. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Assyrian Ensigns or Standards.—(Fbn.)From Sculpture in British Museum, 1.—From Botta, 2, Roman Ensigns or Standards.—(Fbn.)From Montfaucon, 1, 2.—From Hope, 3, 4.—From the Arch of Titus, 5. 4, but usually sign or token ). The distinctionbetween these three Hebrew terms is sufficiently ENT EPH 279 marked by their respective uses: nes is a signal ;degel a military standard for a large division of anarmy; and 6th, the same for a small one. Neitherof them, however, expresses the idea which stand-ard conveys to our mind, viz. a flag ; the standardsin
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . Assyrian Ensigns or Standards.—(Fbn.)From Sculpture in British Museum, 1.—From Botta, 2, Roman Ensigns or Standards.—(Fbn.)From Montfaucon, 1, 2.—From Hope, 3, 4.—From the Arch of Titus, 5. 4, but usually sign or token ). The distinctionbetween these three Hebrew terms is sufficiently ENT EPH 279 marked by their respective uses: nes is a signal ;degel a military standard for a large division of anarmy; and 6th, the same for a small one. Neitherof them, however, expresses the idea which stand-ard conveys to our mind, viz. a flag ; the standardsin use among the Hebrews probably resembled thoseof the Egyptians and Assyrians—a figure or deviceof some kind elevated on a pole. (1.) The noticesof the nes or ensign are most frequent; it con-sisted of some well-understood signal exhibited onthe top of a pole from a bare mountain top (Is. [A. V. banner ], xviii. 3). What the nature ofthe signal was, we have no means of stating. Theimportant point to be observed is, that the nes wasan occasional signal, and not a military standard.(2.) The term degel is used to descri
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