WATER

- One of the elements of the world Ge 1:2 - GOD ORIGINALLY . Created the firmament to divide Ge 1:6,7 . Collected into one place Ge 1:9 . Created fowls and fishes, Ge 1:20,21 - Necessary to vegetation Ge 2:5,6; Job 14:9; Isa 1:30 - Some plants particularly require Job 8:11 - Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man Isa 41:17; Zec 9:11 - COLLECTED IN . Springs Jos 15:19 . Pools 1Ki 22:38; Ne 2:14 . Ponds Ex 7:19; Isa 19:10 . Fountains 1Ki 18:5; 2Ch 32:3 . Wells Ge 21:19 . Brooks 2Sa 17:20; 1Ki 18:5 . Streams Ps 78:16; Isa 35:6 . Rivers Isa 8:7; Jer 2:18 . The sea Ge 1:9,10; Isa 11:9 . The clouds Ge 1:7; Job 26:8,9 - Rises in vapour to the clouds Ec 1:7; Ps 104:8 - Drops from the clouds in rain De 11:11; 2Sa 21:10 - DESCRIBED AS . Fluid Ps 78:16; Pr 30:4 . Unstable Ge 49:4 . Penetrating Ps 109:18 . Reflecting images Pr 27:9 . Wearing the hardest substances Job 14:19 . Cleansing Eze 36:25; Eph 5:26 . Refreshing Job 22:7; Pr 25:25 - Congealed by cold Job 38:29; Ps 147:16,17 - WAS USED BY JEWS . As their principal beverage Ge 24:43; 1Ki 13:19,22; 18:4; Ho 2:5 . For culinary purposes Ex 12:9 . For washing the person Ge 18:4; 24:32 . For legal purification Ex 29:4; Heb 9:10,19 - Kept for purification in large waterpots Joh 2:6 - Carried in vessels Ge 21:14; 1Sa 26:11; Mr 14:13 - Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities 2Ki 20:20 - Frequently brackish and unfit for use Ex 15:23; 2Ki 2:19 - The want of, considered a great calamity Ex 17:1-3; Nu 20:2; 2Ki 3:9,10; Isa 3:1 - In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price La 5:4 - MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH . Turned into blood Ex 7:17,20 . Turned into wine Joh 2:7-9 . Brought from the rock Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11 . Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass Jud 15:19 . Consumed by fire from heaven 1Ki 18:38 . Divided and made to stand on heap Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:16 . Trenches filled with 2Ki 3:17-22 . Iron made to swim in 2Ki 6:5,6 . Our Lord, Mt 14:26-29 . Healing powers communicated to 2Ki 5:14; Joh 5:4; 9:7 - The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by Ge 7:20-23; 2Pe 3:6 - The world not to be again destroyed by Ge 9:8-15; 2Pe 3:7 - ILLUSTRATIVE . Of the support of God Isa 8:6 . Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit Isa 41:17,18; 44:3; Eze 36:25; Joh 7:38,39 . Of persecutors Ps 124:4,5 . Of persecutions Ps 88:17 . Of hostile armies Isa 8:7; 17:13 . (Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel Ps 23:2 . (Deep,) of severe affliction Ps 66:12; 69:1; Isa 30:20; 43:2 . (Deep,) of counsel in the heart Pr 20:5 . (Deep,) of the words of the wise Pr 18:4 . (Poured out,) of the wrath of God Ho 5:10 . (Poured out,) of faintness by terror Ps 22:14 . (Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny Nu 24:7 . (Spilled on the ground,) of death 2Sa 14:14 . (Its instability,) of a wavering disposition Ge 49:4 . (Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice Jos 7:5; Eze 7:17 . (Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention Pr 17:14 . (Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked Job 24:18; Ps 58:7 . (Many,) of different nations and people Re 17:1,15; Jer 51:13 . (Many,) of a variety of afflictions 2Sa 22:17 . (Noise of many,) of the word of Christ Re 1:15 . (Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14

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See CISTERN and WELLS. In Isa 35:7, the Hebrew word for "parched ground" that shall become a pool of water, is the same with the Arabic term for the mirage, a peculiar optical illusion by which travelers in hot and dry deserts think they see broad lakes and flowing waters; they seem to discern the very ripple of the waves, and the swaying of tail trees on the margin in the cool breeze; green hills and houses and city ramparts rise before the astonished sight, recede as the traveler advances, and at length melt away in the hot haze. Not so the blessings of the gospel; they are no alluring mockery, but real waters of everlasting life, Isa 55:1 Joh 4:14 Re 22:1. Compare Isa 29:8 Jer 15:18.

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WATER. → Creation of Ps 148:4,5 → Covered the whole earth Ge 1:9 → Daily allowance of Eze 4:11 → City waterworks 2Ki 20:20 → Vision of, by Ezekiel Eze 47:1-5 → Of separation Nu 19:2-22 → Libation of 1Sa 7:6 → Irrigation with
* See IRRIGATION

→ Miraculously supplied
* To the Israelites Ex 17:1,6; Nu 20:11
* To Samson Jud 15:19
* To Jehoshaphat' s army 2Ki 3:16-20

→ Purified by Elisha 2Ki 2:19-22 → Red Sea divided Ex 14:21,22 → The Jordan River Jos 3:14-17; 2Ki 2:6-8,14 → Jesus walks upon Mt 14:25 → Changed to wine Joh 2:1-11 → Turned into blood Re 16:3-5 → FIGURATIVE
* Water of life Joh 4:14; 7:37-39; Re 21:6; 22:17
* Water of affliction 2Sa 22:17; Ps 69:1; Isa 30:20; 43:2
* Water of salvation Isa 12:3; 49:10; 55:1; Eze 36:25; Joh 4:10; 7:38
* Domestic love Pr 5:15

→ SYMBOLICAL Isa 8:7; Re 8:11; 12:15; 16:4; 17:1,15

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for drinking Ge 21:14; Ex 15:25; 17:6; Nu 20:11; Jud 15:19; 1Ki 13:19; 17:10 Da 1:12; Mr 9:41; Joh 2:7 -- for Cleansing. SEE Cleansing, CLEANSING Washing, CLEANSING

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water. Water, [a as aw] n. a compound substance, when pure, composed of 8 parts of oxygene, and 15 of hydrogene, urine, luster of a diamond, gloss on dyed silk

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Wa″ter (wa̤″tẽr), n. [[AS. wæter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. watō, O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. ὔδωρ, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. √137. Cf. Dropsy, Hydra, Otter, Wet, Whisky.]] 1. 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. “We will drink water.” Shak. “Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.” Milton.
☞ Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39° Fahr. or 4° C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32° Fahr. or 0° C. and boils at 212° Fahr. or 100° C. (see Ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water.
Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. Fuller. 3. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine.
4. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. U. S. Pharm.
5. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence.
6. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, v. t., 3, Damask, v. t., and Damaskeen.
7. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or “diluted.”
☞ Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See under Hard. — Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from ⅟₁₂ of an inch to 1 inch above its top. — Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. — Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. — To hold water. See under Hold, v. t. — To keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. — To make water. (a) To pass urine. Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. — Water of crystallization (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, CuSO4, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, CuSO4.5H2O, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. — Water on the brain (Med.), hydrocephalus. — Water on the chest (Med.), hydrothorax. ☞ Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary.