Bible Dictionary: Awning

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.

2. (n.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

Greek

2766. keramos -- a tile
... tiling. Probably from the base of kerannumi (through the idea of mixing clay and
water); earthenware, ie A tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning) -- tiling. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4374. mekasseh -- a covering
... Word Origin from kasah Definition a covering NASB Word Usage attire (1), awning
(1), covering (2). clothing, to cover, that which covers. ...
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Library

Monos
... or rather were rowed by four stalwart , along the northern shore of the gulf,
while the sun leapt up straight astern, and made the awning, or rather the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vi monos.htm

Jesus Heals a Paralytic at Capernaum.
... [Some have thought that removing the roof merely means that they took away the awning
over the court, and also that the removal of the tile merely means that ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xxxv jesus heals a paralytic.htm

Visit to Ceylon and Return to Benares.
... From morning to night we sat under a thick awning, reading or talking, as we were
inclined, refreshed by the breeze, and interested in the various objects ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xviii visit to ceylon.htm

The Secrets of Divine Love are to be Kept
... O night! propitious to my views,. Thy sable awning wide diffuse; Conceal
alike my joy and pain,. Nor draw thy curtain back again,. ...
/.../the secrets of divine love.htm

The Day of Blood at Prague.
... that their hour had come, and were ordered to prepare for their doom; and Lichtenstein
and the magistrates stepped out on to the balcony, an awning above them ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xv the day of.htm

Ezekiel's Discourse
... Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee
for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning. ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vii ezekiels discourse.htm

Sermon at the Opening Services of the General Convention, October ...
... Richard Seymour. Missionary services in the wilderness were not unlike those of
our pioneer bishops. "We did hang an awning to the trees to shield us from the ...
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The Puritan Beginnings of the Church in virginia ---Its Decline ...
... First under an awning made of an old sail, seated upon logs, with a rail nailed
to two trees for a pulpit, afterward in a poor shanty of a church, "that could ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter v the puritan beginnings.htm

Christian Churches.
... became still larger, there was no other way of accommodating it, and sheltering
it from rain or sun, than by covering the court either with an awning or a roof ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter iii christian churches.htm

A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain
... was fine, and we were upon deck staring vacantly about us, as is our custom, with
our hands in our pockets, when a large barge with an awning, and manned by ...
/.../a supplementary chapter to the.htm

Thesaurus

Awning (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead
of the cabin. Multi-Version Concordance Awning (1 Occurrence). ...
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Tilt (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A cloth cover of a boat; a small canopy or awning extended over the
sternsheets of a boat. 4. (vt) To cover with a tilt, or awning. ...
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Curtain (60 Occurrences)
... (3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isaiah 40:22), is an expression
used with reference to the veil or awning which Orientals spread for a screen ...
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Awnings (1 Occurrence)
... Of fine linen with richly woven work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to
thee for an ensign; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning...
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Awl (2 Occurrences)

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Elishah (3 Occurrences)
... Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to
you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning...
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Earing (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.
5. (n.) Coming into ear, as corn. 6. (n.) A plowing of land. Int. ...
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Distinguishing (6 Occurrences)
... Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to
you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning...
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Bail (1 Occurrence)
... 11. (n.) A half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a
boat, etc. 12. (n.) A line of palisades serving as an exterior defense. 13. ...
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Broidered (9 Occurrences)
... Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to
you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning...
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Bible Concordance

Awning (1 Occurrence)

Ezekiel 27:7 Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be to you for a banner; blue and purple from the islands of Elishah was your awning.
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Subtopics

Awning

Related Terms

Tilt (2 Occurrences)

Curtain (60 Occurrences)

Awnings (1 Occurrence)

Awl (2 Occurrences)

Elishah (3 Occurrences)

Earing (2 Occurrences)

Distinguishing (6 Occurrences)

Bail (1 Occurrence)

Broidered (9 Occurrences)