Thematic Bible: Mills
Thematic Bible
Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
And a sound of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters will, no, not be heard in thee any more. And every craftsman of every craft will, no, not be found in thee any more. And a sound of a millstone will, no, not be
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Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
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Mills » Male captives often employed at
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country who has slain many of us.
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The young men bore the mill, and the sons stumbled under the wood.
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Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did ye go so near the wall? Then thou shall say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
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Mills » Female servants usually employed at
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of cattle.
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Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken, and one is left.
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Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
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Mills » Stones used in » Large
And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For thou shall no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal. Remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
Mills » Used for grinding » Manna (in the wilderness)
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
But whoever may cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is advantageous for him that a donkey-powered millstone were hanged on his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Mills » Used for grinding » Corn
Take the millstones, and grind meal. Remove thy veil, strip off the train, uncover the leg, pass through the rivers.
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Mills » Antiquity of
and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of cattle.
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Mills » Stones used in » Hard
His heart is as firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
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