Bible Dictionary: Cleaning

◄ Cleaning ►

Jump to: Topical • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Library • Subtopics • Terms

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clean.

2. (n.) The act of making clean.

3. (n.) The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc.

Topical Bible Verses

Luke 10:38-42
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Topicalbible.org

Library

Diamond Became a Great Favourite with all the Men About the Mews. ...
... this"-. "I'ma stupid old horse, who can't brush his own coat; but there's
my young godson on my back, cleaning me like an angel.". ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 17 diamond became a.htm

Prison Experiences for Conscience' Sake --Our Prison
... upon to do fatigue duty. The day before we were asked to do some cleaning
about camp and to bring water. We wished to be obliging ...
/.../prison experiences for conscience sakeour.htm

Further Strictures on the Same Subject.
... Hasten hither with the pin for panning the hair, and the powder for polishing the
teeth, and some forked implement of steel or brass for cleaning the nails. ...
/.../tertullian/on repentance/chapter xi further strictures on the.htm

Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... The maidens employed themselves with embroidery and other forms of decoration of
carpets and vestments, and also with the cleaning of these vestments and of ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

Chapter twenty-eight
... It was the afternoon of that morning when Burns was installed in his new position
as assistant janitor that he was cleaning off the front steps of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-eight.htm

The Romans Provided Gods for Birth, Nay, Even Before Birth, to ...
... her Rumina. [962] It is a wonderful oversight that no gods were appointed
for cleaning up the filth of children. Then, to preside ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xi the romans provided gods.htm

On the Sacraments in General
... be baptized, and the saying of the words. Water is generally used for cleaning
purposes. Water, therefore, is used in Baptism as ...
/.../kinkead/baltimore catechism no 4/lesson 13 on the sacraments.htm

A Water Haul.
... Peter was down there, just a short distance off, with his partners and crew
in their fishing boats, cleaning up after the night's haul. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/a water haul.htm

Meditation ii. The Supper-Room.
... A week before, I had seen several persons engaged in putting the stones on one side,
cleaning the court, and preparing the supper-room for the celebration of ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/meditation ii the supper-room.htm

Instructions for Fishermen
... It leads in the incident of my text to a closer discipleship, which did not admit
of Simon and John hauling or cleaning their nets any more. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/instructions for fishermen.htm

Thesaurus

Cleaning (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Cleaning (8 Occurrences). ... Now the woman who kept
the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her. (BBE). ...
/c/cleaning.htm - 9k

Grain-cleaning (1 Occurrence)
Grain-cleaning. Grain, Grain-cleaning. Grain-crushers . Multi-Version
Concordance Grain-cleaning (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles ...
/g/grain-cleaning.htm - 6k

Sweeping (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom
does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it ...
/s/sweeping.htm - 7k

Testing (46 Occurrences)
... Zechariah 13:9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them
as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will ...
/t/testing.htm - 19k

Cleanness (9 Occurrences)

/c/cleanness.htm - 9k

Grain-crushers (2 Occurrences)
Grain-crushers. Grain-cleaning, Grain-crushers. Grain-crushing . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (BBE). Grain-cleaning, Grain-crushers. Grain-crushing . ...
/g/grain-crushers.htm - 7k

Glean (12 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To pick up or gather anything by degrees. 6. (n.) A collection made by gleaning.
7. (n.) Cleaning; afterbirth. Multi-Version Concordance ...
/g/glean.htm - 11k

Graving (7 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Grave. 2. (n.) The act of cleaning a ship's bottom. 3. (n.) The act
or art of carving figures in hard substances, esp. by incision or in intaglio. ...
/g/graving.htm - 10k

Winnowing (7 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 15:7 And I have sent a cleaning wind on them in the public places of the
land; I have taken their children from them; I have given my people to ...
/w/winnowing.htm - 9k

Wipe (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The lapwing. 2. (vt) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean
or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel. ...
/w/wipe.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Cleaning (8 Occurrences)

Numbers 31:23 And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 4:5 And Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, went out and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, when he was resting in the middle of the day. Now the woman who kept the door was cleaning grain, and sleep overcame her.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 4:6 They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 30:20 This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A burning wind from the open hilltops in the waste land is blowing on the daughter of my people, not for separating or cleaning the grain;
(BBE)

Jeremiah 15:7 And I have sent a cleaning wind on them in the public places of the land; I have taken their children from them; I have given my people to destruction; they have not been turned from their ways.
(BBE)

Zechariah 13:9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
(BBE)

Malachi 3:3 He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Cleaning

Cleaning up Your Life

Related Terms

Grain-cleaning (1 Occurrence)

Sweeping (3 Occurrences)

Testing (46 Occurrences)

Cleanness (9 Occurrences)

Grain-crushers (2 Occurrences)

Glean (12 Occurrences)

Graving (7 Occurrences)

Winnowing (7 Occurrences)