Bible dictionaries
Navy
What Bible dictionaries say about “Navy”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Navy - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
NAVY, n. [Gr. From to swim. To swim then is to move up and down.]
1. A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company.
The navy of Hiram brought gold from Ophir. 1 Ki 10.
2. The whole of the ships of war belonging to a nation or king. The navy of Great Britain is the defense of the kingdom and its commerce. This is the usual acceptation of the word.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
na'-vi.
See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 1, (2).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915