| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Job 9:25 | Now my days [03117] are swifter [07043] than a post [07323]: they flee away [01272], they see [07200] no good [02896]. |
| Word | Easton Dictionary - Definition |
| POST | (1.) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; 8:10, 14; Job 9:25; Jer. 51:31). Such messengers were used from very early times. Those employed by the Hebrew kings had a military character (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25, "guard," marg. "runners"). The modern system of postal communication was first established by Louis XI. of France in A.D. 1464. (2.) This word sometimes also is used for lintel or threshold (Isa. 6:4). |