Topic
Drink
7 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.
- Leviticus 11:20Easton
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
- Leviticus 11:23Easton
But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
- Leviticus 11:41Easton
And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
- Leviticus 11:42Easton
Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
- Lamentations 5:4Easton
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
- Ezekiel 4:11Easton
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
- Matthew 23:24Easton
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
The drinks of the Hebrews were water, wine, “strong drink,” and vinegar. Their drinking vessels were the cup, goblet or “basin,” the “cruse” or pitcher, and the saucer.
To drink water by measure (Ezek. 4:11), and to buy water to drink (Lam. 5:4), denote great scarcity. To drink blood means to be satiated with slaughter.
The Jews carefully strained their drinks through a sieve, through fear of violating the law of Lev. 11:20, 23, 41, 42. (See Matt. 23:24. “Strain at” should be “strain out.”)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
See FOOD; DRINK, STRONG.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → INTOXICATING
- See ABSTINENCE, TOTAL
- → See DRUNKARD
- → See DRUNKENNESS
- → See WINE
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.