Concordance
Drying (11 Occurrences)Luke 7:44
And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
(BBE)
John 13:5
Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.
(BBE NIV)
Genesis 8:7
and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth.
(YLT)
Joshua 4:23
For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we had gone across:
(BBE)
Isaiah 42:15
I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land.
(BBE)
Isaiah 51:10
Art not Thou it that is drying up a sea, Waters of a great deep? That hath made deep places of a sea A way for the passing of the redeemed?
(YLT)
Jeremiah 50:38
A sword is on her waters, drying them up; for it is a land of images, and their minds are fixed on false gods.
(BBE)
Ezekiel 17:10
And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?
(BBE)
Ezekiel 17:24
And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.
(BBE)
Ezekiel 19:12
But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.
(BBE)
Nahum 1:4
He says sharp words to the sea and makes it dry, drying up all the rivers: Bashan is feeble, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon is without strength.
(BBE)
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Kiln (5 Occurrences)
Oven (22 Occurrences)
Hack (1 Occurrence)
Wither (30 Occurrences)
Washing (56 Occurrences)
Dry (217 Occurrences)
Vegetation (18 Occurrences)
Order (809 Occurrences)
Ointment (29 Occurrences)
Gloom (29 Occurrences)
Wasting (57 Occurrences)
Fuller (5 Occurrences)
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Meals (8 Occurrences)
Meal-time (1 Occurrence)
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Couch (55 Occurrences)
Check (9 Occurrences)
Coastlands (29 Occurrences)
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Cure (28 Occurrences)
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Branch (60 Occurrences)
Growth (77 Occurrences)
Crafts (2 Occurrences)
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Exodus (2 Occurrences)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry.
2. (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.
3. (a.) Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry.
Greek
250. aloe -- aloe ... 250 -- "The strongly aromatic, quick-
drying sap of a tree (the ) -- mixed with myrrh
and used for embalming" (); "the true aloe plant (, , 1:99).
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/250.htm - 6kStrong's Hebrew
4894a. mishtoach -- a spreading-place (for drying fruit or nets)... 4894, 4894a. mishtoach or mishtach. 4894b . a spreading-place (for
drying fruit
or nets). Transliteration: mishtoach or mishtach Short Definition: spreading
... /hebrew/4894a.htm - 5k 4894b. mishtach -- a spreading-place (for drying fruit or nets)
... 4894a, 4894b. mishtach. 4895 . a spreading-place (for drying fruit or
nets). Transliteration: mishtach Short Definition: spreading. ...
/hebrew/4894b.htm - 5k
4894. mishtowach -- a spreading-place (for drying fruit or nets)
... mishtowach. 4894a . a spreading-place (for drying fruit or nets). Transliteration:
mishtowach Phonetic Spelling: (mish-to'-akh) Short Definition: forth. ...
/hebrew/4894.htm - 5k
Library
"How Might any Pain be More to Me than to See Him that is all My ...
... and binding of the Crown all baked with dry blood, with the sweet hair clinging,
and the dry flesh, to the thorns, and the thorns to the flesh drying; and in ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xvii how might any.htm
Instances from Scripture of Divine Judgments Upon the Self ...
... [1113] Sameas, a "man of God," after prophesying the issue of the idolatry introduced
by King Jeroboam"after the drying up and immediate restoration of that ...
/.../chapter xvi instances from scripture of.htm
Deaf Ears and Stammering Tongues.
... or as the Friend of Sinners, teaching the fallen woman at the well; or as the
sympathising Brother of Humanity, weeping for Lazarus, and drying the tears of ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon xlvii deaf ears and.htm
Argument: the Arrival of Octavius at Rome During the Time of the ...
... by reason of our separation, we agreed to go to that very pleasant city Ostia, that
my body might have a soothing and appropriate remedy for drying its humours ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter ii argument the arrival of.htm
Six Months' Record
... little house. A woman stood beside him drying her fast falling tears while
a wee child hid his face in her skirts and wept. "Was ...
/.../shaw/touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/six months record.htm
Spiritual Dryness.
... the flesh deceive! If you neglected to water your garden, you would not
wonder for a moment why it was drying up. Then, when you ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/spiritual dryness.htm
The Sixth vial.
... Their alienation and withdrawal from her support, must therefore be symbolized by
the drying up of the great river Euphrates, which becomes diverted into other ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the sixth vial.htm
A Nation that was Born in a Day.
... The king heard that they were there and sent for them, but the woman hid them
under the flax that she was drying on the roof of her house. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xiv a nation that.htm
"A Part of his Passion"
... seven night dead, continually dying. And methought the drying of Christ's
flesh was the most pain, and the last, of His Passion. ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xvi a part of.htm
Far Best to Cultivate virtue from Boyhood.
... flesh undefiled from childhood, practising virginity; for it speedily brings great
and much-desired gifts of hopes to those who strive for it, drying up the ...
/.../chapter iii far best to cultivate.htm
Thesaurus
Drying (11 Occurrences)... & vb. n.) of Dry. 2. (a.) Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a
drying wind
or day; a
drying room.
... Multi-Version Concordance
Drying (11 Occurrences).
.../d/drying.htm - 10kKiln (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber,
for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for ...
/k/kiln.htm - 8k
Oven (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A place arched over with brick or stonework, and
used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or ...
/o/oven.htm - 15k
Hack (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish,
or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc. ...
/h/hack.htm - 8k
Wither (30 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their plants;
and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land. (See NAS). ...
/w/wither.htm - 15k
Washing (56 Occurrences)
... I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been
washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair. ...
/w/washing.htm - 38k
Dry (217 Occurrences)
... Joshua 4:23 For the Lord your God made the waters of Jordan dry before you till
you had gone across, as he did to the Red Sea, drying it up before us till we ...
/d/dry.htm - 37k
Vegetation (18 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Isaiah 42:15 I will make waste mountains and hills, drying up all their
plants; and I will make rivers dry, and pools dry land. (See NAS NIV). ...
/v/vegetation.htm - 11k
Order (809 Occurrences)
... the Bible of arranging wood for an altar (Leviticus 1:7 1 Kings 18:33; compare Hebrew
Genesis 22:9 Isaiah 30:33); of laying out flax-stalks for drying (Joshua 2 ...
/o/order.htm - 48k
Ointment (29 Occurrences)
... be decanted. Olive oil, being a non-drying oil which does not thicken
readily, yielded an ointment of oily consistency. This is ...
/o/ointment.htm - 18k
Topical Encyclopedia
In the Bible, the concept of drying is often associated with God's power and provision, as well as with purification and judgment. The act of drying, whether it be land, tears, or other elements, is frequently used to demonstrate divine intervention and the fulfillment of God's promises.
Drying of the LandOne of the most significant instances of drying in the Bible is the drying of the land after the Great Flood. In
Genesis 8:13-14 (BSB), it is recorded: "By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the waters had dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was fully dry." This event signifies God's covenant with Noah and His mercy in restoring the earth for human habitation.
Drying of the Red SeaAnother pivotal moment involving drying is the parting and subsequent drying of the Red Sea, allowing the Israelites to escape from Egypt.
Exodus 14:21-22 (BSB) states: "Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left." This miraculous event underscores God's deliverance and protection of His people.
Drying of the Jordan RiverSimilarly, the drying of the Jordan River allowed the Israelites to enter the Promised Land.
Joshua 3:17 (BSB) recounts: "The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground." This act of drying the riverbed served as a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to the descendants of Abraham.
Drying as a Metaphor for Judgment and PurificationIn prophetic literature, drying is often used metaphorically to describe judgment and purification.
Isaiah 44:27 (BSB) declares: "who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers.’" This imagery is employed to convey God's sovereignty over creation and His ability to bring about change and renewal.
Drying of TearsThe Bible also speaks of the drying of tears as a symbol of comfort and hope.
Revelation 21:4 (BSB) promises: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away." This assurance reflects the ultimate restoration and peace that God will bring to His people.
In summary, the theme of drying in the Bible is multifaceted, illustrating God's power, deliverance, judgment, and comfort. Through these acts, the Scriptures reveal the divine nature and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan for humanity.
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