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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

POLISHED

Greek

2072. esoptron -- a mirror (ie an object for looking into)
... Neuter Transliteration: esoptron Phonetic Spelling: (es'-op-tron) Short Definition:
a mirror Definition: a mirror, looking-glass (made of highly polished metal ...
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3773. Ourbanos -- Urbanus, a Christian
... Word Origin of Latin origin (of the city, polished, etc.) Definition Urbanus,
a Christian NASB Word Usage Urbanus (1). Urbanus. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7044. qalal -- burnished
... burnished. Word Origin from qalal Definition burnished NASB Word Usage
burnished (1), polished (1). burnished, polished. From qalal ...
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1305. barar -- to purify, select
... make bright, choice, chosen, cleanse be clean, clearly, polished, purify, purge
out. A primitive root; to clarify (ie Brighten), examine ...
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4803. marat -- to make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish
... to make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish. Transliteration: marat Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-rat') Short Definition: polished. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3851. lahab -- flame, blade
... From an usused root meaning to gleam; a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished
blade or point of a weapon -- blade, bright, flame, glittering. 3850b, 3851. ...
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6219. ashoth -- perhaps smooth
... Word Origin from ashath Definition perhaps smooth NASB Word Usage wrought (1). bright.
From ashath; shining, ie Polished -- bright. see HEBREW ashath. ...
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4838. maraq -- to scour, polish
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to scour, polish NASB Word Usage polish (1),
polished (1), scour (1), scoured (1). bright, furbish, scour. ...
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2481. chali -- an ornament
... jewel, ornament. From chalah; a trinket (as polished) -- jewel, ornament. see
HEBREW chalah. 2480, 2481. chali. 2482 . Strong's Numbers.
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3871. luach -- a tablet, board or plank, a plate
... Or luach {loo'-akh}; from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet
(as polished), of stone, wood or metal -- board, plate, table. 3870, 3871. ...
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2830. chashmal -- perhaps amber
... amber. Of uncertain derivation; probably bronze or polished spectrum metal --
amber. 2829, 2830. chashmal. 2831 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Now a Strong Desire for Clearness Sometimes Leads to Neglect of ...
... Book 4 Chapter 24. Now a strong desire for clearness sometimes leads
to neglect of the more polished� 24. Now a strong desire ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 24 now a strong.htm

Useless Sacrifice
... The furniture is of the very richest, and kept with the most fastidious cleanliness.
The floors of precious wood are polished like mirrors. ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxvi useless sacrifice.htm

The Forgotten Preacher.
... "Isn't he a great preacher? so scholarly, so eloquent, so polished; and all those
classical allusions. ... I wouldn't question it. And a polished orator. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the forgotten preacher.htm

Herein is a Mirror to be Blamed, --If Its Clearness is Darkened ...
... becomes"a covering before them that look on it. R. Blessed be He Who polished
our mirror! 2. For that comeliness is not adorned in it ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xvi herein is a.htm

The Earl of Desmond's Castle
... The walls are still firm and entire; and these with the fine carvings of the
windowframes (all of polished marble) give some idea of what it was once. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/the earl of desmonds castle.htm

I have Made These Remarks in Reply to the Charges which Celsus and ...
... Celsus and others bring against the simplicity of the language of Scripture, which
appears to be thrown into the shade by the splendour of polished discourse. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter ii i have made.htm

From Apostolic Teaching Tertullian Turns to that of Companions of ...
... stones in which the taint of the leprosy had been to be extracted and cast away
outside the city into an unclean place; and other stones, polished and sound ...
/.../tertullian/on modesty/chapter xx from apostolic teaching tertullian.htm

Impressive Phrases
... genius, intellect, aptitude, and capacity. genteel, refined, polished, and
well-bred. ... polished, deft, superficial, and conventional. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iv impressive phrases.htm

The Cripple at Lystra
... open forum. But here is a polished governor, Sergius Paulus, sitting upon
the judgment-seat. What shall be preached to him? Would ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/the cripple at lystra.htm

Of the Non-Condemnation of Accused Persons Without a Hearing Of
... And therefore they are despised by those who are willing to hear or read nothing
except that which is polished and eloquent; nor is anything able to remain ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap i of the non-condemnation of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Polish.

2. (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

Thesaurus

Polished (23 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined;
polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. Int. ...POLISHED. ...
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Flash (19 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV). Ezekiel 21:10 It has been made sharp to give
death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ... ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being
polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. ...
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Thunder-flame (6 Occurrences)
... flame. (BBE). Ezekiel 21:10 It has been made sharp to give death; it is
polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ... (BBE). ...
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Polisher (1 Occurrence)
... Ezekiel 21:11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the
hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the ...
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Spades (9 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 7:45 And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram
made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass. ...
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Potter (14 Occurrences)
... On the rocky plateaus of Upper Egypt, overlooking the Nile valley, are found
the polished red earthenware pots of the prehistoric Egyptians. ...
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Pottery (11 Occurrences)
... On the rocky plateaus of Upper Egypt, overlooking the Nile valley, are found
the polished red earthenware pots of the prehistoric Egyptians. ...
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Glass (12 Occurrences)
... where in the King James Version "glass" occurs, the reference is to "looking-glass,"
or mirror, which was not made of glass, but of bronze, and polished so as ...
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Corner (60 Occurrences)
... WBS). Leviticus 13:41 and if from the corner of his face his head is polished,
he 'is' bald of the forehead; he 'is' clean. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Polished (23 Occurrences)

Revelation 1:15 And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
(BBE)

Revelation 2:18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass:
(BBE)

Exodus 38:8 And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.
(BBE)

Leviticus 13:40 And when a man's head 'is' polished, he 'is' bald, he 'is' clean;
(YLT)

Leviticus 13:41 and if from the corner of his face his head is polished, he 'is' bald of the forehead; he 'is' clean.
(YLT)

1 Kings 7:45 And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
(BBE YLT NAS)

1 Chronicles 29:2 Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 4:16 All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
(BBE NAS NIV)

Ezra 8:27 and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
(See NIV)

Esther 1:6 There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.
(BBE)

Job 37:18 Will you, with him, make the skies smooth, and strong as a polished looking-glass?
(BBE)

Psalms 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Song of Songs 5:14 His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with'sapphires.
(See JPS NIV)

Isaiah 49:2 and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me: and he has made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he kept me close:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 1:7 And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 21:9 Son of man, say as a prophet, These are the words of the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword which has been made sharp and polished:
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 21:10 It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 21:11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 21:15 In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
(BBE RSV)

Ezekiel 21:28 And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:19 ... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.
(BBE)

Daniel 10:6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
(KJV BBE WBS NAS)

Habakkuk 3:11 At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Polished

Related Terms

Flash (19 Occurrences)

Marble (5 Occurrences)

Thunder-flame (6 Occurrences)

Polisher (1 Occurrence)

Spades (9 Occurrences)

Potter (14 Occurrences)

Pottery (11 Occurrences)

Glass (12 Occurrences)