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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

2. (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent.

3. (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place.

4. (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

5. (n.) Same as Cella.

6. (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

7. (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed.

8. (v. t.) To place or enclose in a cell.

Greek

3612. oikema -- a dwelling
... a dwelling. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: oikema Phonetic Spelling:
(oy'-kay-mah) Short Definition: a prison Definition: a prison cell. ...
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2781. kerion -- honeycomb.
... honeycomb. Diminutive from keos (wax); a cell for honey, ie (collectively) the comb --
(honey-)comb. 2780, 2781. kerion. 2782 . Strong's Numbers.
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Strong's Hebrew

2588. chanuth -- a cell, vault
... 2587, 2588. chanuth. 2589 . a cell, vault. Transliteration: chanuth Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-nooth') Short Definition: cell. Word ...
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3957. lishkah -- room, chamber, hall, cell
... 3956, 3957. lishkah. 3958 . room, chamber, hall, cell. Transliteration: lishkah
Phonetic Spelling: (lish-kaw') Short Definition: chambers. ...
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7992. shelishi -- third (an ordinal number)
... Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day,
year or time); specifically, a third-story cell) -- third (part, rank, time ...
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2352. chuwr -- a city in Asher
... hole Or (shortened) chur {khoor}; from an unused root probably meaning to bore;
the crevice of a serpent; the cell of a prison -- hole. 2351, 2352. ...
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5393. nishkah -- a chamber
... Word Origin from nashak Definition a chamber NASB Word Usage chambers (1), quarters
(1), room (1). chamber. For lishkah; a cell -- chamber. see HEBREW lishkah. ...
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Library

The Hermit's Cell
... The Hermit's Cell. Gerhard Ter Steegen I John iv.16. ... But safe from the storm and
the tempest. My soul hath a cell; There ever, beside the still waters,. ...
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Antony, However, According to his Custom, Returned Alone to his ...
... Life of Antony. Section 45. Antony, however, according to his custom, returned
alone to his own cell� 45. Antony, however, according ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 45.htm

How one Loses by Going Away from One's Cell.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XV. How one loses by going away from
one's cell. And so we ought always to remain shut up in our cell. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv how one loses.htm

Of Another Old Man, who Never Partook of Food Alone in his Cell.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXVI. Of another old man, who never partook of food
alone in his cell. We have seen another who lived alone ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxvi of another old.htm

Of Him whom the Superior came Upon and Found in his Cell, Deluded ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XVI. Of him whom the superior came upon and found in
his cell, deluded by idle vainglory. I remember an elder ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi of him whom.htm

A Rebuke of the Same Old Man, when He had Come to My Cell in the ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXXV. A rebuke of the same old man, when he had come
to my cell in the middle of the night. The same Theodore ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxv a rebuke of.htm

Of the Discreet Rule by which Every one must Retire to his Cell ...
... Of the discreet rule by which every one must retire to his cell after the close
of the prayers; and of the rebuke to which any one who does otherwise is subject ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv of the discreet.htm

Our Arrival at Abbot Serapion's Cell, and Inquiry on the Different ...
... Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter I. Our arrival at Abbot Serapion's cell,
and inquiry on the different kinds of faults and the way to overcome them. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter i our arrival at.htm

Christ Saves.
... False witnesses swore a lie, and that is how we are here." "Oh," I said, "Christ
cannot save anybody here; there is nobody lost." I went to the next cell. ...
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Of the Cells which Abbot Archebius Gave up to us with their ...
... inflamed with the desire of imitating them, the aforesaid Archebius, the most famous
among them for the grace of kindness, drew us into his cell, and having ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxvii of the cells.htm

Thesaurus

Cell (8 Occurrences)
... plants are composed. 8. (vt) To place or enclose in a cell.
Multi-Version Concordance Cell (8 Occurrences). Acts 12:7 ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... At the top of the last tower there was a large cell, and in the cell a large
couch was laid, well covered; and by it a golden table. ...
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Egg (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed;
ovum; germ cell. 3. (n.) Anything resembling an egg in form. ...
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Budding (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed
by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud ...
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Babylon (270 Occurrences)
... Upou the topmost tower a large cell was built, wherein was a couch and a
golden table. No image was placed in the cell, and no one ...
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Cellar (1 Occurrence)

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Celestial (3 Occurrences)

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Babel (3 Occurrences)
... Upou the topmost tower a large cell was built, wherein was a couch and a
golden table. No image was placed in the cell, and no one ...
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Quaternion
... On the night before his intended execution he was sleeping in his cell between two
soldiers, "bound with two chains," his left hand chained to one and his ...
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Quick (49 Occurrences)
... quick and dead. (KJV). Acts 12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood
by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on ...
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Bible Concordance

Cell (8 Occurrences)

Acts 12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 37:16 When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
(Root in WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 40:7 And every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and the space between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 40:13 And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 40:38 And there was a cell and its entry by the posts of the gates; there they rinsed the burnt-offering.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 40:45 And he said unto me, This cell whose front is towards the south is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 40:46 And the cell whose front is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, those who, from among the sons of Levi, approach unto Jehovah to minister unto him.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Cell

Related Terms

Tower (74 Occurrences)

Egg (3 Occurrences)

Budding (8 Occurrences)

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

Cellar (1 Occurrence)

Celestial (3 Occurrences)

Babel (3 Occurrences)

Quaternion

Quick (49 Occurrences)