Cistern
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Cistern (21 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. CISTERN; WELL; POOL; AQUEDUCT. sis ...
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Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)
... and fourth ventricles of the brain. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CISTERN;
WELL; POOL; AQUEDUCT. sis'-tern: Use of Terms 1. General ...
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Pool (25 Occurrences)
... A pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Hebrews berekhah; modern Arabic, birket),
an artificial cistern or tank. ...CISTERN; WELL; POOL; AQUEDUCT. ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... 22. (a.) Safe; as, a chip warranted well at a certain day and place. Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CISTERN; WELL; POOL; AQUEDUCT. ...
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Irrigation
... Where a spring is small, its supply is gathered into a birket, or cistern, and then
drawn off through a large outlet into the trenches, sometimes several days ...
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Timotheus (24 Occurrences)
... 5:6;, 34;; 2 Maccabees 8:30; 9:03; 10:24; 19:2, 18;) in 165-163 BC According to
2 Maccabees 10:37, he was slain at Gazara after having hidden in a cistern. ...
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Drawer (1 Occurrence)
... In the case of a cistern or shallow well, an earthenware water jar or a bucket made
of tanned goats' skin is lowered into the water by a rope and then raised ...
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Ditch (9 Occurrences)
... indiscriminately in the King James Version to represent at least three different
ideas: a conduit or trench (2 Kings 3:16); a reservoir or cistern; or simply a ...
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Marsh (4 Occurrences)
... Version and the English Revised Version "marish" (Ezekiel 47:11); the King James
Version "pit," the Revised Version (British and American) "cistern" (Isaiah 30 ...
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Pond (2 Occurrences)
... John 5:2, 4, 7) and of the pool of Siloam (John 9:7, 11). See also CISTERN;
NATURAL FEATURES; BJ, V, iv, 2. Alfred Ely Day. POND. ...
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Sirah (1 Occurrence)
... si'-ra (bor hacirah, "the pit," "well" or "cistern of Sarah"): The spot from which
Abner was enticed back to Hebron to his death (2 Samuel 3:26). ...
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Reservoir (1 Occurrence)
... See also CISTERN; NATURAL FEATURES; BJ, V, iv, 2. Alfred Ely Day. RESERVOIR. ... See
DITCH; CISTERN; POOL. Multi-Version Concordance Reservoir (1 Occurrence). ...
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Build (242 Occurrences)
... Every man digs his "own cistern" (Isaiah 36:16), which is sunk in the rock under
the site of the house, and used as a quarry from which stones for the building ...
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Shattered (42 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (See JPS DBY ...
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Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... soldiers whom he had with him for order and protection (2 Kings 25:25 Jeremiah
41:1-3). They then cast the bodies of their victims into the cistern which Asa ...
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Building (249 Occurrences)
... Every man digs his "own cistern" (Isaiah 36:16), which is sunk in the rock under
the site of the house, and used as a quarry from which stones for the building ...
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Water (4571 Occurrences)
... In the case of a cistern or shallow well, an earthenware water jar or a bucket made
of tanned goats' skin is lowered into the water by a rope and then raised ...
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Wheel (20 Occurrences)
... broken at the cistern" in Ecclesiastes 12:6 is the windlass for drawing the water,
and by the figure the breakdown of the old man's breathing apparatus is ...
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Stone (290 Occurrences)
... And there was no cistern within the city of Qorchah, and I said to all the people:
Make for (25) yourselves every man a cistern in his house. ...
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Fountain (57 Occurrences)
... under which the water gushes out. See CISTERN; SPRING; WELL; EN-, and
place-names compounded with EN-. Figurative: (1) of God (Psalm ...
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Moabite (13 Occurrences)
... And there was no cistern within the city of Qorchah, and I said to all the people:
Make for (25) yourselves every man a cistern in his house. ...
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Cisterns (7 Occurrences)

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Pit (110 Occurrences)
... A hole in the ground (Exodus 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Genesis 37:24; Jeremiah
14:3), a vault (41:9), a grave (Psalm 30:3). It is used as a figure for ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pit.htm - 41k

Fig-tree (33 Occurrences)
... with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of
his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; (ASV BBE ...
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Pottery (11 Occurrences)
... It is used as an proximate standard of measure. For example, a man estimates
the capacity of a cistern in jirar (plural of jarrah). ...
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Fig (45 Occurrences)
... with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat of his vine, and everyone of
his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern; (WEB KJV JPS ...
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Vat (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature
state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning ...
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Nai'oth (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 19:22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great cistern that is
in Secu; and he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David?' And one said ...
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Unsparingly (5 Occurrences)
... is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found
a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern. ...
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Leader (183 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground;
a conductor. 9. (n.) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ...
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Lade (4 Occurrences)
... direct object. 2. (vt) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip;
as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. 3. (vt ...
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Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... Some 100 yards farther North is the "Grotto of the Agony," a cave or cistern supposed
to be the spot "about a stone's cast" to which our Lord retired (Luke 22 ...
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Waters (386 Occurrences)
... a dry place" (Isaiah 32:2); of peace, "He leadeth me beside still waters" (Psalm
23:2); of legitimate pleasures, "waters out of thine own cistern" (Proverbs 5 ...
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Float (4 Occurrences)
... a raft. 3. (n.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which
floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. 4. (n.) The ...
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Fat (150 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. 2.
(n.) A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. ...
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Touches (55 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Rehoboth (4 Occurrences)
... describes the ruins of the ancient city as thickly covering a "level tract of 10
to 12 acres in extent"; "many of the dwellings had each its cistern, cut in ...
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Empty (84 Occurrences)
... deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant;
to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern. ...
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Dibongad (2 Occurrences)
... The ruins that spread over two adjacent knolls are of no importance: walls, a tower,
cistern, etc. Near Dibon the famous Moabite Stone was found. ...
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Dungeon (15 Occurrences)
... Like the Roman inner prison (Acts 16:24), it consisted of a deep cell or cistern
(Jeremiah 38:6). To be shut up in, a punishment common in Egypt (Genesis 39:20 ...
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Dibon-gad (2 Occurrences)
... The ruins that spread over two adjacent knolls are of no importance: walls, a tower,
cistern, etc. Near Dibon the famous Moabite Stone was found. ...
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Dibon (12 Occurrences)
... The ruins that spread over two adjacent knolls are of no importance: walls, a tower,
cistern, etc. Near Dibon the famous Moabite Stone was found. ...
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Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)
... Two days later he murdered a company of pilgrims, throwing their dead bodies into
the great cistern which Asa had made when strengthening the place against ...
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Pools (15 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. POOLS OF SOLOMON. poolz. See CISTERN; POOL. SOLOMON,
POOLS OF. See POOLS OF SOLOMON. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Potter's (16 Occurrences)
... sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough
to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern." (WEB JPS ...
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Bethesda (1 Occurrence)
... This pool is a rock-cut, rain-filled cistern, 55 ft. long X 12 ft. broad,
and is approached by a steep and winding flight of steps. ...
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Barn (6 Occurrences)
... mammeghurah, "a repository," Joel 1:17; apotheke, Matthew 6:26; Matthew 13:30 Luke
12:18, 24): A place for the storing of grain, usually a dry cistern in the ...
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Back (5096 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers,
dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort ...
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Carcass (30 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Cisai
Cisai. << Cis, Cisai. Cistern >>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia CISAI.
si'-sa-i. See KISEUS. << Cis, Cisai. Cistern >>. Reference Bible.
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Carcasses (30 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a fountain or a cistern wherein is a gathering of water
shall be clean; but he who toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Asphar
... pool in the wilderness of Tekoa (1 Maccabees 9:33; Ant, XIII, i, 2). It is probably
identical with Ez-Za`feraneh, a ruined site with an ancient cistern, to the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/asphar.htm - 6k

Sparing (17 Occurrences)
... sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough
to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern." (WEB JPS ...
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Secu (1 Occurrence)
... This is possible, but perhaps we should read with the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus,
"He came to the cistern of the threshing-floor that is on the bare hill ...
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Snapped (4 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (See JPS RSV ...
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Severed (5 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (WEB NIV). ...
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Secacah (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Enclosure, one of the six cities in the wilderness
of Judah, noted for its "great cistern" (Joshua 15:61). ...
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Scoop (2 Occurrences)
... is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found
a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern. ...
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Michmash (10 Occurrences)
... There are rock-cut tombs to the North. Cisterns supply the water. There are foundations
of old buildings, large stones, and a vaulted cistern. W. Ewing. ...
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Pitcher (16 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (WEB KJV JPS ...
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Hezeki'ah (120 Occurrences)
... with me, and come out to me; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of
his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; (See RSV). ...
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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... deep. It is fed by no spring, nor is the water conducted to it along the surface,
as to a cistern. Its supplies depend entirely upon rainfall and percolation. ...
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Rabbah (14 Occurrences)
... The citadel is connected by means of an underground passage with a large cistern
or tank to the North, whence probably it drew its watersupply. ...
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Vine (76 Occurrences)
... with me, and come out to me; and everyone of you eat of his vine, and everyone of
his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern; (WEB KJV JPS ...
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Spring (122 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Carmel (33 Occurrences)
... sacred by the Druzes. A Latin chapel stands near, with a great cistern.
A good spring is found lower down the slope. Just below, on ...
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Loosed (41 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 12:6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken,
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern...
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Dip (17 Occurrences)
... sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough
to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern." (WEB ASV ...
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Mizpah (42 Occurrences)
... Two days later he murdered a company of pilgrims, throwing their dead bodies into
the great cistern which Asa had made when strengthening the place against ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mizpah.htm - 31k

Asunder (37 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (See JPS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/asunder.htm - 22k

Nevertheless (153 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Breaking (69 Occurrences)
... sparing, so that there won't be found among the broken piece a piece good enough
to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern." (WEB KJV ...
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Solomon (277 Occurrences)
... See 1 Kings 14:19, 29; 1 Kings 15:23, 31; 16:5, 14, 20, 27; 22:39, 45, etc. POOLS
OF SOLOMON. poolz. See CISTERN; POOL. PSALTER, (PSALMS), OF SOLOMON. sol'-ter. ...
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Remains (118 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is a gathered
shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. ...
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Jehu (63 Occurrences)
... to visit their kinsfolk at Jezreel, gave orders that they be slain on the spot,
and their bodies ignominiously thrown into the pit (or "cistern") of the ...
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Potter (14 Occurrences)
... It is used as an proximate standard of measure. For example, a man estimates
the capacity of a cistern in jirar (plural of jarrah). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/potter.htm - 28k

House (20110 Occurrences)
... far as it may have a similar meaning to the water duct or "water course" (Revised
Version (British and American)) leading to the private cistern, which formed ...
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Jeremiah (141 Occurrences)
... But as he continued to preach submission to the people, those in authority cast
him into a slimy cistern, from which the pity of a courtier, Ebed-melech ...
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Cord (47 Occurrences)
... 12:6 before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher
is broken at the spring, or the wheel broken at the cistern, (WEB KJV JPS ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cord.htm - 27k




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