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Strong's Hebrew

4723b. miqveh -- a collection, collected mass
... Word Origin from qavah Definition a collection, collected mass NASB Word Usage
collecting (1), gathering (1), reservoirs (1). 4723a, 4723b. miqveh. 4724 . ...
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Library

Jehovah Nissi
... Let us get away from them all, dig deeper down than any of these, be sure that these
are but surface reservoirs, but that the fountain which fills them with ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/jehovah nissi.htm

The Great Reservoir
... You have seen the great reservoirs provided by our water companies, in which the
water that is to supply hundreds of streets and thousands of houses is kept. ...
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The Great Reservoir
... You have seen the great reservoirs provided by our water companies, in which the
water which is to supply hundreds of streets and thousands of houses is kept. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the great reservoir.htm

The Waterer Watered
... The careful husbandmen whose farms are close along the sides of the bank, have
large tanks and reservoirs in which they store up the water. ...
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Judging, Therefore, that it Stood Thus with this Matter...
... the laying out of pleasure-grounds, and the acquisition and culture of all manner
of fruit-bearing trees; and among them also large reservoirs for the ...
/.../a metaphrase of the book of ecclesiastes/chapter ii judging therefore that.htm

Of the Error of Epicurus, and of the Limbs and their Use.
... will stand, what will be the intervals between the columns, what or where will be
the descents and outlets of the falling waters and the reservoirs,"he first ...
/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap vi of the error of.htm

Three Afternoons Off the Track
... On that particular First Afternoon the water was out, which is the South Indian
way of saying that the tanks, great lake-like reservoirs, have overflowed and ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter ii three afternoons off.htm

Our Knocking
... It is like telling a man to pray for rain when the reservoirs at his side are full,
and every flower is bending its chalice, charged with the blessing. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/our knocking.htm

Antigonus Besieges those that were in Masada, whom Herod Frees ...
... out of the fortress already, unless, on that very night when he was going away,
there had fallen a great deal of rain, insomuch that his reservoirs were full ...
/.../chapter 15 antigonus besieges those.htm

Concerning Macherus, and How Lucilius Bassus Took that Citadel ...
... He also made a great many reservoirs for the reception of water, that there might
be plenty of it ready for all uses, and those in the properest places that ...
/.../chapter 6 concerning macherus and.htm

Thesaurus

Reservoirs (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Reservoirs (1 Occurrence). Exodus 7:19 And Jehovah
said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch ...
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Cistern (21 Occurrences)
... The scarcity of springs in Palestine made it necessary to collect rain-water
in reservoirs and cisterns (Numbers 21:22). (see WELL.). ...
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Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)
... Toward the end of summer, springs and wells, where they have not actually dried
up, diminish very considerably, and cisterns and open reservoirs become at ...
/a/aqueduct.htm - 23k

Reservoir (1 Occurrence)
... and Palestine, but the dry climate, which is one reason for the fewness of lakes,
impels the inhabitants to make artificial pools or reservoirs to collect the ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... Toward the end of summer, springs and wells, where they have not actually dried
up, diminish very considerably, and cisterns and open reservoirs become at ...
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Pool (25 Occurrences)
... Toward the end of summer, springs and wells, where they have not actually dried
up, diminish very considerably, and cisterns and open reservoirs become at ...
/p/pool.htm - 40k

Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)
... 4:30), and to add to the greatness and prosperity of his kingdom by constructing
canals and aqueducts and reservoirs surpassing in grandeur and magnificence ...
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Irrigation
... As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs,
and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily ...
/i/irrigation.htm - 9k

Fountain (57 Occurrences)
... In both eastern and western Palestine and even in Lebanon there are many villages
which depend entirely upon reservoirs or cisterns of rain water. ...
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Fishpools (1 Occurrence)
... The reservoirs near Heshbon (qv) were probably stocked with fish (2 Samuel 2:13;
4:12; Isaiah 7:3; 22:9, 11). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FISHPOOLS. ...
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Bible Concordance

Reservoirs (1 Occurrence)

Exodus 7:19 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy staff, and stretch out thy hand upon the waters of the Egyptians upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
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Subtopics

Reservoirs

Related Terms

Cistern (21 Occurrences)

Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)

Reservoir (1 Occurrence)

Well (2882 Occurrences)

Pool (25 Occurrences)

Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)

Irrigation

Fountain (57 Occurrences)

Fishpools (1 Occurrence)