Journey

Journey - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(1.) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31).

(2.) A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See [324]SABBATH.)

Journey - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

JOURNEY, n. jur'ny. [L. diurnus, dies.]

1. The travel of a day.

2. Travel by land to any distance and for any time, indefinitely; as a journey from London to Paris, or to Rome; a journey to visit a brother; a week's journey; we made two journeys to Philadelphia.

3. Passage form one place to another; as a long journey from the upper regions.

4. It may sometimes include a passing by water.

JOURNEY, v.i. jur'ny. To travel form place to place; to pass from home to a distance.

Abram journeyed, going on still towards the south. Gen 12.

jur'-ni.

See DAY'S JOURNEY; SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY.