BAR

BAR used to denote the means by which a door is bolted (Nehemiah 3=>3); a rock in the sea (Jonah 2=>6); the shore of the sea (Job 38=>10); strong fortifications and powerful impediments, etc. (Isaiah 45=>2; Amos 1=>5); defences of a city (1 Kings 4=> 13). A bar for a door was of iron (Isaiah 45=>2), brass (Psalm 107=>16), or wood (Nah. 3=>13).