Bible Encyclopedia: Measure: A Fathom

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3712. orguia -- a fathom (the length of the outstretched arms)
... the tips of the left and right hands when ; a , the unit of measure (roughly) five
to six feet long. Word Origin from orego Definition a fathom (the length of ...
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Library

The Shameful Sufferer
... which the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. And yet must we first
understand infinite height, and then, infinite depth; we must measure, in fact ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the shameful sufferer.htm

How to Discover what is the Will of God.
... Love also is the measure. ... The will of God is at each moment before us like an immense,
inexhaustible ocean that no human heart can fathom; but none can receive ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section iii how to discover what.htm

Stedfastness in the Old Paths.
... matters, we know more about the motions of the heavenly bodies than Abraham, whose
seed was in number as the stars; we can measure the earth, and fathom the sea ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon xviii stedfastness in the.htm

'The Lord Thee Keeps'
... We cannot fathom the depth of the mystery of the praying Christ, but we may ... Every
Christian has the 'mind of Christ' in him, in the measure of his Christianity ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the lord thee keeps.htm

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday after Trinity
... sharp anguish in the fire of purification as no human heart can fathom or express ...
fasting, and the like; but they receive from God a heaped-up measure, in that ...
/.../xx sermon for the fourth.htm

The Eternity of God
... who can fathom it? Mariners have their plummets to measure the depths of the sea;
but what line or plummet shall we use to fathom the depth of eternity? ...
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Love in the Triune Being of God.
... Many say that God is Love, but measure His Love by the love of men. ... " And
this is a mystery that men and angels fail to fathom. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xviii love in the triune.htm

Divine Sovereignty
... Some have stupendous intellects wherewith they can unravel secrets"fathom the depths
of oceans"measure mountains"dissect the sunbeams, and weigh the stars ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/divine sovereignty.htm

The Soldier's Morning-Call
... and only in the measure in which we do wear Him, in that measure are we ... and 'being
clothed,' are not 'found naked.' It takes a lifetime to fathom Jesus; it ...
/.../romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/the soldiers morning-call.htm

The Eternity and Unchangeableness of God.
... down in the depths of hell, and whose arms, stretched out, can fathom the length ...
Now, if mortal creatures cannot attain the measure of that which is finite, O ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture viii the eternity and.htm

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Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
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Subtopics

Measure

Measure: A Bath, About Eight Gallons and a Half

Measure: A Bushel, About a Peck

Measure: A Cab, or Kab, About Two Quarts

Measure: A Cor, Equal to One Homer or Ten Ephahs, Equal to About Eleven and One-Ninth Bushels

Measure: A Fathom

Measure: A Finger

Measure: A Firkin, Nearly Nine Gallons

Measure: A Furlong

Measure: A Half-Homer, About Five and a Half Bushels

Measure: A Handbreadth