The Definition of the word Arch

Arch

An architectural term found only in Ezek. 40:16, 21, 22, 26, 29. There is no absolute proof that the Israelites employed arches in their buildings. The arch was employed in the building of the "pyramids of Egypt. The oldest existing arch is at Thebes, and" bears the date B.C. 1350. There are also still found the remains "of an arch, known as Robinson's Arch, of the bridge connecting" Zion and Moriah. (See TYROPOEON [25]VALLEY.)