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Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a possession (Ps. 16:6).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
LINES. This expression refers to the mode of measuring land with a cord or line, Am 7:17; Zech 1:16; Zech 2:1-2, and came thus to denote a definite allotment of real estate, an inheritance. Ps 16:6.
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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
LINES. This expression refers to the mode of measuring land with a cord or line, Am 7:17; Zech 1:16; Zech 2:1-2, and came thus to denote a definite allotment of real estate, an inheritance. Ps 16:6.