Dictionary of Bible Themes A reservoir for storing water collected from rainfall or from a spring. When empty, it was used for a variety of purposes. The word is also employed in a figurative sense. 2 Chronicles 26:10Cisterns were used to collect water See also 2 Kings 18:31Jeremiah 14:3 pp Isa 36:16 Jeremiah 38:6-13Other uses for cisterns See also Genesis 37:19-24,28-30Jeremiah 41:4-7,9 Zechariah 9:11 Jeremiah 2:13 Cisterns used as symbols Cisterns as symbols of spiritual well-being See also Proverbs 5:15-19Cisterns as symbols of physical well-being See also 4236 fountain4278 spring of water 4293 water 4296 wells 5226 basin |
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