Topic
Bucket
2 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 24:7Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
- Isaiah 40:15Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
buk'-et (deli): The word is found only in Isa 40:15; Nu 24:7, in the latter passage in a figurative use. The bucket was doubtless a waterskin with two cross-pieces at the top to fit it for use in drawing water, like those now in use in Palestine. The ordinary word for water-skin is a different one (no'dh).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.