Inches (1 Occurrence)

... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia RAINFALL IN JERUSALEM IN INCHES. Year ... Alfred H. Joy. Multi-Version Concordance Inches (1 Occurrence). Genesis ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inches.htm - 12k

Millstone (9 Occurrences)

... ft. to 2 3/4 ft., and in width from 10 inches to 1 1/3 ft. ... The "upper stone" or "rider" was much smaller, 4 inches to 8 in. long ... biblethesaurus.org/m/millstone.htm - 15k

Mill (9 Occurrences)

... ft. to 2 3/4 ft., and in width from 10 inches to 1 1/3 ft. ... The "upper stone" or "rider" was much smaller, 4 inches to 8 in. long ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mill.htm - 18k

Rain (118 Occurrences)

... The amount of rain on the western slopes is comparable with that in England and America, varying from 25 to 40 inches per annum, but it falls mostly in the ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rain.htm - 43k

Weights (14 Occurrences)

... of their square building-bricks, which are regarded as being two-thirds of a cubit on a side, we judge the latter to have been of about 19 or 20 inches. ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weights.htm - 21k

Cubit (51 Occurrences)

... The common computation as to the length of the cubit makes it 20.24 inches for the ordinary cubit, and 21.888 inches for the sacred one. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cubit.htm - 26k

Antelope (2 Occurrences)

... The accompanying illustration is from a photograph of a well-grown female oryx in the zoological gardens at Cairo, which is 35 inches high at the shoulder and ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antelope.htm - 11k

Measures (50 Occurrences)

... of their square building-bricks, which are regarded as being two-thirds of a cubit on a side, we judge the latter to have been of about 19 or 20 inches. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/measures.htm - 35k

Goliath (6 Occurrences)

... 2:20, 21). His height was "six cubits and a span," which, taking the cubit at 21 inches, is equal to 10 1/2 feet. David cut off ... biblethesaurus.org/g/goliath.htm - 12k

Finger (35 Occurrences)

... of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one ... biblethesaurus.org/f/finger.htm - 22k

Peacock

... peacock has a bill of moderate size with an arched tip, its cheeks are bare, the eyes not large, but very luminous, a crest of 24 feathers 2 inches long, with ... biblethesaurus.org/p/peacock.htm - 11k

Shewbread (16 Occurrences)

... The table for the bread was made of acacia wood, 3 feet long, 18 inches broad, and 2 feet 3 inches high. It was plated with pure gold. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shewbread.htm - 20k

Samaritan (8 Occurrences)

... His description (Nablus and the Modern Samaritans, 312) is that "the roll is of parchment, written in columns, 13 inches deep, and 7 1/2 inches wide. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaritan.htm - 42k

Potter (14 Occurrences)

... The wheel stood only a few inches above the ground, and the potter sat or squatted down on the ground before it as he shaped his object (see Wilkinson, Ancient ... biblethesaurus.org/p/potter.htm - 28k

Pottery (11 Occurrences)

... The wheel stood only a few inches above the ground, and the potter sat or squatted down on the ground before it as he shaped his object (see Wilkinson, Ancient ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pottery.htm - 27k

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)

... long, opens into the well itself, which is cylindrically shaped, and about 7 ft. 6 inches in diameter. ... It measures 3 ft. 9 inches X 2 ft. 7 inches X 1 ft. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jacob's.htm - 23k

Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)

... In Jerusalem, the mean rainfall in 41 years up to 1901 was 25, 81 inches, falling in a mean number of 56 days (see Glaisher, Meteorological Observations, 24). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aqueduct.htm - 23k

Cistern (21 Occurrences)

... In Jerusalem, the mean rainfall in 41 years up to 1901 was 25, 81 inches, falling in a mean number of 56 days (see Glaisher, Meteorological Observations, 24). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cistern.htm - 29k

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

... The size of the bricks in the era prior to the third millennium varied from this to about 6 x 10 x 3 inches at Nippur, Sargon and his son Naram-Sin used a brick ... biblethesaurus.org/b/babylonia.htm - 75k

Glass (12 Occurrences)

... Numbers 1, 4 and 5 are tear bottles, number 4 being only 1 3/4 inches in height; numbers 2 and 3 are ointment vases which were used for the ointment with which ... biblethesaurus.org/g/glass.htm - 21k

Gourd (4 Occurrences)

... This little gourd, 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, when fully ripe falls suddenly when touched or shaken, the bitter, irritating juice is squirted to a considerable ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gourd.htm - 12k

Wild (147 Occurrences)

... This little gourd, 1 1/2 to 2 inches long, when fully ripe falls suddenly when touched or shaken, the bitter, irritating juice is squirted to a considerable ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wild.htm - 50k

Reel (6 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches... biblethesaurus.org/r/reel.htm - 9k

Rome (12 Occurrences)

... of the kingdom of Italy, is situated mainly on the left bank of the Tiber about 15 miles from the Mediterranean Sea in 41 degrees 53' 54 inches North latitude ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rome.htm - 43k

Plow (11 Occurrences)

... In one form a young tree Of oak or other strong wood of a diameter of 3 or 4 inches is cut off just below a good-sized branch and again 15 or 20 inches above. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plow.htm - 15k

Porcupine (3 Occurrences)

... It is about 10 inches long, covered with short spines, and rolls itself into a ball when attacked. It inhabits the countries bordering the Mediterranean. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/porcupine.htm - 11k

Accent (1 Occurrence)

... minutes twenty seven seconds. 13. (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches. 14. (vt) To express ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accent.htm - 8k

Sheep (413 Occurrences)

... "The sheep of Palestine are longer in the head than ours, and have tails from 5 inches broad at the narrowest part to 15 inches at the widest, the weight being ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sheep.htm - 52k

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

... 8:2). The great hall of this palace (Esther 1) "consisted of several magnificent groups of columns, together with a frontage of 343 feet 9 inches, and a depth ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shushan.htm - 21k

Pool (25 Occurrences)

... In Jerusalem, the mean rainfall in 41 years up to 1901 was 25, 81 inches, falling in a mean number of 56 days (see Glaisher, Meteorological Observations, 24). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pool.htm - 40k

Well (2882 Occurrences)

... In Jerusalem, the mean rainfall in 41 years up to 1901 was 25, 81 inches, falling in a mean number of 56 days (see Glaisher, Meteorological Observations, 24). ... biblethesaurus.org/w/well.htm - 39k

Machpelah (6 Occurrences)

... from the ground, at indeed the level of the floor within, the wall is set back about 10 inches at intervals, so as to leave pilasters 3 ft. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/machpelah.htm - 19k

Weaving (4 Occurrences)

... Goliath's spear was compared in thickness to that of the weaver's beam, ie 2 inches to 2 1/2 inches in diameter (1 Samuel 17:7 2 Samuel 21:19 1 Chronicles 11:23 ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weaving.htm - 17k

Incident (5 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/i/incident.htm - 8k

Altar (343 Occurrences)

... 3 inches high. ... The angles are prolonged upward for an additional 1 1/2 inches as rounded knobs-no doubt the `horns' of the altar. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/altar.htm - 78k

Dead (580 Occurrences)

... to the observations of Chaplin (see J. Glaisher, "On the Fall of Rain at Jerusalem," PEFS (January, 1894), 39) averages but 20 inches annually, ranging from 32 ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dead.htm - 80k

Handbreadth (9 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A measure of four fingers, equal to about four inches (Exodus 25:25; 37:12; Psalm 39:5, etc.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/handbreadth.htm - 10k

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

... This [Ba`al] temple, or bamoth, consisted of a row of 8 matstsebhoth or rude stone pillars ranging in height from 5 ft. 5 inches to 10 ft. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gezer.htm - 27k

Bread (433 Occurrences)

... article "Bread"). (3) Such "loaves" are generally today about 7 inches in diameter and from half an inch to an inch thick. Such, probably ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bread.htm - 58k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

... The average rainfall is about 26 inches, the maximum recorded in the city being 42, 95 inches in the season 1877-78, and the minimum being 12, 5 inches in 1869 ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Tabernacle (333 Occurrences)

... The tabernacle was a rectangular enclosure, in length about 45 feet (ie, reckoning a cubit at 18 inches) and in breadth and height about 15. ... 3 inches) high. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tabernacle.htm - 101k

Architecture

... The example at Meiron measures 90 ft. x 44 ft. 8 inches, while that at Irbid measures 57 ft. 3 inches x 53 ft. (SWP, special papers, 299). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/architecture.htm - 28k

Yard (8 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. (n.) The penis. ... biblethesaurus.org/y/yard.htm - 10k

Volume (4 Occurrences)

... 4. (n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's ... biblethesaurus.org/v/volume.htm - 8k

Kite (3 Occurrences)

... tribe (see HAWK). This bird is 27 inches long, of bright reddish-brown color, has sharply pointed wings and deeply forked tail. It is ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kite.htm - 9k

Nosejewels

... East. It was a ring of from an inch to about three inches (in extreme cases) in diameter, and was passed through the right nostril. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nosejewels.htm - 8k

Nose-jewels (1 Occurrence)

... East. It was a ring of from an inch to about three inches (in extreme cases) in diameter, and was passed through the right nostril. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nose-jewels.htm - 9k

Nail (9 Occurrences)

... into or through them. 5. (n.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard. 6. (n.) To fasten ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nail.htm - 14k

Nuts (2 Occurrences)

... These nuts, known in Arabic as fistuq, are prime favorites with the people of Palestine. They are oblong, 3/4 inches long, with green, oily cotyledons. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nuts.htm - 8k

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

... The foot was much like the cloven hoof of a beast. The inner toe was 7 inches long, with a clawlike hoof, the outer, smaller with no claw. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ostrich.htm - 18k

Owl (11 Occurrences)

... These birds range from the great horned owl of 2 feet in length, through many subdivisions to the little screech-owl of 5 inches. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/owl.htm - 18k

Olive (61 Occurrences)

... The terraced hills of Palestine, where the earth lies never many inches above the limestone rocks, the long rainless summer of unbroken sunshine, and the heavy ... biblethesaurus.org/o/olive.htm - 37k

Logia

... fragment, found and published in 1897, afterward referred to as A, is a leaf from a papyrus book measuring in its present state 5 3/4 X 3 3/4 inches and having ... biblethesaurus.org/l/logia.htm - 19k

Link (2 Occurrences)

... 7. (n.) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/link.htm - 8k

Line (131 Occurrences)

... 24. (n.) A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 25. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/line.htm - 43k

Weasel (1 Occurrence)

... See MOLE. (2) The weasel, Mustela vulgaris, has a wide range in Asia, Europe, and North America. It is from 8 to 10 inches long, including the short tail. ... biblethesaurus.org/w/weasel.htm - 9k

Irrigation

... Here there is an annual fall of from 30 to 40 inches, coming principally during the winter. This is sufficient for the main crops. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Inchantments (1 Occurrence)

biblethesaurus.org/i/inchantments.htm - 6k

Flour (69 Occurrences)

... and sometimes leaven (Exodus 12:34) was added and sometimes omitted (Genesis 19:3). The dough was then formed into thin cakes nine or ten inches in diameter ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flour.htm - 32k

Ferret (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (n.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/ferret.htm - 11k

Face (780 Occurrences)

... line. 5. (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. 6. (n ... biblethesaurus.org/f/face.htm - 47k

Foot (193 Occurrences)

... 6. (n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. 7. (n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foot.htm - 48k

Fowler (3 Occurrences)

... be killed by arrows of concealed bowmen or the use of the throw-stick (Ecclesiasticus 11:30) This was a stick 1 1/2 feet in length and 1/2 inches in diameter ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fowler.htm - 11k

Furlong

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A stadium, a Greek measure of distance equal to 606 feet and 9 inches (Luke 24:13; John 6:19; 11:18; Revelation 14:20; 21:16). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/furlong.htm - 7k

Thick (129 Occurrences)

... in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thick.htm - 38k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)

... 2 in. to 3 1/2 X 9 inches, inscribed on both sides and sometimes upon the edges. One tablet is of a convex form (B 1601). The clay ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

Tortoise (1 Occurrence)

... This lizard is about 18 inches long, its relatively smooth body being terminated with a great tail armed with rings of spiny scales. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tortoise.htm - 9k

Round (664 Occurrences)

... head round; a wheel turns round. 33. (adv.) In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round. 34. (adv.) From one side or party ... biblethesaurus.org/r/round.htm - 40k

Rephidim (5 Occurrences)

... Behind our tents rose the majestic mass of Serbal, and beneath the rocky wall opposite ran a purling brook, only a few inches in depth, but still sufficiently ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rephidim.htm - 11k

Rainfall

... annual rainfall of a region. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. RAINFALL IN JERUSALEM IN INCHES. Year Amount 1861 27.30" 1862 21.86 ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rainfall.htm - 12k

Rule (291 Occurrences)

... 11. (n.) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rule.htm - 39k

El-amarna

... 2 in. to 3 1/2 X 9 inches, inscribed on both sides and sometimes upon the edges. One tablet is of a convex form (B 1601). The clay ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Elamarna

... 2 in. to 3 1/2 X 9 inches, inscribed on both sides and sometimes upon the edges. One tablet is of a convex form (B 1601). The clay ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Dish (54 Occurrences)

... wheel. 4. (n.) A hollow place, as in a field. 5. (n.) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. 6 ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dish.htm - 24k

Deal (170 Occurrences)

... 5. (n.) The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deal.htm - 40k

Dove (27 Occurrences)

... It has a small body, about ten inches in length, covered with bright chestnut-colored feathers, the neck dappled with dark, lustrous feathers. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dove.htm - 28k

Bricks (10 Occurrences)

... Exodus 1:13, 14). Those found among the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh are about a foot square and four inches thick. They were usually ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bricks.htm - 10k

Breastplate (45 Occurrences)

... On each stone was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes (Exodus 28:15-29; 39:8-21). It was in size about ten inches square. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/breastplate.htm - 24k

Bee (1 Occurrence)

... 4 ft. long and 6 inches in diameter is constructed of mulberry withes plaited together and plastered with mud or cow dung. A number ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bee.htm - 10k

Bearing (150 Occurrences)

... 7. (n.) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wall. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bearing.htm - 39k