Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BRINKbrink: saphah, or sepheth = "the lip," "margin," "bank," "edge" (Genesis 41:3 Exodus 2:3; Exodus 7:15); qatseh, or qetseh = "an extremity," "border," "brim" (Joshua 3:8, 15 Isaiah 19:7 Daniel 12:5).
See BRIM.
Greek
5491. cheilos -- a lip, an edge ... Transliteration: cheilos Phonetic Spelling: (khi'-los) Short Definition: a lip,
mouth, shore Definition: a lip, mouth, shore, edge,
brink; meton: language
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5491.htm - 6k3790. ophrus -- an eyebrow
... Perhaps from optanomai (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ
of vision); the eye-"brow" or forehead, ie (figuratively) the brink of a ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7097. qatseh -- end, extremity... end, extremity. Transliteration: qatseh Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tseh') Short Definition:
after. after, border, brim,
brink, edge, end, infinite, frontier,
... /hebrew/7097.htm - 5k 8193. saphah -- lip, speech, edge
... 12), talk (1), talkative (1), words (2). band, bank, binding, border, brim,
brink, edge, language,. Or (in dual and plural) sepheth ...
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1428. gidyah -- bank
... Word Origin the same as gadah, qv. bank Or gadyah {gad-yaw'}; the same as gadah;
a river brink -- bank. see HEBREW gadah. 1427, 1428. gidyah. 1429 . ...
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Library
Argument. Perpetua, when Besieged by Her Father, Comforts Him when ...
... And moreover, in the same place where Dinocrates was, there was a pool full of water,
having its brink higher than was the stature of the boy; and Dinocrates ...
/.../chapter ii argument perpetua when besieged.htm
The Divine Pleader.
... from his moral slumber, and in the agonies of conviction, exclaiming, "What must
I do to be saved?""The Procrastinator sending up from the brink of despair ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xv the divine pleader.htm
Christianity and Slavery.
... empire: "As many slaves, so many enemies." Hence the constant danger of servile
insurrections, which more than once brought the republic to the brink of ruin ...
/.../section 48 christianity and slavery.htm
Baptism unto Repentance
... Then we are led to the brink of the precipice, and compelled to see the point at
which the primrose-path we are travelling ends in the fatal abyss. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/vi baptism unto repentance.htm
Introduction.
... different, that you can bring fruit from their union. We stand here on the
brink of a great deep. For wise ends the system of nature has ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arnot/the parables of our lord/introduction.htm
"O Wretched Man that I Am!"
... And now he is on the brink of deliverance! ... This man is on the brink of that great
deliverance; the way has been prepared for the glorious eighth chapter. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/absolute surrender/o wretched man that i.htm
Joseph and his Brethren
... And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured
and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/i joseph and his brethren.htm
"Love and I" --A Mystery
... with the eleven whom he had chosen, and who had consorted with him from the beginning;
a prayer under such circumstances, when he was just on the brink of the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 28 1882/love and ia mystery.htm
An Address to the Man who is Down
... young men. There are men here who are lost in the abyss; but there are
more men who are on the brink of the precipice. Temptation ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/ii an address to the.htm
The Believing Thief
... Behold the wonder wrought by the Saviour when emptied of all his glory,
and hanged up a spectacle of shame upon the brink of death! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 35 1889/the believing thief.htm
Thesaurus
Brink (11 Occurrences)... (n.) The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or
edge, as of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the
brink of a chasm.
...BRINK.
.../b/brink.htm - 10kBorder (233 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The outer part or edge of anything, as
of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink. 2. (n ...
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Kine (24 Occurrences)
... parah, ie, "fruitful"), mentioned in Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:18). Here the word
denotes "buffaloes," which fed on the reeds and sedge by the river's brink. ...
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Borders (104 Occurrences)
... yerekhdh = "the flank," "the side," "the coast," hence, "the border" occurs in Genesis
49:13; qatseh = "an extremity" "brim," "brink," "edge" (Exodus 16:35 ...
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Brim (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the
brink; border. 3. (n.) The rim of a hat. 4. (vi) To be full to the brim. ...
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Shore (45 Occurrences)
... 11:4 Judges 7:12 1 Samuel 13:5 1 Kings 4:29); the shore of the Red Sea or Gulf of
`Aqabah by Ezion-geber (1 Kings 9:26 2 Chronicles 8:17); the brink of the ...
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River (189 Occurrences)
... Genesis 41:3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly
and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river. ...
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Ugly (7 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Genesis 41:3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the
river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river. ...
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Jordan's (4 Occurrences)
... Joshua 3:8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant,
saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall ...
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Lean-fleshed (3 Occurrences)
... Genesis 41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,
ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the ...
/l/lean-fleshed.htm - 7k
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