Papyrus
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Papyrus

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Papyrus (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The writing paper of the ancient Egyptians made from a tall rushlike plant
(Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/papyrus.htm - 34k

Rush (35 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The papyrus (Job 8:11). (see BULRUSH.) The expression
"branch and rush" in Isaiah 9:14; 9:15 means "utterly.". ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rush.htm - 20k

Paper (5 Occurrences)
... The material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and hence its
name. The papyrus (Hebrews gome) was a kind of bulrush (qv). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/paper.htm - 10k

Bulrush (3 Occurrences)
... (2.) In Exodus 2:3, Isaiah 18:2 (RV, "papyrus") this word is the translation of
the Hebrew gome, which designates the plant as absorbing moisture. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bulrush.htm - 8k

Manuscripts
... " I. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE FOR THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. Autographs of the
New Testament Writers 2. Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament 3. Greek ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/manuscripts.htm - 39k

Logia
... They began work on the ruins of the town, January 11, 1897, and on the following
day discovered a papyrus leaf inscribed with a number of sayings introduced by ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/logia.htm - 19k

Treading (26 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/treading.htm - 15k

Malefactor (2 Occurrences)
... " I. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE FOR THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. Autographs of the
New Testament Writers 2. Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament 3. Greek ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/malefactor.htm - 49k

Ark (212 Occurrences)
... was daubed with slime and with pitch. The bulrushes of which it was made
were the papyrus reed. The sacred ark is designated by ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ark.htm - 84k

Ostraca
... The nature of ostraca tends to their preservation under conditions which would quickly
destroy parchment, skin or papyrus, and this discovery in Palestine ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/ostraca.htm - 10k

Library
... It was more easily procurable than papyrus or parchment, and was specially
adapted for the reception of the cuneiform characters. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/library.htm - 16k

Bulrushes (3 Occurrences)
... Bulrushes (gome', "papyrus"): This species of reed was used by the Egyptians for
many different vessels, some of which were intended to float or even to be ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bulrushes.htm - 10k

Cambyses
... In papyrus I, we are told that when Cambyses came to Egypt he found in the fortress
of Yeb (Elephantine) a temple or synagogue ('agora'), which had been built ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cambyses.htm - 12k

Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... In Isaiah 19:7 the Revised Version (British and American) renders "paper reeds,"
"meadows." PAPYRUS (which see) occurs in Isaiah 18:2 and the Revised Version ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/crafts.htm - 30k

Messenger (235 Occurrences)
... New volumes of papyri as a result of recent explorations in Egypt are published
each year. See PAPYRUS, and in the other encyclopedias under the word. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/messenger.htm - 101k

Reed (41 Occurrences)
... The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs made of plaited reeds used on the Nile;
compare "vessels of papyrus" (Isaiah 18:2). (3) 'aghammim, translated "reeds ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reed.htm - 29k

Writing (194 Occurrences)
... METHODS IV. INSTRUMENTS V. MATERIALS 1. Clay 2. Stone 3. Lead 4. Bronze 5. Gold
and Silver 6. Wood 7. Bones and Skins 8. Vellum 9. Papyrus 10. Paper 11. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/writing.htm - 70k

Text (5 Occurrences)
... " I. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE FOR THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. Autographs of the
New Testament Writers 2. Papyrus Fragments of the Greek New Testament 3. Greek ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/text.htm - 73k

Boats (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah speaks of "vessels of papyrus upon the waters" of the Upper Nile, on board
of which are the messengers of Cush or Ethiopia returning to tell the tidings ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/boats.htm - 40k

Ships (46 Occurrences)
... Isaiah speaks of "vessels of papyrus upon the waters" of the Upper Nile, on board
of which are the messengers of Cush or Ethiopia returning to tell the tidings ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/ships.htm - 53k

Book (211 Occurrences)
... Books were originally written on skins, on linen or cotton cloth, and on Egyptian
papyrus, whence our word "paper." The leaves of the book were generally ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/book.htm - 101k

Jordan (188 Occurrences)
... Flowing from the southern extremity of Lake Huleh, here almost on a level with the
sea, it flows for 2 miles "through a waste of islets and papyrus," and then ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jordan.htm - 70k

Vessels (210 Occurrences)
... POTTERY. James A. Patch. PAPYRUS, VESSELS OF. See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2,
(1). Multi-Version Concordance Vessels (210 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vessels.htm - 40k

Zebulun (46 Occurrences)
... of the scribe' on the Assyrian monuments was the stylus of wood or metal, with the
help of which the clay tablet was engraved, or the papyrus inscribed with ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zebulun.htm - 29k

Oppressive (6 Occurrences)
... decrees; (WEB NIV). Isaiah 18:2 Which sends its representatives by the sea,
even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oppressive.htm - 8k

Oath (286 Occurrences)
... We know from Scripture (see above) that swearing by false gods was frequent, and
we learn also from the newly discovered Elephantine papyrus that the people ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oath.htm - 47k

Onward (25 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the
waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/onward.htm - 13k

Leprosy (51 Occurrences)
... The disease is described in the Papyrus Ebers as ukhedu (the Coptic name for leprosy
is tseht). It is also mentioned in ancient Indian and Japanese history. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leprosy.htm - 37k

Latin (2 Occurrences)
... Deissmann (Light from the Ancient East, 117) finds ergasian didomi (operam dare)
in an xyrhynchus papyrus letter of the vulgar type from 2nd century BC ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/latin.htm - 28k

Loins (72 Occurrences)
... 20:8). It is a sign of mourning to gird the loins with sackcloth (1 Kings 20:32
Isaiah 32:11 Jeremiah 48:37 Amos 8:10; see also the First Papyrus of Elephantine ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/loins.htm - 33k

Leper (34 Occurrences)
... The disease is described in the Papyrus Ebers as ukhedu (the Coptic name for leprosy
is tseht). It is also mentioned in ancient Indian and Japanese history. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leper.htm - 28k

Glossy (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters,'saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/glossy.htm - 7k

Wicker (1 Occurrence)
... Wicker (1 Occurrence). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took
a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wicker.htm - 7k

Ink (4 Occurrences)
... and 3 times in the Greek New Testament (2 Corinthians 3:3 2 John 1:12; 2 John ;
3 John 1:13), and it is implied in all references to writing on papyrus or on ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/ink.htm - 10k

I-iii
... 1. Bible: The word "Bible" is the equivalent of the Greek word biblia (diminutive
from biblos, the inner bark of the papyrus), meaning originally "books." The ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/i-iii.htm - 31k

Introduction (3 Occurrences)
... 1. Bible: The word "Bible" is the equivalent of the Greek word biblia (diminutive
from biblos, the inner bark of the papyrus), meaning originally "books." The ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/introduction.htm - 33k

Tar (3 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS NIV). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus
basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tar.htm - 7k

Thenceforth (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thenceforth.htm - 10k

Thrive (11 Occurrences)
... break my covenant. (See NIV). Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire?
Can the rushes grow without water? (See NIV). Psalms 72 ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thrive.htm - 10k

Treadeth (25 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters,'saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/treadeth.htm - 14k

Rushes (13 Occurrences)
... The things that are to come on them shall make haste." (See NIV). Job 8:11 "Can
the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? (WEB NAS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rushes.htm - 9k

Rameses (5 Occurrences)
... Ships entered its harbor; the lotus and papyrus grew in its waters. The
inhabitants greeted Rameses II with garlands of flowers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rameses.htm - 13k

Reeds (27 Occurrences)
... NIV). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus
basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reeds.htm - 14k

Raamses (1 Occurrence)
... Ships entered its harbor; the lotus and papyrus grew in its waters. The
inhabitants greeted Rameses II with garlands of flowers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/raamses.htm - 10k

Ramses
... Ships entered its harbor; the lotus and papyrus grew in its waters. The
inhabitants greeted Rameses II with garlands of flowers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/ramses.htm - 10k

River's (5 Occurrences)
... River's (5 Occurrences). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took
a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/river's.htm - 8k

Envoys (16 Occurrences)
... to God. (See NAS NIV). Isaiah 18:2 Which sends its representatives by the
sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. Go back quickly ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/envoys.htm - 11k

Marsh (4 Occurrences)
... They fed in the marsh grass, (WEB NAS). Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without
mire? Can the rushes grow without water? (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/marsh.htm - 9k

Meteth (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters, 'saying', Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/meteth.htm - 7k

Merom (2 Occurrences)
... Mediterranean. It is surrounded by a morass, which is thickly covered with
canes and papyrus reeds, which are impenetrable. Macgregor ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/merom.htm - 10k

Mire (21 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without
mire? Can the rushes grow without water? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mire.htm - 13k

Plaster (13 Occurrences)
... which Hezekiah suffered. In Papyrus Ebers, figs are used as the ingredient
in a plaster (xxxv, lxxix, lxxxiii). Dioscorides also ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plaster.htm - 13k

Parchment
... Parchment was extensively used at the time of the early Christians for scrolls,
legal documents, etc., having replaced papyrus for that purpose. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/parchment.htm - 8k

Paps (4 Occurrences)

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Physician (6 Occurrences)
... From the ancient medical papyri which have been preserved, the largest of which
is the Papyrus Ebers, we know that the medical knowledge of these physicians ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/physician.htm - 14k

Baalzephon (3 Occurrences)
... Goodwin (see Brugsch, Hist. Egt., II, 363) found the name Baali-Zapuna as that
of a god mentioned in an Egyptian papyrus in the British Museum. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/baalzephon.htm - 8k

Blindness (7 Occurrences)
... In the Papyrus Ebers (1500 BC) there are enumerated a number of diseases of the
eye and a hundred prescriptions are given for their treatment. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/blindness.htm - 19k

Bilhan (3 Occurrences)
... Such bonds were usually written, not on vellum or papyrus, but on wax-covered tablets,
and so could be easily erased or altered by the stylus with its fiat ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bilhan.htm - 10k

Baal-zephon (3 Occurrences)
... Goodwin (see Brugsch, Hist. Egt., II, 363) found the name Baali-Zapuna as that
of a god mentioned in an Egyptian papyrus in the British Museum. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/baal-zephon.htm - 8k

Conquering (3 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV). Isaiah 18:2 Which sends its representatives
by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/conquering.htm - 7k

Charm (5 Occurrences)
... grammata). Such magical formulas were written generally on leather, though
sometimes on papyrus, on lead, and even on gold. Those ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/charm.htm - 14k

Coated (2 Occurrences)
... Coated (2 Occurrences). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide him, she took
a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/coated.htm - 7k

Ambassadors (9 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the
waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ambassadors.htm - 9k

Aggressive (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Aggressive (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 18:2 Which sends its
representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/aggressive.htm - 7k

Accad (1 Occurrence)
... They invented the form of writing in pictorial hieroglyphics, and also the cuneiform
system, in which they wrote many books partly on papyrus and partly on clay ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/accad.htm - 8k

Smooth-skinned (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Smooth-skinned (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 18:2 Which sends
its representatives by the sea, even in ships of papyrus on the waters. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/smooth-skinned.htm - 7k

Sturdy (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters,'saying , Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sturdy.htm - 8k

Seveneh (2 Occurrences)
... Elephantine discoveries bearing on the ancient Jewish colony and temple of Yahweh
in that place in the 5th century BC See ARAMAIC; EGYPT; PAPYRUS; SANCTUARY, 4 ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/seveneh.htm - 7k

Sanballat (10 Occurrences)
... mentioned in the papyri I and II of Sachau (Die aramaischen Papyrusurkunden aus
Elephantine, Berlin, 1908, and in his later work, Aramaische Papyrus und Ostraka ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sanballat.htm - 14k

Sendest (15 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon
the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravaged ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sendest.htm - 11k

Pitch (25 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 2:3 When she could no longer hide
him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pitch.htm - 18k

Flourish (26 Occurrences)
... murmuring against you.' (YLT). Job 8:11 "Can the papyrus grow up without
mire? Can the rushes grow without water? (See RSV). Job 14:9 ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/flourish.htm - 18k

Septuagint
... The hundreds of contemporary papyrus records (letters, business and legal documents,
etc.) recently discovered in Egypt illustrate much of the vocabulary and ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/septuagint.htm - 38k

Heron (2 Occurrences)
... Herons of Southern Africa that summered in the Holy Land loved to nest on the banks
of Merom, and raise their young among the bulrushes, papyrus, reeds and ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/heron.htm - 9k

Fever (13 Occurrences)
... in Palestine. The Papyrus Ebers speaks of "a fever of the gods" (46) and
another called "a burning of the heart" (102). Its causation ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fever.htm - 17k

Swift (35 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the
waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/swift.htm - 19k

Ir-ha-heres
... Naville, through his study of the great Harris papyrus, believed that the old Egyptian
city which later was called Leontopolis (Tell el-Yehudiyeh) was ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/ir-ha-heres.htm - 12k

Tall (41 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 18:2 that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the
waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tall.htm - 19k

Irhaheres
... Naville, through his study of the great Harris papyrus, believed that the old Egyptian
city which later was called Leontopolis (Tell el-Yehudiyeh) was ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/irhaheres.htm - 13k




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