Bible Dictionary: Bricks

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ATS Bible Dictionary

Bricks

Were usually made of clay, dried and hardened in the sun, Genesis 11:3, though brick-kilns were sometimes used, 2 Samuel 12:31 Nahum 3:14. The tower of Babel was constructed of brick, cemented with bitumen. The bricks used were often a foot square; and great numbers of them are found, both in Babylon and Egypt, impressed with some royal or priestly stamp. The principal subject of interest connected with brick making is the fact that it was the labor in which the Hebrews in Egypt were most oppressed. On the monuments of Egypt, all the parts of this hard and ancient task-work are painted-the carrying, tempering, and molding of the clay, and the drying and pilling of the bricks-all done by foreigners under the orders of taskmasters. The straw was probably mixed with the clay to compact it. See Wilkinson's "Ancient Egyptians."

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The making of, formed the chief labour of the Israelites in Egypt (Exodus 1:13, 14). Those found among the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh are about a foot square and four inches thick. They were usually dried in the sun, though also sometimes in kilns (2 Samuel 12:31; Jeremiah 43:9; Nahum 3:14). (see NEBUCHADNEZZAR.)

The bricks used in the tower of Babel were burnt bricks, cemented in the building by bitumen (Genesis 11:3).

Strong's Hebrew

3843. lebenah -- brick, tile
... 3842, 3843. lebenah. 3844 . brick, tile. Transliteration: lebenah Phonetic
Spelling: (leb-ay-naw') Short Definition: bricks. Word ...
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3835. laban -- to be white
... A primitive root; to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from lbenah) to
make bricks -- make brick, be (made, make) white(-r). see HEBREW lbenah. ...
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3835b. laban -- to make brick
... Word Origin denominative verb from lebenah Definition to make brick NASB Word Usage
make brick (1), make bricks (1), making brick (1). 3835a, 3835b. ...
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Library

Pharaoh the Stubborn Ruler
... The same day Pharaoh gave this command to the taskmasters who were over the people:
"You shall no longer give the people straw for making bricks as before. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/pharaoh the stubborn ruler.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... use of brick as a building material"Their city walls: the temples and local gods;
reconstruction of their history by means of the stamped bricks of which ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

The Child Moses.
... Then a new king came to the throne, who was afraid of their numbers, and made slaves
of them all, forcing them to make bricks and build for him great walls ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/the child moses.htm

The Rod that Troubled Egypt.
... They made bricks of clay mixed with straw, that hardened in the sun, and were as
lasting as stone, but he forced them to find the straw wherever they could ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xi the rod that.htm

Discovery of the Relics of Forty Holy Martyrs.
... But open to view, an edifice was erected above the foundation, inclosed with
baked bricks, and a secret descent from it to the martyrs. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter ii discovery of the relics.htm

"Something"
... I will make bricks; folk cannot do without them, so I shall at least do Something.".
"Something very little, though," replied the second brother. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/wells/bible stories and religious classics/something.htm

Chapter xi
... 3, 4. And they said, one to another: Come, let us make bricks and let us burn them
well. And they used brick in place of stone and bitumen in place of mortar. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xi.htm

The Conquest of Babylon.
... The walls were made of bricks, and the bricks were formed of clay and earth,
which was dug from a trench made outside of the lines. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter viii the conquest of.htm

Nineveh.
... It was enclosed by a huge wall, so wide that three chariots could drive side by
side on the top, and built of bricks made of the clay of the country, dried in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson ix nineveh.htm

The Story of the Tower of Babel
... Then they said one to another, "Come, let us make bricks and thoroughly bake
them." So they had bricks for stone and asphalt for mortar. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/the story of the tower.htm

Thesaurus

Bricks (10 Occurrences)
... (see NEBUCHADNEZZAR.). The bricks used in the tower of Babel were burnt bricks,
cemented in the building by bitumen (Genesis 11:3). ...Bricks (10 Occurrences). ...
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Brick (10 Occurrences)
... a clamp. 2. (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material;
as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. 3. (n.) Any ...
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Bond (32 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall.
The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several ...
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Assur (2 Occurrences)
... soldiers. The base of the outer wall was of stone; above it were mud bricks
strengthened at intervals with courses of burned bricks. ...
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Sherghat
... soldiers. The base of the outer wall was of stone; above it were mud bricks
strengthened at intervals with courses of burned bricks. ...
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Asshur (133 Occurrences)
... soldiers. The base of the outer wall was of stone; above it were mud bricks
strengthened at intervals with courses of burned bricks. ...
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Quota (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Quota (5 Occurrences). Exodus 5:8 The number of
the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. ...
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Tale (7 Occurrences)
... requested permission to go three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice
to Yahweh, Pharaoh replied by demanding the full "tale" of bricks from the ...
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Brickwork (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Anything made of bricks. 2. (n.) The act
of building with or laying bricks. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Babylonia (17 Occurrences)
... alluvial plain, had to be of brick, which was largely sun-dried, although in certain
prosperous eras there is much evidence of kiln-dried bricks having been ...
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Bible Concordance

Bricks (10 Occurrences)

Genesis 11:3 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
(WEB BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 1:14 And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
(BBE DBY NAS)

Exodus 5:7 Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore -- they go and have gathered straw for themselves;
(YLT RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying,'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:14 And the responsible men of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's overseers had put over them, were given blows, and they said to them, Why have you not done your regular work, in making bricks as before?
(BBE RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:16 They give us no dry stems and they say to us, Make bricks: and they give your servants blows; but it is your people who are in the wrong.
(BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:18 Go therefore now, and work, for no straw shall be given to you, yet you shall deliver the same number of bricks!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 5:19 The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 9:10 "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 65:3 a people who provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense on bricks;
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Bricks

Related Terms

Brick (10 Occurrences)

Bond (32 Occurrences)

Assur (2 Occurrences)

Sherghat

Asshur (133 Occurrences)

Quota (5 Occurrences)

Tale (7 Occurrences)

Brickwork (2 Occurrences)