Topic
Ice
5 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.
- Job 6:16Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
- Job 38:29Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
- Psalms 147:17Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
- Job 37:10ISBE
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
- Proverbs 25:13Nave General scriptures concerning
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See CRYSTAL.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
is (qerach): Ice is almost unknown in Palestine and Syria except on the highest mountains. At moderate heights of less than 4,000 ft. a little ice may form during the night in winter, but the warm rays of the sun melt it the next day. A great quantity of snow is packed away in caves in the mountains during the winter, and is thus preserved for use in the summer months. The word is found in the Bible in three places where it describes God's power. "Out of whose womb came the ice? And the .... frost" (Job 38:29); "By the breath of God ice is given" (Job 37:10); "He casteth forth his ice like morsels" (Ps 147:17).
Figurative: Untrue friends are compared to streams "which are black by reason of the ice" (Job 6:16).
Alfred H. Joy
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.