Bible Dictionary
ANSWERABLE
Answerable is used in the older sense of corresponding to or being in harmony with something. In the Bible it occurs only in Old Testament passages concerning measurements or arrangements.
Definition
Answerable is used in the older English sense of corresponding to, or being in harmony with, something. It does not mean liable to answer in the modern legal sense.
Biblical Usage
The word occurs only in Old Testament passages concerning measurements or arrangements, especially in material associated with the tabernacle and Ezekiel’s temple vision.
Historical Background
The term is also used in this older sense in Bunyan’s Holy War.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>an'-ser-a-bl: This word is found in the Old Testament only. Moses and Ezekiel alone use it (Ex 38:18; Eze 40:18; 45:7; 48:13,18). It is used in the Old English sense of "corresponding to," "in harmony with." Bunyan uses it in the same sense (Holy War, Clar. Press ed., 92).</p>