Bible Dictionary: Chimney

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A fireplace or hearth.

2. (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

3. (n.) A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

4. (n.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHIMNEY

See {i}HOUSE{/i}.

Strong's Hebrew

699. arubbah -- a lattice, window, sluice
... Word Origin from arab Definition a lattice, window, sluice NASB Word Usage chimney
(1), floodgates (2), lattices (1), windows (5). chimney, window. ...
/hebrew/699.htm - 6k

Library

The Stolen Boy --A Mother's Love.
... One day a little boy was sent up to the neighboring house to sweep the chimney,
and by some mistake he got down again through the wrong chimney. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/the stolen boya mothers love.htm

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" ...
... with mud. It had a large fire-place at one end, and a chimney made of slats
and mortar, familiarly known as a "stick" chimney. The ...
/.../chapter i birth and ancestors.htm

A Free Salvation
... Suppose I see a man building a house, and he were fool enough to lay the
foundation with chimney-pots. If I should say, "My dear ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/a free salvation.htm

And as She Stood Looking Towards London, Diamond Saw that She was ...
... Chimney-pots fell, and tiles flew from the roofs; but it looked to him as if they
were left behind by the roofs and the chimneys as they scudded away. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 4 and as she.htm

Celts and Celtophiles
... is nothing Celtic about loving poetry; the English loved poetry more, perhaps, than
any other people before they came under the shadow of the chimney-pot and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xiii celts and celtophiles.htm

The Sluggard in Harvest
... He is a great drone, for he prefers the chimney-corner to the field, even although
it cannot have been very cold if the weather was open enough to admit of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggard in harvest.htm

Early School Days
... goldenrods, asters, and sunflowers. And occasionally blue smoke could be
seen curling up from some sod-house chimney. It was evening ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter iv early school days.htm

The Retreat from Scythia.
... which they had slain in battle, and each one, impaling his own dreadful trophy upon
a stake, would set it up upon his house-top, over the chimney, where they ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter ix the retreat from.htm

Vocation of Therese
... I knew that when we reached home after Midnight Mass I should find my shoes in the
chimney-corner, filled with presents, just as when I was a little child ...
/.../martin/the story of a soul/chapter v vocation of therese.htm

The Death of the Blessed virgin Mary at Ephesus
... In the center of this wall a deep channel, like the half of a chimney,
carried the smoke up to escape by an opening in the roof. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xviii the death of the.htm

Thesaurus

Chimney (1 Occurrence)
... an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above
the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. ...CHIMNEY. ...
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Flue
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A pipe in a chimney or organ for directing
a current of air or gasses; an air passage. 2. (n.) A ...
/f/flue.htm - 7k

Pot (46 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a
chimney pot. 5. (n.) A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. ...
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Bonnet (1 Occurrence)
... 6. (n.) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace,
or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. ...
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Sweep (34 Occurrences)
... surface) so as to remove loose dirt, dust, etc.; to brush, or rub over, with a broom
for the purpose of cleaning; as, to sweep a floor, the street, or a chimney...
/s/sweep.htm - 19k

Chimham (4 Occurrences)

/c/chimham.htm - 10k

Chin (8 Occurrences)

/c/chin.htm - 9k

Hearth (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a
fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. ...
/h/hearth.htm - 15k

Jamb (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The vertical side of any opening, as a door or fireplace; hence, less properly,
any narrow vertical surface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a ...
/j/jamb.htm - 7k

Lower (72 Occurrences)
... to lower a flag. 3. (v.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence
or wall; to lower a chimney or turret. 4. (v.) To depress ...
/l/lower.htm - 30k

Bible Concordance

Chimney (1 Occurrence)

Hosea 13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
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Subtopics

Chimney

Chimney: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Flue

Pot (46 Occurrences)

Bonnet (1 Occurrence)

Sweep (34 Occurrences)

Chimham (4 Occurrences)

Chin (8 Occurrences)

Hearth (12 Occurrences)

Jamb (1 Occurrence)