LACUS in the Latin Text of Scripture, and Lacos in the Greek, and Bor in the Hebrew, are taken in different Senses; sometimes for a Lake, at other Times for a Well or Cistern, and elsewhere for a Reservoir, or Cistern for the Reception of Wine and Oil; and in other Places for a Grave or such Caves as were dug in Rocks to lodge dead Bodies in.
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