Bible Dictionary: Cement

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

2. (n.) A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

3. (n.) The powder used in cementation. See Cementation.

4. (n.) Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society.

5. (n.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

6. (n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement.

7. (n.) To unite firmly or closely.

8. (n.) To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

9. (v. i.) To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere.

Strong's Hebrew

4423. melet -- mortar, cement
... 4422, 4423. melet. 4424 . mortar, cement. Transliteration: melet Phonetic
Spelling: (meh'-let) Short Definition: mortar. ... cement, clay. ...
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2563a. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay
... 2563, 2563a. chomer. 2563b . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer
Short Definition: clay. Word Origin from chamar Definition ...
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2563. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay
... 2562, 2563. chomer. 2563a . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Phonetic
Spelling: (kho'mer) Short Definition: clay. clay, heap, homer, mire, motion ...
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Library

Members of Christ
... In old Roman walls, you cannot get a stone away; for the cement, which joins the
stone to its fellows is as strong as the stone itself; and, truly, that which ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/members of christ.htm

The Believer a New Creature
... In some of the old Roman walls you can scarcely tell which is the firmer, the cement
or the stone, for their cement was so exceedingly strong, that it held the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm

Archaisms in the Hymns
... [28]. The older pronunciation, as in Shakespeare: The fear of us. May cement
their divisions, and bind up. The petty difference. [29]. ...
/.../iii archaisms in the hymns.htm

Meetings for Prayer.
... promote union among Christians. Nothing tends more to cement the hearts
of Christians than praying together. Never do they love ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture viii meetings for prayer.htm

The Catholic System.
... "The Church," says Cyprian, "which is catholic and one, is not separated or divided,
but is in truth connected and joined together by the cement of bishops ...
/.../killen/the ancient church/chapter viii the catholic system.htm

Habits
... Now, boys' and girls' minds are just like those cement walks when they are wet and
soft; and if you do a thing over and over again as a boy or girl, you will ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/habits.htm

Explanation of what is Meant by the Body, which is to be Raised ...
... killed, by men. In like manner, I should not admit that anything but cement
and stones and bricks form the body of a wall. If any ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xxxv explanation of what is.htm

The Answer to Trust
... Now, though love be the true cement by which men are bound to God, as it is the
only real bond which binds men to one another, yet the word itself covers a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the answer to trust.htm

The Feast of Tabernacles.
... Separated into the various tribes, these annual gatherings must have served to cement
the bond of national unity and establish acquaintance and friendship. ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the feast of tabernacles.htm

"And Truly Our Fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son ...
... sum and substance of it is the love of God to mankind, and proposed for this end,
to engage the love of man again, and love is the glue, the cement that alone ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon vii and truly our.htm

Thesaurus

Cement (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (n.) To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. ... 8. (n.) To overlay
or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom. ...
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Mortar (16 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews homer), cement of lime and sand (Genesis
11:3; Exodus 1:14); also potter's clay (Isaiah 41:25; Nahum 3:14). ...
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Lime (4 Occurrences)
... It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an
essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc. ... 9. (vt) To cement. ...
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Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)
... purification. The universal use of cement rendering to the walls of the cisterns
was most necessary to seal up the fissures of the rock. ...
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Cistern (21 Occurrences)
... purification. The universal use of cement rendering to the walls of the cisterns
was most necessary to seal up the fissures of the rock. ...
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Well (2882 Occurrences)
... purification. The universal use of cement rendering to the walls of the cisterns
was most necessary to seal up the fissures of the rock. ...
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Pool (25 Occurrences)
... purification. The universal use of cement rendering to the walls of the cisterns
was most necessary to seal up the fissures of the rock. ...
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Oven (22 Occurrences)
... baked. (see FURNACE.). Pits were also formed for the same purposes, and
lined with cement. These were used after the same manner. ...
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Joint (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held
together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. ...
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Lute (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints
in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies ...
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Bible Concordance

Cement (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 54:11 O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Cement

Related Terms

Mortar (16 Occurrences)

Lime (4 Occurrences)

Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)

Cistern (21 Occurrences)

Well (2882 Occurrences)

Pool (25 Occurrences)