Thematic Bible: Mills
Thematic Bible
Mills » Illustrative » (ceasing,) of desolation
And sound of harp-singers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, - in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan of any art, - in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone, - in nowise be found in thee any more;
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And I will banish from among them - The voice of joy, 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 hath delivered into our hand our enemy, even him who laid waste our land, and who multiplied our slain.
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Young men, a millstone, have lifted, and, youths, under wood, have staggered.
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Mills » Stones used in » Often thrown down on enemies during sieges
Who smote Abimelech son of Jerubbaal? Did not, a woman, cast on him an upper millstone from off the wall, that he died, in Thebez? Wherefore came ye near unto the wall? Then shalt thou say - Moreover, thy servant, Uriah the Hittite, died.
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And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon the head of Abimelech, - and brake in pieces his skull.
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Mills » Female servants usually employed at
then shall every firstborn in the land of Egypt die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the handmaid who is behind the two millstones, - and every firstborn of beasts;
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Two women grinding at the mill, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind.
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Mills » Stones used in » Not to be taken in pledge
No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge.
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Mills » Stones used in » Large
And one mighty messenger lifted a stone, as it were a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying - Thus, with main force, shall be cast down, Babylon the great city, - and in nowise be found any more;
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Mills » Illustrative » (grinding at,) of degradation, &c
Down - and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground - throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty. Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
Mills » Used for grinding » Manna (in the wilderness)
The people used to go about and pick it up, and grind it with a pair of mill-stones, or pound it in a mortar, and boil it in a pot, and make it into round cakes, - then was the taste thereof like the taste of a sweet cake made with oil.
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Mills » Stones used in » Heavy
And, whosoever shall cause to stumble one of these little ones who believe in me, it profiteth him, that there be hung a large mill-stone about his neck, and he be sunk in the wide main of the sea.
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Mills » Used for grinding » Corn
Take millstones, and grind meal, - Put back thy veil - tuck up thy train Bare the leg, wade through streams:
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Mills » Antiquity of
then shall every firstborn in the land of Egypt die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the firstborn of the handmaid who is behind the two millstones, - and every firstborn of beasts;
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Mills » Stones used in » Hard
His heart, is hardened like a stone, yea hardened, like the nether millstone;
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