Post
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POST.Post is used in 2Ch_30:6, Est_8:14, Job_9:25, Jer_51:31 for a bearer of despatches, a runner. These runners were chosen from the kings bodyguard, and were noted for their swiftness, whence Jobs simile (Job_9:25), My days are swifter than a post.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
rats, "a runner" (Est_3:13; Est_3:15; Est_8:14). Couriers from the earliest times (Job_9:25) carried messages, especially royal despatches. "My days are (not as the slow caravan, but) swifter than a post." (2Ch_30:6; 2Ch_30:10; Jer_51:31.) Relays of messengers were kept regularly organized for the service ("post" is from positus, "placed at fixed intervals"). The Persians and Romans impressed men and horses for the service of government despatches; letters of private persons were conveyed by private hands. Louis XI of France first (A.D. 1464) established an approximation to our modern post.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Post.
1. Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The posts of the doors of the Temple were of olive wood. 1Ki_6:33.
2. A courier or carrier of messages, used among other places in Job_9:25.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a messenger or regulated courier appointed to carry with expedition the despatches of princes, or the letters of private persons in general, Job_9:25; Jer_51:31; 2Ch_30:6; Est_3:13, &c. It is thought that the use of posts is derived from the Persians. Diodorus Siculus observes that the kings of Persia, in order to have intelligence of what was passed through all the provinces of their vast dominions, placed sentinels at eminences, at convenient distances, where towers were built. These sentinels gave notice of public occurrences from one to another, with a very loud and shrill voice, by which news was transmitted from one extremity of the kingdom to another with great expedition. But as this could not be practised, except in the case of general news, which it was expedient that the whole nation should be acquainted with, Cyrus, as Xenophon relates, appointed couriers and places for post horses, building on purpose on all the high roads houses for the reception of the couriers, where they were to deliver their packets to the next, and so on. This they did night and day, so that no inclemency of weather was to stop them; and they are represented as moving with astonishing speed. In the judgment of many they went faster than cranes could fly. Herodotus owns, that nothing swifter was known for a journey by land. Xerxes, in his famous expedition against Greece, planted posts from the AEgean Sea to Shushan, or Susa, to send notice thither of what might happen to his army; he placed these messengers from station to station, to convey his packets, at such distances from each other, as a horse might easily travel.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
pōst (רוּץ, rūc, ?to run,? רצים, rācı̄m, ?runners?): The ?runners? formed the royal guard (1Sa_22:17; 1Ki_14:27; 2Ki_11:4, 2Ki_11:13; see GUARD). From them were chosen the couriers who carried royal letters and dispatches throughout the kingdom (2Ch_30:6, 2Ch_30:10; Est_3:13, Est_3:15; Jer_51:31). In the Persian service they were mounted on the swiftest horses (Est_8:10, Est_8:14; compare Xenophon, Cyrop. viii. 6, 17; Herodotus viii. 98). They had the right to command the service of either men or animals in order to expedite their progress (compare Mat_5:41; Mar_15:21, ?compel,? ?impress?).
Used in Job_9:25 and the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 5:9 (ἀγγελία, aggelı́a, the Revised Version (British and American) ?message?) of the swift passage of time. See also HOUSE II., 1, (4), (7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Post
(courant) is the rendering of רָוֹ, râts (Sept. βιβλιοφόρος. Vulg. cursor, 2Ch_30:6; 2Ch_30:10; Est_3:13; Est_3:15; Est_8:10; Est_8:14; Job_9:25; Jer_51:31), a runner, or glard, as elsewhere rendered; a courier or carrier of messages, such as is common in Oriental countries. SEE ANGAREUO.
The term post is used to indicate primarily the person who conveyed with speed any message; and subsequently the means of regular postal communications. Some writers have thought that the use of posts as a system originated with the Persians. Diodorus Siculus observes that the kings of Persia, in order to have intelligence of what was passing through all the provinces of their vast dominions, placed sentinels at eminences at convenient distances where towers were built. These sentinels gave notice of public occurrences from one to another, with a very loud and shrill voice, by which news was transmitted from one extremity of the kingdom to another with great expedition. But as this could not be practiced except in the case of general news, which it was expedient that the whole nation should be acquainted with, Cyrus, as Xenophon relates, appointed couriers and places for post-horses, building for the purpose on all the high-roads houses for the reception of the couriers, where they were to deliver their packets to the next, and so on. This they did night and day, so that no inclemency of weather was to stop them: and they are represented as moving with astonishing speed. Herodotus owns that nothing swifter was known for a journey by land. Xerxes, in his famous expedition against Greece, planted posts from the AEgean Sea to Shushan or Susa, to send notice thither of what might happen to his army; he placed also messengers from station to station, to convey his packets, at such distances from each other as a horse might easily travel. The regularity and swiftness of the Roman posts were likewise admirable. Gibbon observes, The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperors to establish throughout their extensive dominions the regular institution of posts. Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles; each of them was constantly provided with forty horses; and by the help of these relays it was easy to travel a hundred miles a day along the Roman roads.
In the time of Theodosius, Cesarius, a magistrate of high rank, went by post from Antioch to Constantinople. He began his journey at night, was in Cappadocia (165 miles from Antioch) the ensuing evening, and arrived at Constantinople the sixth day about noon. The whole distant was 725 Roman, or 665 English miles. This service seems to have been very laxly performed till the time of Trajan, previous to whose reign the Roman messengers were in the habit of seizing for the public service any horses that came in their way. Some regularity was observed from this time forward, as in the Theodosian code mention is made of post-horses, and orders given for their regulation. Throughout all this period posts were only used on special occasions. Letters from private persons-were conveyed by private hands, and were confined for the most part to business of sufficient urgency. Yet the correspondence of ancient times, if we may judge from the immense number of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian seals still in existence, must have been far from inconsiderable. The institution of posts disappeared from Europe with the breaking up of the Roman Empire, and its re-establishment is generally attributed to Louis XI of France, in the middle of the 15th century.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
rats, "a runner" (Est_3:13; Est_3:15; Est_8:14). Couriers from the earliest times (Job_9:25) carried messages, especially royal despatches. "My days are (not as the slow caravan, but) swifter than a post." (2Ch_30:6; 2Ch_30:10; Jer_51:31.) Relays of messengers were kept regularly organized for the service ("post" is from positus, "placed at fixed intervals"). The Persians and Romans impressed men and horses for the service of government despatches; letters of private persons were conveyed by private hands. Louis XI of France first (A.D. 1464) established an approximation to our modern post.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Post.
1. Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The posts of the doors of the Temple were of olive wood. 1Ki_6:33.
2. A courier or carrier of messages, used among other places in Job_9:25.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a messenger or regulated courier appointed to carry with expedition the despatches of princes, or the letters of private persons in general, Job_9:25; Jer_51:31; 2Ch_30:6; Est_3:13, &c. It is thought that the use of posts is derived from the Persians. Diodorus Siculus observes that the kings of Persia, in order to have intelligence of what was passed through all the provinces of their vast dominions, placed sentinels at eminences, at convenient distances, where towers were built. These sentinels gave notice of public occurrences from one to another, with a very loud and shrill voice, by which news was transmitted from one extremity of the kingdom to another with great expedition. But as this could not be practised, except in the case of general news, which it was expedient that the whole nation should be acquainted with, Cyrus, as Xenophon relates, appointed couriers and places for post horses, building on purpose on all the high roads houses for the reception of the couriers, where they were to deliver their packets to the next, and so on. This they did night and day, so that no inclemency of weather was to stop them; and they are represented as moving with astonishing speed. In the judgment of many they went faster than cranes could fly. Herodotus owns, that nothing swifter was known for a journey by land. Xerxes, in his famous expedition against Greece, planted posts from the AEgean Sea to Shushan, or Susa, to send notice thither of what might happen to his army; he placed these messengers from station to station, to convey his packets, at such distances from each other, as a horse might easily travel.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
pōst (רוּץ, rūc, ?to run,? רצים, rācı̄m, ?runners?): The ?runners? formed the royal guard (1Sa_22:17; 1Ki_14:27; 2Ki_11:4, 2Ki_11:13; see GUARD). From them were chosen the couriers who carried royal letters and dispatches throughout the kingdom (2Ch_30:6, 2Ch_30:10; Est_3:13, Est_3:15; Jer_51:31). In the Persian service they were mounted on the swiftest horses (Est_8:10, Est_8:14; compare Xenophon, Cyrop. viii. 6, 17; Herodotus viii. 98). They had the right to command the service of either men or animals in order to expedite their progress (compare Mat_5:41; Mar_15:21, ?compel,? ?impress?).
Used in Job_9:25 and the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 5:9 (ἀγγελία, aggelı́a, the Revised Version (British and American) ?message?) of the swift passage of time. See also HOUSE II., 1, (4), (7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Post
(courant) is the rendering of רָוֹ, râts (Sept. βιβλιοφόρος. Vulg. cursor, 2Ch_30:6; 2Ch_30:10; Est_3:13; Est_3:15; Est_8:10; Est_8:14; Job_9:25; Jer_51:31), a runner, or glard, as elsewhere rendered; a courier or carrier of messages, such as is common in Oriental countries. SEE ANGAREUO.
The term post is used to indicate primarily the person who conveyed with speed any message; and subsequently the means of regular postal communications. Some writers have thought that the use of posts as a system originated with the Persians. Diodorus Siculus observes that the kings of Persia, in order to have intelligence of what was passing through all the provinces of their vast dominions, placed sentinels at eminences at convenient distances where towers were built. These sentinels gave notice of public occurrences from one to another, with a very loud and shrill voice, by which news was transmitted from one extremity of the kingdom to another with great expedition. But as this could not be practiced except in the case of general news, which it was expedient that the whole nation should be acquainted with, Cyrus, as Xenophon relates, appointed couriers and places for post-horses, building for the purpose on all the high-roads houses for the reception of the couriers, where they were to deliver their packets to the next, and so on. This they did night and day, so that no inclemency of weather was to stop them: and they are represented as moving with astonishing speed. Herodotus owns that nothing swifter was known for a journey by land. Xerxes, in his famous expedition against Greece, planted posts from the AEgean Sea to Shushan or Susa, to send notice thither of what might happen to his army; he placed also messengers from station to station, to convey his packets, at such distances from each other as a horse might easily travel. The regularity and swiftness of the Roman posts were likewise admirable. Gibbon observes, The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperors to establish throughout their extensive dominions the regular institution of posts. Houses were everywhere erected at the distance only of five or six miles; each of them was constantly provided with forty horses; and by the help of these relays it was easy to travel a hundred miles a day along the Roman roads.
In the time of Theodosius, Cesarius, a magistrate of high rank, went by post from Antioch to Constantinople. He began his journey at night, was in Cappadocia (165 miles from Antioch) the ensuing evening, and arrived at Constantinople the sixth day about noon. The whole distant was 725 Roman, or 665 English miles. This service seems to have been very laxly performed till the time of Trajan, previous to whose reign the Roman messengers were in the habit of seizing for the public service any horses that came in their way. Some regularity was observed from this time forward, as in the Theodosian code mention is made of post-horses, and orders given for their regulation. Throughout all this period posts were only used on special occasions. Letters from private persons-were conveyed by private hands, and were confined for the most part to business of sufficient urgency. Yet the correspondence of ancient times, if we may judge from the immense number of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Persian seals still in existence, must have been far from inconsiderable. The institution of posts disappeared from Europe with the breaking up of the Roman Empire, and its re-establishment is generally attributed to Louis XI of France, in the middle of the 15th century.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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