lines Summary and Overview

were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritance measured out; a possession (Ps. 16:6).

LINES . This expression refers to the mode of measuring land with a cord or line, Am 7:17; Zech 1:16; Zech 2:1-2, and came thus to denote a definite allotment of real estate, an inheritance. Ps 16:6.

Psalm 16:6, "the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places," namely, the measuring cords or lines, hence my allotment (Amos 7:17). Micah 2:5, "none that shall cast a cord by lot (i.e. none that shall have any possession measured out) in the congregation of the Lord" (see margin 1 Chronicles 16:18; Psalm 105:11). Argob is always designated by chebel or cord, i.e. well-defined region. frontARGOB.)