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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Shrines

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Naves Topical Index
Shrine

An idolatrous symbol of the Temple of Diana.
Acts 19:24


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Shrine

SHRINE, noun [Latin scrinium.] A case or box; particularly applied to a case in which sacred things are deposited. Hence we hear much of shrines for relics.

Come, offer at my shrine, and I will help thee. Shak.


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Shrines, Silver

Little models and medallions of the temple and image of Diana of Ephesus (Acts 19:24). The manufacture of these was a very large and profitable business.