Bible Encyclopedia: Shelf

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The Dream of St. Ursula
... These flower-pots stand on a shelf which runs all round the room and beneath the
window, at about the height of the elbow, and serves to put things on anywhere ...
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Meditation viii. Institution of the Holy Eucharist.
... He then drew a species of shelf with grooves from the boars on which the jars stood,
and taking a piece of white linen with which the chalice was covered ...
/.../meditation viii institution of the.htm

Arrangement and Furniture of the Church
... Back of the Altar, and raised above it, is a narrow shelf, called the retable,
upon which the several ornaments of the Altar are placed. ...
/.../regester/the worship of the church/arrangement and furniture of the.htm

From a Hindu Point of view
... At the far end, too, was a sort of altar, covered with red cloth, and on it were
numerous brass candlesticks and vessels, and on a little shelf above, a row of ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxvi from a hindu.htm

The Olivet Message.
... For that same man to go through his store and remove from shelf or counter some
article which yields a good profit, but which he knows his Master would not ...
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Though He were Dead
... Martha also had another fault in which she was very like ourselves: she laid the
words of Jesus on the shelf, as things so trite and sure that they were of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 30 1884/though he were dead.htm

Continued.
... a highly elaborate and vivid picture of a thunderstorm, such as must often have
broken over the shepherd-psalmist as he crouched under some shelf of limestone ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/iii early dayscontinued.htm

Cheer Up, My Comrades!
... If you are put away on the shelf, do not rust there, but pray the Master to brighten
you up so that when he comes to use you again you may be fully fitted for ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/cheer up my comrades.htm

The Boyhood of Jesus
... There is a lamp in the middle of the room, and round the walls there are
waterpots. There are bright-coloured quilts on a shelf. ...
/.../anonymous/the good shepherd/chapter iii the boyhood of.htm

The Third Continental Journey.
... We landed on the 29th, and soon found ourselves occupying an empty room in the
Lazaretto, without even the accommodation of a shelf or closet. ...
/.../chapter xiii the third continental.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

2. (n.) A sand bank in the sea, or a rock, or ledge of rocks, rendering the water shallow, and dangerous to ships.

3. (n.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock.

4. (n.) A piece of timber running the whole length of a vessel inside the timberheads.

Thesaurus

Shelf (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Shelf (5 Occurrences). Exodus 27:5 And put the network
under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar. ...
/s/shelf.htm - 8k

Ledge (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a
shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in ...
/l/ledge.htm - 10k

Smaller (16 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 43:14 And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar
is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater ...
/s/smaller.htm - 11k

Width (58 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 43:14 And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar
is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater ...
/w/width.htm - 22k

Angles (20 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 43:20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns and
on the four angles of the shelf and on the edge all round: and you are to make ...
/a/angles.htm - 12k

Level (31 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 43:14 And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar
is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater ...
/l/level.htm - 19k

She-lion (8 Occurrences)
She-lion. Shelf, She-lion. She-lions . Multi-Version Concordance She-lion
(8 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Shelf, She-lion. She-lions . Reference Bible.
/s/she-lion.htm - 8k

Network (19 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 27:5 And put the network under the
shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar. (BBE). ...
/n/network.htm - 14k

Terrace (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more
sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or ...
/t/terrace.htm - 7k

Place (9195 Occurrences)
... spot or place, or in a certain relative position; to direct to a particular place;
to fix; to settle; to locate; as, to place a book on a shelf; to place balls ...
/p/place.htm - 28k

Bible Concordance

Shelf (5 Occurrences)

Exodus 27:5 And put the network under the shelf round the altar so that the net comes half-way up the altar.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 43:14 And from the base on the earth level to the lower shelf, the altar is two cubits high and a cubit wide; and from the smaller shelf to the greater shelf it is four cubits high and a cubit wide.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 43:17 And the shelf is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, on its four sides; the edge round it is half a cubit; the base of it is a cubit all round, and its steps are facing the east.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 43:20 You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns and on the four angles of the shelf and on the edge all round: and you are to make it clean and free from sin.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 45:19 And the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin-offering and put it on the uprights at the sides of the doors of the house, and on the four angles of the shelf of the altar, and on the sides of the doorway of the inner square.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Shelf

Related Terms

Ledge (7 Occurrences)

Smaller (16 Occurrences)

Width (58 Occurrences)

Angles (20 Occurrences)

Level (31 Occurrences)

She-lion (8 Occurrences)

Network (19 Occurrences)

Terrace (1 Occurrence)

Place (9195 Occurrences)