Thematic Bible: Reed
Thematic Bible
Reed » Figurative » Of weakness
He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.
A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.
Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!
Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;
The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles.
Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him.
While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Reed » Used as a measuring device (six cubits)
Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, "Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there.
"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy.
When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway. The man said to me, "Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see." I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring stick 10? feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10? feet, and its height as 10? feet. read more.
Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10? feet deep. The alcoves were 10? feet long and 10? feet wide; between the alcoves were 8? feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10? feet. Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10? feet.
Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10? feet deep. The alcoves were 10? feet long and 10? feet wide; between the alcoves were 8? feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10? feet. Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10? feet.
I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10? feet high.
He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick. He measured the north side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. He measured the south side as 875 feet by the measuring stick. read more.
He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.
He turned to the west side and measured 875 feet by the measuring stick.
The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal).
Reed » A water plant
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay, along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.
The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.
Reed » Jesus hit with
They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.
Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.
Reed » Mockingly given to jesus as a symbol of royalty
and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"