BESOM

A broom or brush for sweeping. Before "the besom of destruction," the hosts of God’s enemies are like the dust of the floor, Isa 14:23.

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Besom. Besom
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning sweeper, occurs only in Isa. 14:23, of the sweeping away, the utter ruin, of Babylon.

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a brush or broom of twigs for sweeping (Isaiah 14:23)

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besom. Besom, n. a common tool to sweep with, a broom

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Be″som (�), n. [[OE. besme, besum, AS. besma; akin to D. bezem, OHG pesamo, G. besen; of uncertain origin.]] A brush of twigs for sweeping; a broom; anything which sweeps away or destroys. I will sweep it with the besom of destruction. Isa. xiv. 23. The housemaid with her besom. W. Irving.