Bible Encyclopedia: Battalion

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Ancient Chaldaea
... Tiamat, finding her domain becoming more and more restricted owing to the activity
of the others, desired to raise battalion against battalion, and set herself ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm

The Church as She Should Be
... Hence an army with banners had one banner as a central standard, and then each
regiment or battalion displayed its own particular flag. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the church as she should.htm

Justification.
... When a mutinous battalion gets into serious straits, and the general, hearing of
it, delivers them at the cost of ten killed and twenty wounded, who had not ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/cxxx justification.htm

Conclusion --Repent Ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand.
... And so this governor" precisely as the governor of Toula was doing on that day"with
a battalion of soldiers with guns and rods, hastily brought together by ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter xii conclusionrepent ye for.htm

Not Now, but Hereafter!
... send against them a handful of soldiers to inflict instant and petty chastisement,
he waits awhile, and marshals all his hosts, till every battalion has been ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/not now but hereafter.htm

Calms and Crises
... the hope that we could keep our footing when some great temptation of a lifetime
came down on us with a rush like the charge of a battalion of horsemen? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/calms and crises.htm

Epistle of Marcus Aurelius to the Senate in which He Testifies ...
... close on us a mass of a mixed multitude of 977,000 men, which indeed we saw; and
I was shut up by this vast host, having with me only a battalion composed of ...
/.../justin/the first apology of justin/epistle of marcus aurelius to.htm

The Sethians Support their Doctrines by an Allegorical ...
... This is a military expression applied to those placed in the foremost ranks of a
battalion of soldiers; but it was also employed in civil affairs, to designate ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xv the sethians support their.htm

Justinus' Triad of Principles; his Angelography Founded on this ...
... And when Phison holds sway over places, famine, distress, and affliction prevail
in that part of the earth, for the battalion of these angels is niggardly. ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxi justinus triad of principles.htm

Declaring the Nature of Internal Recollection, and Instructing the ...
... It is certain, that in recollection the Devil frequently charges the Soul more fiercely
with a Battalion of Thoughts, to discomfit the quiet of the Soul, and ...
/.../chap xi declaring the nature.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A body of troops composed of two or more companies, forming a part of a regiment; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

2. (n.) A regiment, or two or more companies of a regiment, esp. when assembled for drill or battle.

3. (v. t.) To form into battalions.

Thesaurus

Battalion (6 Occurrences)
...Battalion (6 Occurrences). ... (WEY). John 18:12 So the battalion and their tribune and
the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him. (WEY). ...
/b/battalion.htm - 8k

Tribune (18 Occurrences)
... Tribune (18 Occurrences). John 18:12 So the battalion and their tribune and the
Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him. (WEY). ...
/t/tribune.htm - 12k

Police (10 Occurrences)
... John 18:3 So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple
police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and ...
/p/police.htm - 10k

Battle (282 Occurrences)
... of life. 4. (n.) A division of an army; a battalion. 5. (n.) The main body,
as distinct from the van and rear; battalion. 6. (n.) To ...
/b/battle.htm - 55k

Jewish (49 Occurrences)
... (WEY NIV). John 18:12 So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish
police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him. (WEY NIV). ...
/j/jewish.htm - 22k

Lamps (45 Occurrences)
... John 18:3 So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple
police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and ...
/l/lamps.htm - 19k

Ferment (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune
in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment. (WEY). ...
/f/ferment.htm - 7k

File (1 Occurrence)
... standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the
ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two ...
/f/file.htm - 9k

Flank (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment,
or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank ...
/f/flank.htm - 8k

Division (135 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. 10. (n.) Two
companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. 11. ...
/d/division.htm - 39k

Bible Concordance

Battalion (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:27 Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.
(WEY RSV)

Mark 15:16 The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
(See RSV)

John 18:3 So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons.
(WEY)

John 18:12 So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him.
(WEY)

Acts 21:31 But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.
(WEY)

Acts 27:1 Now when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they handed over Paul and a few other prisoners into the custody of Julius, a Captain of the Augustan battalion;
(WEY)

Subtopics

Battalion

Related Terms

Tribune (18 Occurrences)

Police (10 Occurrences)

Battle (282 Occurrences)

Jewish (49 Occurrences)

Lamps (45 Occurrences)

Ferment (3 Occurrences)

File (1 Occurrence)

Flank (3 Occurrences)

Division (135 Occurrences)