Bible dictionaries

Forum

What Bible dictionaries say about “Forum”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Forum - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

FO'RUM, n. [L. See Fair.]

1. In Rome, a public place, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people; also, a market place. Hence,

2. A tribunal; a court; any assembly empowered to hear and decide causes; also, jurisdiction.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

fo'-rum:

the King James Version Appii Forum (Ac 28:15), is in the Revised Version (British and American) Market of Appius (see APPII FORUM).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2