Bible dictionaries
Stout
What Bible dictionaries say about “Stout”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Stout - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
STOUT, a.
1. Strong; lusty.
A stouter champion never handled sword.
2. Bold; intrepid; valiant; brave.
He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man.
3. Large; bulky. [A popular use of the word.]
4. Proud; resolute; obstinate.
The lords all stand to clear their cause, most resolutely stout.
5. Strong; firm; as a stout vessel.
STOUT, n. A cant name for strong beer.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Stoutness - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
STOUTNESS, n.
1. Strength; bulk.
2. Boldness; fortitude.
3. Obstinacy; stubbornness.
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)
stout, stout'-nes: In modern English the word signifies strength firmness, corpulence, etc., but in English Versions of the Bible (Ps 76:5; Isa 10:12; 46:12; Da 7:20; Mal 3:13 with stoutness" in Isa 9:9) it always means "bold" or "proud" and invariably in a bad sense; compare the German stolz, with which "stout" is allied.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915