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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Forces

Forces

of the Gentiles ( Isaiah 60:5 Isaiah 60:11 ; RSV, "the wealth of the nations") denotes the wealth of the heathen. The whole passage means that the wealth of the Gentile world should be consecrated to the service of the church.

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Forces". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forces

FORCES

for'-sis (chayil):

(1) The word is used as a military term, equivalent to army, in 2 Kings 25:23,16 (where the King James Version reads "armies"); 2 Chronicles 17:2; Jeremiah 40:7, etc.

See ARMY.

(2) In Isaiah 60:5,11, it is rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) by "wealth," and in Ob verse 11, by "substance."

Two other Hebrew words are also translated "forces" in the King James Version, ma'amatstsim (Job 36:19), and ma`oz (Daniel 11:38), the latter being rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) "fortresses."

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