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Definition: Beacon |
BeaconNoun1. A fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance. 2. A radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes. 3. A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships. Verb1. Shine like a beacon. 2. Guide with a beacon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beacon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | 1. A light, group of lights, electronic apparatus, or other device that guides, orients, or warns aircraft, spacecraft, etc. in flight.2. A structure, building, or station where such a device is mounted or located. See radar beacon, radio beacon. (references) |
Bible | Beacon a pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the people to assemble themselves for some great national purpose (Isa. 30:17). In Isa. 33:23 and Ezek. 27:5, the same word is rendered "mast." (See Banner.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Electrical Engineering | An assembly consisting of a light and its support and subsidiary structures, designed to give a light signal of a distinctive character to mark a geographical location, in order to assist navigation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | To furnish or mark with sea-marks. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Erection on land, or in shallow waters, intended as a guide or warning to vessels navigating in sight of it. May be fitted with a light, or lights, or may emit a radio signal. Always carries some distinctive characteristics so that it may be identified. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | Any marker used for purposes of survey or demarcation; e. g. in conjunction with aerial survey it may be a temporary flag or even a tethered balloon ; any structure to make a point observable from a distance for surveying or navigation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | Bench marks realized in order to show a way, a track. Source: European Union. (references) |
Military | See crash locator beacon; fan marker beacon; localizer; meaconing; personal locator beacon; radio beacon; submarine locator acoustic beacon; Z marker beacon. (references) |
Post & Telecom | OSCAR I and II contained low-power -- that transmitted in the amateur two-metre (150-megahertz) band. . . . . beacon transmitters on board spacecraft enable pinpoint tracking from earth stations. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | Device for tracking consignments of drugs, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
Space | Downlink from a spacecraft that immediately indicates the state of the spacecraft as being one of several possible states by virtue of the presence and/or frequency of the subcarrier. See Chapter 10. (references) |
Transportation | System of visual lights marking fixed feature on ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Fixed navigation mark, lighted or unlighted. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
'Beacons\' are fires lit on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at sea, or for signalling over land that enemy troops are approaching, and alerting the defence. In the latter form, beacons are an ancient form of optical telegraph and always used in relay leagues.In modern technical parlance, a beacon can also be a radio transmitter used for navigation.
Beacons have often been abused by pirates. A fire at a wrong position was used to direct a ship against cliffs or beaches, so the cargo could be looted after the ship sank or ran aground.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beacon."
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Beacon is a city located in Mahaska County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 518.Geography
Beacon is located at 41°16'33" North, 92°40'51" West (41.275948, -92.680733)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 518 people, 208 households, and 153 families residing in the city. The population density is 198.0/km² (514.5/mi²). There are 217 housing units at an average density of 83.0/km² (215.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 96.53% White, 0.39% African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.51% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 208 households out of which 31.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% are married couples living together, 11.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 26.0% are non-families. 21.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 6.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 2.85. In the city the population is spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 109.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.0 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,000, and the median income for a family is $35,469. Males have a median income of $31,500 versus $26,641 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,972. 8.8% of the population and 5.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.7% are under the age of 18 and 16.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beacon, Iowa."
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Beacon is a city located in Dutchess County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 13,808.Geography
Beacon is located at 41°30'15" North, 73°57'56" West (41.504243, -73.965576)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 12.7 km² (4.9 mi²). 12.4 km² (4.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.25% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 13,808 people, 5,091 households, and 3,360 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,115.3/km² (2,891.6/mi²). There are 5,406 housing units at an average density of 436.7/km² (1,132.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 68.37% White, 19.65% African American, 0.31% Native American, 1.31% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 6.92% from other races, and 3.44% from two or more races. 16.90% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 5,091 households out of which 34.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% are married couples living together, 16.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.0% are non-families. 28.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.61 and the average family size is 3.23. In the city the population is spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the city is $45,236, and the median income for a family is $53,811. Males have a median income of $40,949 versus $29,154 for females. The per capita income for the city is $20,654. 11.0% of the population and 9.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 17.1% are under the age of 18 and 6.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beacon, New York."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BEACON | English | British European Airways Computer Network | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BeaconSynonyms: beacon fire (n), beacon light (n), lighthouse (n), pharos (n), radio beacon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, weathercock; guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize; polestar, loadstar, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard. |
Warning | Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Beacon |
| English words defined with "beacon": Balize, Beaconage, Beaconed, Beaconing, Beaconless, beam, beam of light ♦ compartmented, Cresset ♦ Firebare ♦ light beam ♦ Phare ♦ ray, ray of light ♦ Seamark, shaft, shaft of light. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "beacon": ADF letdown, aerophare, AIRPORT ELECTRICIAN, automatic direction finder letdown ♦ beacon delay, beacon skipping, beacon stealing, Beth-haccerem ♦ chain radar beacon, cone of silence ♦ dash-dot rythm ♦ homing beacon ♦ INSTRUMENT INSPECTOR ♦ minitrack, missile ranging ♦ omnidirectional radio beacon ♦ radar set, radiophare, ramark, recovery package, responder beacon, ring around, R-T unit ♦ skin tracking, Squawked by Parrot, SUPERVISOR, ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE ♦ transponder beacon ♦ very high frequency omnirange, VHF omnidirectional radio range ♦ witness post ♦ Z marker beacon. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "beacon": Firebare. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And your father's name will shine again like a beacon in the galaxy (Forbidden Planet; writing credit: Irving Block; Allen Adler) Is it like I have a beacon that only dogs and men with severe emotional problems can hear (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) | |
Lyrics | And turn into a beacon burning endlessly bright (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) You just shine like a beacon on the bay (Something About The Way You Look Tonight; performing artist: Elton John) | |
Movie/TV Titles | 21 Beacon Street (1959) The Jet Beacon Let-Down (1957) Walk East on Beacon! (1952) Unity: A Beacon of Spiritual Light to the World Community (1993) Beacon Hill (1975) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Newport Harbor looking to Beacon Rock. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | NOAA 5 lifts off. This satellite weighed 749 pounds , entered a near circular polar orbit 939.89 by 934.98 statute miles above the Earth, orbited every 116.32 minutes, and was inclined to the equator at 102.105 degrees. In addition to visible and infra-red imaging systems, it also carried early search and rescue beacon equipment. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | West (door) elevation. Photograph by Gerda Peterich, September 1962. (Reproduction Number: HABS ME,3-PORTS,1-2) This unusual-looking lighthouse is built of curved cast-iron plates whose seams are cleverly disguised by six decorative Corinthian columns. Built in 1855 and rebuilt twenty years later, the lighthouse may have been the work of Thomas Ustick Walter, designer of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The lighthouse's flashing red beacon helped guide ships from Casco Bay through the entrance to Portland Harbor. Wooden sheds and a six-room house for the lighthouse-keeper were added at a later date but have since been removed. The lighthouse itself was abandoned in 1943. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers. Taken by Photographer 2rd Class William G. Roy from the starboard side of the flight deck, just in front of the forward 5"/38 gun gallery. Man with hammer at right is probably covering a bomb entry hole in the forward elevator. Note arresting gear cables and forward palisade elements on the flight deck; CXAM radar antenna, large national ensign and YE homing beacon antenna atop the foremast; 5"/38, .50 caliber and 1.1" guns manned and ready at left. This view forms a panorama with Photo # 80-G-312019. Credit: NAVY. |
 | In the Delaware river off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1943. This view has been marked to identify SK, SC and SG radar and YE aircraft homing beacon antennas. Credit: NAVY. |  | Monument on Beacon Hill, Boston / Sully, del. ; K. Turner, sc. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Solita Solano on horse, leading suffrage parade, Beacon St., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Beacon St. mall, Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Beacon Monument, Boston, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Destruction of Fort Ocracoke on Beacon Island entrance to Pamplico [sic] Sound by an expedition under command of Lieut Eastman of the Pawnee, Sept. 17th. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Radio Mast" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "The radio / mobile mast on the Beacon, Birmingham." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Play | Caption |
 | Alarm; alert; balefire; beam; bonfire; flare; guidepost; heliograph; lamp; lantern; lighthouse; lodestar; pharos; radar; rocket; rocket; sign; signal fire; smoke signal; beacon; warning signal; watchtower. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
F. R. Havergal | So your fiery trial is still unextinguished. But what if it be but His beacon light on your upward path? |
William Shakespeare | Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1945) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This unity ties together, and it towers over all our efforts here in Washington, and it serves as an inspiring beacon for all of us who are elected to serve. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We will again be the exemplar of freedom and a beacon of hope for those who do not now have freedom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Beacon" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.52% of the time. "Beacon" is used about 286 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75.52% | 216 | 20,583 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.48% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Total | 100.00% | 286 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Beacon Power Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Beacon, IA (city, FIPS 5050) 2. Beacon, NY (city, FIPS 5100) |
Expressions using "beacon": aerial beacon ♦ aerodrome beacon ♦ aeronautical beacon ♦ aeronautical radar beacon ♦ air beacon ♦ approach light beacon ♦ beacon Falls ♦ Beacon fire ♦ beacon Hill ♦ beacon light ♦ beacon Square ♦ beacon transmitter ♦ belisha beacon ♦ buoy beacon ♦ crash locator beacon ♦ direct beacon ♦ directional beacon ♦ emergency location beacon ♦ emergency locator beacon ♦ fan marker beacon ♦ flashing beacon ♦ hazard beacon ♦ homing beacon ♦ identification beacon ♦ locator beacon ♦ marker beacon ♦ omnidirectional radio beacon ♦ personnel locator beacon ♦ pole beacon ♦ pulsed beacon ♦ radar beacon ♦ radio beacon ♦ responder beacon ♦ signal beacon ♦ submarine locator acoustic beacon ♦ wireless beacon. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beacon": beacon-fires. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
akron beacon journal | 1,755 | beacon herald stratford | 90 |
beacon theater | 911 | beacon sandpiper | 86 |
beacon | 875 | beacon theater new york | 81 |
mavis beacon | 637 | mavis beacon teaches typing | 80 |
beacon score | 407 | beacon one | 76 |
beacon star | 338 | beacon falls ct | 75 |
new york beacon the | 286 | beacon federal | 72 |
beacon news | 218 | mavis beacon typing | 70 |
beacon journal | 213 | beacon herald | 65 |
aurora beacon news | 137 | brunswick beacon | 64 |
akron beacon | 127 | the beacon | 64 |
ashtabula star beacon | 112 | beacon newspaper | 49 |
hotel beacon | 111 | beacon resort | 49 |
beacon hill | 111 | beacon credit score | 46 |
beacon insurance one | 110 | beacon warwick | 45 |
beacon dia | 106 | mavis beacon download | 43 |
beacon career | 106 | beacon light | 41 |
beacon score and credit report | 103 | beacon gander | 40 |
credit report beacon | 95 | radio beacon | 40 |
beacon eagle wichita | 93 | free mavis beacon | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "beacon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | baken, baak. (various references) | |
Albanian | zjarr sinjalizimi, semafor (semaphore, traffic light), fener (headlight, lamp, lantern, leading light, light, light house, street lamp). (various references) | |
Arabic | منارة (highlight, light, lighthouse, minaret), مرشد لاسلكي, مشعل (cresset, flambeau, torch), هدى أو رشد, زود بمنارة, أضاء المنارة. (various references) | |
Basque | faro (do to, lighthouse, make to), egin (do, do to, lighthouse, make to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сигнален огън (balefire, flash light, watch-fire), фар (headlight, lamp, lantern, light, lighthouse, sea mark), маяк (lighthouse, sea mark). (various references) | |
Chinese | 烽火台, 標燈 (beacon light). (various references) | |
Czech | svìtelný signál, signální vìž, maják (lighthouse, sea mark). (various references) | |
Danish | båke (ground light), signal (mark, sign, signal, token), sømærke (ground light, mark, navigation mark, seamark, visual aid, visual aid to navigatio), radiofyr, lysstråle (ground light), lyskegle (ground light), fyrtårn (lighthouse), fyr (pine, pine tree, pine-tree), fast sømærke, afmærke et farvand (buoy, mark out). (various references) | |
Dutch | bebakenen (buoy, mark out), baken (bandage, buoy, wind), baak (level rod, leveling rod, range-pole, rod, stadia rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references) | |
Esperanto | signostango, gvidmarkilo, gvidmarki. (various references) | |
Farsi | چراغ دریاءی (Lantern), امواج رادیوءی برای هدایت هواپیما, دیدگاه (Lookout, Peephole, Sight, Standpoint, Viewpoint), باچراغ یانشان راهنماءی کردن , برج دیدبانی (Watchtower). (various references) | |
Finnish | majakka (light, lighthouse). (various references) | |
French | phare, balise. (various references) | |
German | Leuchtfeuer (bonfire, flare, navigational light). (various references) | |
Greek | φάρος (lighthouse). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משואה (fire signal, signal light, watchfire), מגדלור (lighthouse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | világítótorony (beacon-light, lighthouse), irányfény (beacon-light), fényjel (light signal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | lentera (lantern). (various references) | |
Italian | gavitello (buoy), boa (boa, buoy, constrictor, dolphin), faro (flood light, floodlight, headlight, light, lighthouse, projector). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 航路標識 , 烽火 (rocket, signal fire), 煙火 (rocket), 狼火 (signal fire), ヒンディー語 (beach, beach coat, beach house, beach parasol, beach umbrella, beach volleyball, beach wear, beads, beagle, beaker, beam, beam antenna, beam rider, beast, beat, beat generation, Beatles, beaver, bee, beef, beefalo, beefsteak, beep, beer, beet, Hindi, Hindustan, hint, Venus, virus, viva). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ビーコン , のろし (rocket, signal fire, skyrocket), ほうか (arson, fire, gunfire, Japanese money, law department or law school, legal currency, loud singing, one's country, rocket, set fire to, signal fire), こうろひょうしき, ろうか (ageing, corridor, senile deterioration, signal fire), えんか (chloride, enka, modern Japanese ballad, related family, rocket, smoke and mist, swallowing, troubadour, value of the yen, view, yen currency). (various references) | |
Korean | 기만항법보조. (various references) | |
Manx | lossan varrey, cowrey (attribute, badge, brand, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, mark, marque, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth), chenjean, aile raauee (signal beacon). (various references) | |
Norwegian | sjømerke, fyr (chap). (various references) | |
Occitan | far (do, lighthouse, make). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaconbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | farol (buoy, claptrap, headlight, lantern, light, lighthouse, pharos, traffic light, traffic lights), baliza (buoy, goal, landmark, pole, post). (various references) | |
Romanian | semnal luminos (flare, flare up), lumina (appear, brighten, burn, clarify, comprehend, enlighten, explain, illuminate, lamp, light, light up, lighten, shine, teach, understand), jalon (staff, stake), far (head-light, light, lighthouse, luminary, Pharos), fãclie (torch), cãlãuzi cu un semnal luminos, aprinde (animate, blush, enkindle, excite, fan, fire, heat, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, redden, rot, shine, strike). (various references) | |
Russian | маяк (lighthouse, pharos, screed, seamark). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bova (buoy), svetionik (lighthouse), far (headlamp, headlight). (various references) | |
Spanish | baliza (buoy), faro (headlight, lamp, lantern, light, lighthouse), balizar (buoy). (various references) | |
Swedish | fyr (lad, light, lighthouse, stove), fyrtorn (lighthouse). (various references) | |
Thai | ไฟเตือนภัย, ไฟนำทางในการเดินเรือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | yol göstermek (direct, front, give smb. a lead, give smb. the wall, guide, lead, lead off, lead the way, pilot, prevent, Shepherd), yol gösteren sinyal, uyarı ışığı (warning light), trafik lâmbası, radyofar (directional beacon), işaret kulesi (pylon, signal tower), işaret koymak, işaret ateşi (balefire), fener (cresset, dark lantern, flambeau, glim, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, phanar). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | указувати шлях, світити сигнальними вогнями, сигнальний вогонь (balefire, flashlight), віха (buoy, dool, landmark, pole), маяк (lighthouse, seamark, watchtower), буй (buoy, float), береговий знак, бакен (buoy), провідна зірка, позначати віхами, переносний ліхтар. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự cảnh cáo trước người dẫn đường, người hướng dẫn (leader). (various references) | |
Welsh | gwylfa (watch), goleudy (lighthouse), coelcerth (blaze, bonfire). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | lampas. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | beacen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 30, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia fwnhn enoV feuxontai cilioi kai dia fwnhn pente feuxontai polloi ewV an kataleifqhte wV istoV ep' orouV kai wV shmaian ferwn epi bounou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mille homines a facie terroris unius et a facie terroris quinque fugietis donec relinquamini quasi malus navis in vertice montis et quasi signum super collem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A thousend men fro the face of the ferd of oon; and fro the ferd of the face of fyue yee shul fleen, to the tyme that yee be laft as the mast of a ship in the cop of a mounteyn, and as tocne vp on an hil. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 30, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Usa ka libo nga mangalagiw tungod sa paghulga sa usa; sa paghulga sa lima kamo mangalagiw: hangtud nga kamo hibiyaan ingon sa usa ka suga sa tumoy sa usa ka bukid, ug ingon sa usa ka bandila sa ibabaw sa usa ba bungtod. |
| Croatian | Pobjeæi æe vas tisuæa kad jedan zaprijeti, zaprijete li petorica, u bijeg æete nagnut' dok vas ne preostane k'o kopljaèa na vrhu gore il' na brijegu zastava. |
| Danish | Tusind skal fly for een, som truer; Flugten skal I tage for fem, som truer, til I kun er en Rest som Stangen på Bjergets Tinde, som Banneret oppe på Højen. |
| Dutch | Een duizend van het schelden van enige, van het schelden van vijf zult gij allen vlieden; totdat gij overgelaten wordt, gelijk een mast op den top van een berg, en als een banier op een heuvel. |
| Finnish | Tuhat pakenee yhden uhkaa; viiden uhkaa te pakenette, kunnes se, mikä teistä jää, on kuin merkkipuu vuoren huipulla, kuin lipputanko kukkulalla. |
| French | Mille fuiront à la menace d`un seul, Et, à la menace de cinq, vous fuirez, Jusqu`à ce que vous restiez Comme un signal au sommet de la montagne, Comme un étendard sur la colline. |
| German | Denn euer tausend werden fliehen vor eines einzigen Schelten; ja vor fünfen werdet ihr alle fliehen, bis daß ihr übrigbleibet wie ein Mastbaum oben auf einem Berge und wie ein Panier oben auf einem Hügel. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Seribu orang akan lari melihat ancaman satu orang musuh, dan ancaman lima orang membuat kamu lari semua. Dari pasukanmu hanya tinggal satu tiang bendera di atas puncak bukit. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Seribu orang akan lari oleh pengamang seorang jua, dan oleh pengamang lima orang akan lari mereka itu sekalian yang sempat lari, sehingga kamu ketinggalan seperti sebatang tiang di atas kemuncak gunung dan seperti suatu alamat di atas bukit. |
| Italian | Mille si spaventeranno per la minaccia di uno, per la minaccia di cinque vi darete alla fuga, finché resti di voi qualcosa come un palo sulla cima di un monte e come un'asta sopra una collina. |
| Maori | Ko te mano kotahi, ka rere i te riri a te tangata kotahi; ka rere koutou i te riri a te tokorima; a ka mahue koutou ano he pou kara i te tihi o te maunga, ano he kara i runga i te pukepuke. |
| Norwegian | Et tusen skal flykte for en trusel fra en mann; når bare fem mann truer, skal I flykte inntil eders levning er lik en flaggstang på toppen av et fjell og et banner på en haug. |
| Rumanian | O mie vor fugi la ameninyarea unuia singur; wi cknd vq vor ameninya cinci, toyi veyi fugi, pknq veyi rqmknea ca un stklp pe vkrful unui munte, wi ca un steag pe crewtetul unui deal.`` |
| Spanish | Mil huirán ante la amenaza de uno. Huiréis ante la amenaza de cinco, hasta que quedéis como un asta sobre la cumbre de un monte o como una bandera sobre una colina. |
| Swedish | Tusen av eder skola fly för en enda mans hot eller för fem mäns hot, till dess att vad som är kvar av eder bliver såsom en ensam stång på bergets topp, såsom ett baner på höjden. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beacon": beaconed, beaconing, beacons. (additional references) | |
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"Beacon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: babaco, Baicoi, Baikonn, Balafon, Bayamon, beakon, Beamon, Beamond, beasain, Beaston, Beauce, Beavon, becan, becon, Beecom, Beeko, Beihon, Belasco, Benaco, biacon, Boaco, Boasson, Bodafon, Bracon, breacon, Breadon, Busaco, feacon, Leacon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beacon" (pronounced bē"kun) |
| 4 | -ē" k u n | deacon, Pekin, weaken. |
| 3 | -k u n | falcon, awaken, bacon, beckon, blacken, bracken, broken, chicken, darken, drunken, forsaken, gascon, harken, heartbroken, housebroken, interleukin, lichen, liken, Macon, misspoken, mistaken, outspoken, overtaken, pelican, Pipkin, pumpkin, quicken, reawaken, reckon, republican, retaken, second, shaken, shrunken, sicken, silicon, slacken, spoken, stricken, sunken, taken, thicken, token, unbroken, undertaken, unshaken, unspoken, waken, woken, zircon. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-n-o" | |
-1 letter: bacon, banco, beano, canoe, ocean. | |
-2 letters: acne, aeon, bane, bean, bone, cane, cone, ebon, nabe, once. | |
-3 letters: abo, ace, ane, ban, ben, boa, cab, can, cob, con, eon, nab, nae, neb, nob, obe, oca, one. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, an, ba, be, bo, en, na, ne, no, oe, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-n-o" | |
+1 letter: beacons, cabezon, cowbane. | |
+2 letters: backbone, beaconed, bioclean, boniface, buoyance, cabezone, cabezons, coinable, cowbanes. | |
+3 letters: abiogenic, abjection, absconded, absconder, aitchbone, anaerobic, backbones, balconied, balconies, baronetcy, beaconing, biconcave, bonifaces, buoyances, cabezones, canoeable, carbonade, carbonate, carbonize, cobaltine, confabbed, constable, cornbread, countable, obeisance, subdeacon. | |
+4 letters: abhorrence, abjections, abreaction, absconders, absorbance, absorbency, actionable, aitchbones, barleycorn, beachfront, becloaking, benefactor, benzocaine, buoyancies, carabinero, carbonades, carbonated, carbonates, carbonized, carbonizes, carbonless, carbonnade, cobaltines, cognizable, collarbone, combinable, condonable, conglobate, constables, consumable, cornbreads, cornerback, corybantes, geobotanic, iceboating, insociable, noncabinet, noticeable, noticeably, obeisances, observance, outbalance, reprobance, subdeacons, suboceanic, unsociable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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