Bible Dictionary: Layer

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who, or that which, lays.

2. (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.

3. (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.

4. (n.) An artificial oyster bed.

Strong's Hebrew

5073. nidbak -- a row or layer, course
... 5072, 5073. nidbak. 5074 . a row or layer, course. Transliteration: nidbak
Phonetic Spelling: (nid-bawk') Short Definition: layer. ...
/hebrew/5073.htm - 6k

7902. shekabah -- (act of) lying, a layer
... 7901, 7902. shekabah. 7903 . (act of) lying, a layer. Transliteration: shekabah
Phonetic Spelling: (shek-aw-baw') Short Definition: emission. ...
/hebrew/7902.htm - 6k

Library

The New Testament
... Thus the four Gospels constitute the first layer of the New Testament canon. ... The
next layer of the canon consists of the thirteen Epistles of St. ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter i the new testament.htm

Naparima and Montserrat
... I say inexhaustibly; for as fast as the upper layer is impoverished, it will be
swept over by the tropic rains, to mingle with the vegas, or alluvial flats ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter x naparima and montserrat.htm

The Northern Mountains
... a view as that from the Silla of Caraccas described by Humboldt, from which you
look down at a height of nearly six thousand feet, through layer after layer of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xi the northern mountains.htm

It is Admitted, one May Hope, that Common Things are Never ...
... conversationalists." Now there are very deep reasons for talking about the weather,
reasons that are delicate as well as deep; they lie in layer upon layer of ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 13 it is admitted.htm

God's Scrutiny Longed For
... God is prayed, as it were, to make a cutting into the man, and lay bare his inmost
nature, as men do in a railway cutting, layer after layer, going ever deeper ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/gods scrutiny longed for.htm

A Threefold Cord
... We strip off, as it were, layer after layer, until we get to the living centre"hope
comes from the love, the love comes from the Spirit in the heart. ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/a threefold cord.htm

No Difference
... cleaned the hall of a castle, the floor of which might be covered with remnants
of food and all manner of abominations, was to strew another layer of rushes ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/no difference.htm

Seances Historiques De Geneve --The National Church.
... The rude forefathers,' whose mouldering bones, layer upon layer, have raised the
soil round the foundations of our old churches, adored the Host, worshipped ...
/.../seances historiques de genevethe national.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... were stamped on the flat side, by means of an incised wooden block, with the name
of the reigning sovereign, and were then dried in the sun.* A layer of fine ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

On the Physical Basis of Life.
... The whole hair consists of a very delicate outer case of wood, closely applied to
the inner surface of which is a layer of semifluid matter, full of ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vii on the physical basis.htm

Thesaurus

Layer (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid
over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks ...
/l/layer.htm - 7k

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)
... On the "Mount of Olives," for example, occurs a layer of conglomerate limestone
known as Nari, or "firestone," and another thicker deposit, known as Ka`kuli ...
/j/jerusalem.htm - 89k

Flake
... 4. (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chip like layer of anything; a film; flock;
lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. ...
/f/flake.htm - 7k

Coat (54 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the
coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. ...
/c/coat.htm - 25k

Couch (55 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. ... 15. (n.) A preliminary layer,
as of color, size, etc. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COUCH. ...
/c/couch.htm - 25k

Precious (128 Occurrences)
... According to the Septuagint, the material was smaragdos (and therefore green);
according to Josephus it was sardonux (and therefore red with a layer of white). ...
/p/precious.htm - 71k

Stones (244 Occurrences)
... According to the Septuagint, the material was smaragdos (and therefore green);
according to Josephus it was sardonux (and therefore red with a layer of white). ...
/s/stones.htm - 74k

View (86 Occurrences)
... It is called `the Water' in Acts 10:47: "Can any man forbid `the Water,' that these
should not be baptized?"; the layer of the water in Ephesians 5:26 the ...
/v/view.htm - 81k

Nitre (2 Occurrences)
... carbonate, called in Arabic naTrun, which was taken from the extensive deposits
in Lower Egypt where it is found as a deposit underneath a layer of common salt ...
/n/nitre.htm - 9k

Nonimmersionist
... It is called `the Water' in Acts 10:47: "Can any man forbid `the Water,' that these
should not be baptized?"; the layer of the water in Ephesians 5:26 the ...
/n/nonimmersionist.htm - 38k

Bible Concordance

Layer (4 Occurrences)

Exodus 16:13 And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
(See JPS NAS NIV)

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
(See JPS NAS)

Leviticus 9:19 and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:
(See NIV)

Ezra 6:4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king's house.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Layer

Related Terms

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

Flake

Coat (54 Occurrences)

Couch (55 Occurrences)

Precious (128 Occurrences)

Stones (244 Occurrences)

View (86 Occurrences)

Nitre (2 Occurrences)