POST

Post. Post
(1.) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; 8:10, 14; Job 9:25; Jer. 51:31). Such messengers were used from very early times. Those employed by the Hebrew kings had a military character (1 Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25, “guard,” marg. “runners”). The modern system of postal communication was first established by Louis XI. of France in A.D. 1464.

(2.) This word sometimes also is used for lintel or threshold (Isa. 6:4).

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POST. → A bearer of a message Job 9:25; Jer 51:31 → Of Hezekiah 2Ch 30:6,10 → Of Ahasuerus Es 3:13,15; 8:10,14

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post. Post, n. a messenger, office, place, piece of timber, a species of paper, letter paper

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Post, a. [[F. aposter to place in a post or position, generally for a bad purpose.]] Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. Sir E. Sandys.