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BeaconMeaning: a pole (Hebrew: to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose (Isa. 30:17) In Isa. 33:23 and Ezek. 27:5, the same word is rendered “mast.” (See Banner.) |