Bushel (6 Occurrences)

Bushel

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Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Matthew 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen."
(WEY)

Mark 4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
(KJV WEY ASV DBY RSV)

Luke 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
(KJV WEY ASV RSV)

Luke 13:21 It is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, to work there till the whole is leavened."
(WEY)

Amos 8:5 Saying,'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
(See NAS)

Thesaurus

Bushel (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure. ...
See 4th Bush. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BUSHEL. ...
/b/bushel.htm - 9k

Candle (16 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (KJV WBS). ...
/c/candle.htm - 15k

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... Lampstand (38 Occurrences). Matthew 5:15 Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a
bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house. ...
/l/lampstand.htm - 24k

Candlestick (34 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (KJV WBS). ...
/c/candlestick.htm - 27k

Lamp-stand (17 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:15 Nor do men light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but upon the
lamp-stand, and it shines for all who are in the house. (DBY YLT). ...
/l/lamp-stand.htm - 11k

Lighted (36 Occurrences)
... Lighted (36 Occurrences). Matthew 5:15 Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel,
but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house. (WEY). ...
/l/lighted.htm - 16k

Buries (6 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He
said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for ...
/b/buries.htm - 8k

Takes (380 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 13:33 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens,"
He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour ...
/t/takes.htm - 34k

Bush (14 Occurrences)

/b/bush.htm - 19k

Lights (71 Occurrences)
... Luke 11:33 "When any one lights a lamp, he never puts it in the cellar or under
the bushel, but on the lampstand, that people who come in may see the light. ...
/l/lights.htm - 27k

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bushel

[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Bushel

Used in the New Testament to express the Greek modius, which was about a peck by our measure.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

2. (n.) A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

3. (n.) A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.

4. (n.) A large indefinite quantity.

5. (n.) The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BUSHEL

boosh'-el (modios): A dry measure containing about a peck, but as it is used in the New Testament (Matthew 5:15 Mark 4:21 Luke 11:33) it does not refer to capacity but is used only to indicate a covering to conceal the light.

Greek

3426. modios -- modius, a dry measure of one peck
... bushel. Of Latin origin; a modius, ie Certain measure for things dry (the quantity
or the utensil) -- bushel. (modion) -- 3 Occurrences. 3425, 3426. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3426.htm - 6k

4568. saton -- seah, a (Heb.) measure (equiv. to about one and a ...
... measure equivalent to nearly three English gallons" (Souter); the measure for grain,
"about a peck and a half or somewhat less than one-half bushel (a bushel ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4568.htm - 7k

Strong's Hebrew

374. ephah -- an ephah (a measure of grain)
... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition an ephah (a measure of grain) NASB Word
Usage bushel (1), differing measures (2), ephah (33), measure (2). ...
/hebrew/374.htm - 6k

Library

The Lamp and the Bushel
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE LAMP AND THE BUSHEL. 'Ye are the light of
the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.15. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the lamp and the bushel.htm

Chapter vi.
... "Neither do men light a candle [59] and put it under a bushel measure."
[60] What view are we to take? That the expression "under ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter vi.htm

Chapter: 4:21-25 Lamp and Stand
... Mark CHAPTER: 4:21-25 LAMP AND STAND. "And He said unto them, Is the lamp brought
to be put under the bushel, or under the bed? and not to be put on the stand? ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 21-25 lamp and stand.htm

The Salt and the Light of the World.
... Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick,
and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/hope of the gospel/the salt and the light.htm

Lamps and Bushels
... LAMPS AND BUSHELS. 'And Jesus said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under
a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?'"Mark 4:21. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/lamps and bushels.htm

How one Even of those who are Without May be Brought to Believe ...
... him, it would be sufficient as proof of his statement for the agriculturist to show
him the virtue existing in one seed of those in the bushel and make it a ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/xxv how one even of.htm

Book vii. On the Useful or the Ordinary
... A bushel basket is the human body, or the letter of the law, or the people of Judah;
in the gospel; no man light a light and puts it under a bushel. ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/book vii on the useful.htm

Thus Has the Question Been on Both Sides Considered and Treated...
... it be asked, what harm it does to a person rolling in superfluous wealth, if from
countless thousands of bushels of wheat he lose one bushel, which bushel may ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on lying/section 12 thus has the.htm

Reform
... Well," said he, "it cannot have done you any good then." "Yes it did," said she,
"for though I forgot the sermon, I did not forget to burn my bushel when I got ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/reform.htm

The First Great Group of Parables.
... and the Beræans (Acts 10:33; xvii.11) show us examples of the fourth.] ^b 21 And
he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under a ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/liv the first great group 2.htm

Subtopics

Bushel

Bushel: About One Peck

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