Banishment
Bible Usage:
- banished used twice.
- banishment used twice.
- First Reference: Ezra 7:26
- Last Reference: Lamentations 2:14
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Naves Topical Index
Banishment
General references
Ezra 7:26
Of Adam and Eve, from Eden
Genesis 3:22-24
Of Cain, to be a fugitive and vagabond
Genesis 4:14
Of Jews, from Rome
Acts 18:2
Of John, to Patmos
Revelation 1:9
Exile
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Banishment
BAN'ISHMENT, noun The act of a prince or government, compelling a citizen to leave his country, either for a limited time or forever, as for some crime.
2. A voluntary forsaking of one's country upon oath, called abjuration. [This practice has now ceased in G.Britain.]
3. The state of being banished; exile.
4. The act of driving away or dispelling; as the banishment of care from the mind.