Post: 1. A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters,
etc.
(2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 3:13,15; 8:10,14; Job 9:25; Jeremiah 51:31) Such
messengers were used from very early times. Those employed by
the Hebrew kings had a military character
(1 Samuel 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25)
"guard," marg. "runners"). The modern system of postal
communication was first established by Louis XI. of France in
A.D. 1464
2. This word sometimes also is used for lintel or threshold
