Engines

1 definition found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Engines
     (1.) Heb. hishalon i.e., "invention" (as in Eccl. 7:29)
     contrivances indicating ingenuity. In 2 Chr. 26:15 it refers to
     inventions for the purpose of propelling missiles from the walls
     of a town, such as stones (the Roman balista) and arrows (the
     catapulta).


     
       (2.) Heb. mechi kobollo, i.e., the beating of that which is in
     front a battering-ram (Ezek. 26:9), the use of which was common
     among the Egyptians and the Assyrians. Such an engine is
     mentioned in the reign of David (2 Sam. 20:15).