[Anglo-Saxon, béacn.] A post or stake erected over a shoal or sand-bank, as a warning to seamen to keep at a distance; also a signal-mark placed on the top of hills, eminences, or buildings near the shore for the safe guidance of shipping.
·noun A high hill near the shore. II. Beacon ·noun That which gives notice of danger. III. Beacon ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A pole (Heb. to'ren) used as a standard or ensign set on the tops of mountains as a call to the peop...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence for direction. (Isaiah 30:17) ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary