Bible Dictionary: Vertical

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

3. (n.) Vertical position; zenith.

4. (n.) A vertical line, plane, or circle.

Greek

4716. stauros -- an upright stake, hence a cross (the Rom. ...
... 4716 -- the crosspiece of a Roman ; the cross-beam (Latin, ) placed at the top of
the vertical member to form a capital "T." "This transverse beam was the one ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4716.htm - 8k

Strong's Hebrew

594. anak -- to plummet
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition to plummet NASB Word Usage
plumb line (3), vertical with a plumb (1). plumb-line. ...
/hebrew/594.htm - 6k

Library

Evolution and Sociology
... is broken up into strata which present to the eye of ethical Man the profoundest
distinctions in the universe; but Nature in the vertical section offers no ...
/.../the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/iv evolution and sociology.htm

Footnotes:
... their skill in working boards. The principal causeway is faced with oak
boards on its two vertical sides. These are kept in their ...
/.../footnotes .htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... In the first, for which the builders of Lower Chaldaea showed a marked preference,
the vertical axis, common to all the superimposed stories, did not pass ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

Geological Contemporaneity and Persistent Types of Life.
... It is mathematically certain that, in any given vertical linear section of an
undisturbed series of sedimentary deposits, the bed which lies lowest is the ...
/.../x geological contemporaneity and persistent.htm

Introduction
... body, the team. Our brokenness and openness must be two-way, horizontal
as well as vertical, with one another as with God. We are ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/introduction.htm

Dwight -- the Sovereignty of God
... Even then he begins his conflict with hunger and thirst; is scorched by a vertical
sun; shriveled by the burning sand beneath; and poisoned by the breath of ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 3/dwight the sovereignty of.htm

Letter xiv. Dress.
... self-righteousness will be no better defence against the storms of God's wrath,
than fig-leaf aprons against the withering influence of a vertical sun, or the ...
/.../newcomb/a practical directory for young christian females/letter xiv dress.htm

Guidance in Judgment
... In old days our fathers fell into the extreme on the one hand; and the pendulum
has swung with a vengeance as far from the vertical line, to the other extreme ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/guidance in judgment.htm

The Simple Nature of the Soul is Asserted with Plato. The Identity ...
... Some animals also have the ability to move forward without feet, as serpents, by
a gliding motion; or as worms, by vertical efforts; or as snails and slugs, by ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter x the simple nature of.htm

Introduction.
... Size of page 14½ x 9½ in., of writing 9¼ x 5 in.; the writing is in single column,
bounded by two vertical lines, but no horizontal lines are visible. ...
/.../an introduction to the old testament in greek additional notes/introduction.htm

Thesaurus

Vertical (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright;
plumb; as, a vertical line. ... 3. (n.) Vertical position; zenith. ...
/v/vertical.htm - 7k

Elevation (7 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical
circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the ...
/e/elevation.htm - 9k

Upright (392 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular;
vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. ...
/u/upright.htm - 36k

Jamb (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly,
any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a ...
/j/jamb.htm - 7k

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... 21:17 Proverbs 13:9; and perhaps Job 18:6). The early Canaanite or Amorite lamp
was a shallow, saucer-like bowl with rounded bottom and vertical rim, slightly ...
/l/lampstand.htm - 24k

Plumb (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A weight attached to a line and used by builders
to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See below. ...
/p/plumb.htm - 9k

Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... 21:17 Proverbs 13:9; and perhaps Job 18:6). The early Canaanite or Amorite lamp
was a shallow, saucer-like bowl with rounded bottom and vertical rim, slightly ...
/l/lamp.htm - 28k

Very (3073 Occurrences)

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Quarries (4 Occurrences)
... exposure. The vertical joint-planes divide the stratum into large blocks
which the quarryman dislodges with the aid of crowbars. ...
/q/quarries.htm - 11k

Vein (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) A narrow mass of rock intersecting other rocks, and filling inclined or
vertical fissures not corresponding with the stratification; a lode; a dike ...
/v/vein.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Vertical (1 Occurrence)

Amos 7:7 Thus he showed me and behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Vertical

Related Terms

Elevation (7 Occurrences)

Upright (392 Occurrences)

Jamb (1 Occurrence)

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)

Plumb (6 Occurrences)

Lamp (45 Occurrences)