-iz: "Compass," noun, is the translation of chugh, "a circle,"
"vault" or "arch" ("when he set a compass upon the face of the depth" Proverbs ...
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Circuit (27 Occurrences)
... sun round the earth (Psalm 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Ecclesiastes 1:6).
In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (RV marg., "on the vault of heaven ...
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Bible Concordance

Vault (2 Occurrences)

Job 22:14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 9:6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Vault

Vault of Earth

Related Terms

Vaulted (6 Occurrences)

Cosmological

Earth (10501 Occurrences)

World (2829 Occurrences)

Roof (55 Occurrences)

Compasses (1 Occurrence)

Compass (51 Occurrences)

Circuit (27 Occurrences)