Irrigation

... For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the banks of the Nile to the present day. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Euphrates (36 Occurrences)

... which it has eroded in the rocky surface, and which, being more or less covered with alluvial soil, is pretty generally cultivated by artificial irrigation.. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/euphrates.htm - 26k

Reservoir (1 Occurrence)

... for the fewness of lakes, impels the inhabitants to make artificial pools or reservoirs to collect the water of the rain or of springs for irrigation and also ... biblethesaurus.org/r/reservoir.htm - 12k

Pond (2 Occurrences)

... for the fewness of lakes, impels the inhabitants to make artificial pools or reservoirs to collect the water of the rain or of springs for irrigation and also ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pond.htm - 12k

Esdraelon

... edge of the plain. Those at Megiddo drive mills and serve for irrigation, besides forming extensive marshes. The springs near Zer ... biblethesaurus.org/e/esdraelon.htm - 15k

Plain (113 Occurrences)

... farther toward the shore of the lake is the village of Es-Safieh, inhabited by a tribe of fellahin called the Ghawarneh, who by means of irrigation from the ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plain.htm - 71k

Agriculture

... The extensive and easily-arranged system of irrigation from the rills and streams from the mountains made the soil in every part of Palestine richly productive ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agriculture.htm - 27k

Nile (37 Occurrences)

... phenomenon in Egypt. By means of it much of the irrigation of the land during the dry season is carried on from wells. It has had ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nile.htm - 29k

Water (4571 Occurrences)

... to drink. In a few instances the cisterns or pools are sufficiently large to supply water for limited irrigation. See CISTERN. (5 ... biblethesaurus.org/w/water.htm - 23k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

... frequent floods in the former town, and are, owing to the arborial denudation of the country, of little use for the purpose of agriculture or irrigation. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

... In the summer season the water from the springs is largely absorbed by irrigation, and the upper reaches of the river are soon dry. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kishon.htm - 12k

Use (620 Occurrences)

... service; to avail one's self of; to employ; to put a purpose; as, to use a plow; to use a chair; to use time; to use flour for food; to use water for irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/u/use.htm - 8k

Jericho (59 Occurrences)

... "The soil of the plain," about the middle of which the ancient city stood, "is unsurpassed in fertility; there is abundance of water for irrigation, and many ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jericho.htm - 38k

Land (19790 Occurrences)

... has been built, to raise the level of the water; and from the perennial stream, Wady er-Rubadiyeh, which drives a mill before starting on its work of irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/l/land.htm - 21k

Genneseret

... has been built, to raise the level of the water; and from the perennial stream, Wady er-Rubadiyeh, which drives a mill before starting on its work of irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/g/genneseret.htm - 9k

Gennesaret (3 Occurrences)

... has been built, to raise the level of the water; and from the perennial stream, Wady er-Rubadiyeh, which drives a mill before starting on its work of irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/g/gennesaret.htm - 11k

Garden (68 Occurrences)

... 2:10 Numbers 24:6 Deuteronomy 11:10 Isaiah 1:30; Isaiah 58:11 Songs 4:15 indicate that in ancient times they were as dependent upon irrigation in Biblical ... biblethesaurus.org/g/garden.htm - 38k

Irritable (2 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/i/irritable.htm - 7k

Irrigated (1 Occurrence)

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

Fountain (57 Occurrences)

... It may furnish sufficient water to be used in irrigation, in which case the gardens surrounding the village become an oasis in the midst of the parched land. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fountain.htm - 30k

Flood (70 Occurrences)

... 6. (vt) To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flood.htm - 31k

Tigris (2 Occurrences)

... Below Bagdad, throughout the region of Babylonia proper, the Tigris joins with the Euphrates in furnishing the water for irrigation so successfully used in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tigris.htm - 9k

Tikvath (1 Occurrence)

... Below Bagdad, throughout the region of Babylonia proper, the Tigris joins with the Euphrates in furnishing the water for irrigation so successfully used in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvath.htm - 9k

Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

... Below Bagdad, throughout the region of Babylonia proper, the Tigris joins with the Euphrates in furnishing the water for irrigation so successfully used in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tikvah.htm - 10k

Rain (118 Occurrences)

... A small difference in the amount of these seasonal rains makes a large difference in the possibility of growing various crops without irrigation. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rain.htm - 43k

Enrich (6 Occurrences)

... ceiling by frescoes. 3. (vt) To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation. 4. (vt) To ... biblethesaurus.org/e/enrich.htm - 8k

Drove (89 Occurrences)

... 5. (n.) A crowd of people in motion. 6. (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway. 7. (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drove.htm - 34k

Attalia (1 Occurrence)

... The river now, however, has practically disappeared, for the greater part of its water is turned into the fields for irrigation purposes. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attalia.htm - 8k

Eden (19 Occurrences)

... said to be "eastward, in Eden" Genesis (2:8); where the vegetation was luxurious (2:9) and the fig tree indigenous (3:7), and where it was watered by irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

Siddim (3 Occurrences)

... At the south end of the Dead Sea there is an extensive circle or plain which is better supplied with water for irrigation than is the region about Jericho, and ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siddim.htm - 14k

Brook (75 Occurrences)

... for the word is then used generically in contrast with ye'or to distinguish between the "flowing streams," neharoth, and the sluggish irrigation branches of ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brook.htm - 45k

Pool (25 Occurrences)

... for the fewness of lakes, impels the inhabitants to make artificial pools or reservoirs to collect the water of the rain or of springs for irrigation and also ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pool.htm - 40k

Jordan (188 Occurrences)

... 12 miles and is of a much more uniform level than the upper portions, but its fertility is interfered with by the lack of water and the difficulty of irrigation... biblethesaurus.org/j/jordan.htm - 70k

Shiloah (1 Occurrence)

... the scarped cliffs on the north side of el-Wad, it crosses under the main road up the Kidron and enters a number of channels of irrigation distributed among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shiloah.htm - 17k

Siloah (1 Occurrence)

... the scarped cliffs on the north side of el-Wad, it crosses under the main road up the Kidron and enters a number of channels of irrigation distributed among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siloah.htm - 17k

Shelah (18 Occurrences)

... the scarped cliffs on the north side of el-Wad, it crosses under the main road up the Kidron and enters a number of channels of irrigation distributed among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shelah.htm - 24k

Cities (427 Occurrences)

... farther toward the shore of the lake is the village of Es-Safieh, inhabited by a tribe of fellahin called the Ghawarneh, who by means of irrigation from the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cities.htm - 91k

Ciccar

... farther toward the shore of the lake is the village of Es-Safieh, inhabited by a tribe of fellahin called the Ghawarneh, who by means of irrigation from the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/ciccar.htm - 14k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

... to the carelessness and improvidence of the people, who, like the people of the Turkish province of Bagdad, have neglected the ancient irrigation canals which ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Vale (20 Occurrences)

... At the south end of the Dead Sea there is an extensive circle or plain which is better supplied with water for irrigation than is the region about Jericho, and ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vale.htm - 29k

Minor (2 Occurrences)

... modern times in salt lakes and swamps. In ancient times much of this water was used for irrigation. Regions which now support only a ... biblethesaurus.org/m/minor.htm - 62k

Plagues (28 Occurrences)

... plague is apparent when it is remembered that Egypt is the product of the Nile, the very soil being all brought down by it, and its irrigation being constantly ... biblethesaurus.org/p/plagues.htm - 44k

Siloam (4 Occurrences)

... the scarped cliffs on the north side of el-Wad, it crosses under the main road up the Kidron and enters a number of channels of irrigation distributed among ... biblethesaurus.org/s/siloam.htm - 21k

Elam (24 Occurrences)

... to the carelessness and improvidence of the people, who, like the people of the Turkish province of Bagdad, have neglected the ancient irrigation canals which ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k

Asia (22 Occurrences)

... modern times in salt lakes and swamps. In ancient times much of this water was used for irrigation. Regions which now support only a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asia.htm - 71k

Lebanon (66 Occurrences)

... the vine, the olive, the mulberry and the walnut. Irrigation is extensively practiced. When we let the eye range from the snowy ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lebanon.htm - 45k

Botany

... Great expenditure of capital and labor on the restoring of ancient terraces, the construction of dams and systems of irrigation and the planting of trees is ... biblethesaurus.org/b/botany.htm - 38k

Elamarna

... mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while irrigation of gardens ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elamarna.htm - 31k

Tablets (31 Occurrences)

... mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while irrigation of gardens ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tablets.htm - 41k

Code (6 Occurrences)

... As the regular irrigation of the fields was the chief condition for profitable husbandry in a land lacking rain, strong laws are made in reference to this ... biblethesaurus.org/c/code.htm - 40k

El-amarna

... mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while irrigation of gardens ... biblethesaurus.org/e/el-amarna.htm - 31k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... for the word is then used generically in contrast with ye'or to distinguish between the "flowing streams," neharoth, and the sluggish irrigation branches of ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Tell (3056 Occurrences)

... mention of " `capital cities,' `provincial cities,' `fortresses,' `towns,' and `villages' with `camps' and Hazors (or enclosures); while irrigation of gardens ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tell.htm - 33k

Valley (187 Occurrences)

... There are many remains of such aqueducts for irrigation constructed in early times. These are now almost all in ruins and unused. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/valley.htm - 75k

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

... Europeans. The alterations in the waterways, owing to changes in the irrigation-channels, must then, as now, have hindered communication. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shinar.htm - 27k

Cyrus (20 Occurrences)

... some foundation for this statement, but if so, the king did not boast of it-perhaps because it did not entail any real labor, for the irrigation works already ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrus.htm - 39k

Healing (60 Occurrences)

... sense; marpe', which literally means "a cure," is used in Jeremiah 14:19 twice, and in Malachi 4:2; te`alah, which literally means "an irrigation canal," here ... biblethesaurus.org/h/healing.htm - 32k

Galilee (73 Occurrences)

... The district may be described as comparatively well watered. The Jordan with its mighty springs is, of course, too low for purposes of irrigation. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galilee.htm - 67k

Hammurabi

... As the regular irrigation of the fields was the chief condition for profitable husbandry in a land lacking rain, strong laws are made in reference to this ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hammurabi.htm - 47k

Exploration

... taken place, new additions to the zoological, botanical, geological and meteorological knowledge of Palestine have been frequent; studies of irrigation and the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exploration.htm - 38k

Palestine (1 Occurrence)

... The decay of irrigation in Sharon may have rendered the plain more malarious than of old, but the identity of the Palestinian flora with that of the Bible ... biblethesaurus.org/p/palestine.htm - 89k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

... This condition is doubtless due to the wide distribution of sewage, both intentionally (for irrigation of the gardens) and unintentionally (through leaking ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Judah (802 Occurrences)

... Now that Edom was again annexed, the Red Sea trade was resumed. Irrigation was attended to, and the agricultural resources of the country were developed. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/judah.htm - 101k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)

... Now that Edom was again annexed, the Red Sea trade was resumed. Irrigation was attended to, and the agricultural resources of the country were developed. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdom.htm - 101k