Word of the Day - 2/4/2009

Akinetic

Akinetic means absence, loss, or impairment of the power of voluntary movement.

In a battle with the Amorites at Gibeon, Joshua prayed for an akinetic sun.

Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
"O sun, stand still at Gibeon,
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon."
So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies
Is it not written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. (Joshua 10:12-13, NASB)

Joshua's prayers were answered and the Israelites used the strategic advantage to route their enemies.

Note: This rendering of Joshua 10 was done in pen, brown ink, and brown wash on beige paper by Raphael (1483-1520). It presently rest in the Louvre.