Pile

PILE

pil (medhurah, from dur, "heap up"):

Isaiah 30:33, "The pile thereof is fire and much wood"; Ezekiel 24:9,10, "I also will make the pile great. Heap on the wood, make the fire hot." Isaiah 30:33 may be paraphrased, `the pyre thereof is of much wood, burning fiercely.'

See TOPHETH.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PILE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.