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Strong's Hebrew

8168. shoal -- hollow hand, handful
... 8167, 8168. shoal. 8169 . hollow hand, handful. Transliteration: shoal
Phonetic Spelling: (sho'-al) Short Definition: handfuls. ...
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4393. melo -- fullness, that which fills
... Usage all (2), all it contains (8), all its fullness (1), band (1), contains (1),
fill (1), full (11), fullness (4), handful* (3), handfuls* (2), multitude (1 ...
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2651. chophen -- the hollow of the hand
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition the hollow of the hand NASB Word Usage
fists (2), handfuls* (2), hands (2). fists, both hands, handful. ...
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Library

Our Lord Subdued his Might and Constrained It, that his Living ...
... This harvest wherein every day there labour, diseases as harvesters, I alone carry
the handfuls and gather them up; other gatherers in making haste, drop ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xxxvi our lord subdued.htm

Centenary Commemoration of the Consecration of Bishop Seabury. ...
... A small and despised remnant of a once powerful people straggling back, as it
might seem, in handfuls, from their seventy years' captivity. ...
/.../centenary commemoration of the consecration.htm

The Saybrook Platform and the Toleration Act
... True, there were a few handfuls of dissenters scattered through the colony, but
Congregationalism, with a strong tincture of Presbyterianism, was almost the ...
/.../chapter vii the saybrook platform.htm

Gregory Consoles Himself.
... bear us in safety through all that shall befall as; and it may be that we shall
come yet again to thee, bringing with us the fruits and handfuls yielded by ...
/.../argument xvii gregory consoles himself.htm

God's Word not to be Refused
... most earnestly preached. Let the sower scatter handfuls of seeds, and birds
will find out the seeds and soon devour them. Let the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/gods word not to be.htm

Boaz and Ruth.
... thy mother-in-law since the death of thine husband." He also bade her to eat and
drink with his servants, and told his reapers to let some handfuls of grain ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/boaz and ruth.htm

While Licinius Pursued with his Army, the Fugitive Tyrant ...
... within him, so that he was driven to distraction with the intolerable pain; and
during a fit of frenzy, which lasted four days, he gathered handfuls of earth ...
/.../chap xlix while licinius pursued.htm

Why Men do not Attain Quickly to the Perfect Love of God. Of Four ...
... 5. A pleasant way this of seeking the love of God! we retain our own affections,
and yet will have that love, as they say, by handfuls. ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xi why men do.htm

2 Cor. Ix. 10
... also he continually calls it "seed." For like as the corn cast into the ground showeth
luxuriant crops, so also many are the handfuls almsgiving produceth of ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xx 2 cor ix.htm

The Bad Squire
... 'Can your lady patch hearts that are breaking With handfuls of coals and rice, Or
by dealing out flannel and sheeting A little below cost price? ...
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Thesaurus

Sheaves (13 Occurrences)
... shef, shevz ('alummah, `omer, `amir): When the grain is reaped, it is laid in handfuls
back of the reaper to be gathered by children or those who cannot stand ...
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Sheaf (11 Occurrences)
... shef, shevz ('alummah, `omer, `amir): When the grain is reaped, it is laid in handfuls
back of the reaper to be gathered by children or those who cannot stand ...
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Furnace (35 Occurrences)
... destruction of the cities of the plain is said to have ascended "as the smoke of
a furnace"; in Exodus 9:8, where Yahweh commands to take "handfuls of ashes of ...
/f/furnace.htm - 22k

Sprinkle (37 Occurrences)
... sprin'-k'-l, sprin'-kling (zaraq, nazah; rhantizein): The first word means "to toss"
or "scatter abundantly," eg in handfuls, as dust on the head (Job 2:12) or ...
/s/sprinkle.htm - 26k

Handfuls (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Handfuls (7 Occurrences). Genesis 41:47 And in the seven
plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. (KJV ASV DBY YLT). ...
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Barley (35 Occurrences)
... The false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:19) are said to have profaned God among the people
for "handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread." Barley was also used in ...
/b/barley.htm - 23k

Handful (10 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 20:10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also,
if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who ...
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Quietness (15 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS). Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is a handful, with quietness,
than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind. ...
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Kiln (5 Occurrences)
... Exodus 9:8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of
the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. ...
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Gleaned (6 Occurrences)
... Ruth 2:16 and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left,
and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.' (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Handfuls (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
(KJV ASV DBY YLT)

Exodus 9:8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 16:12 He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Kings 20:10 Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, "The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 4:6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.
(WEB ASV YLT NIV)

Ezekiel 13:19 You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Handfuls

Related Terms

Sheaf (11 Occurrences)

Furnace (35 Occurrences)

Sprinkle (37 Occurrences)

Handfuls (7 Occurrences)

Barley (35 Occurrences)

Handful (10 Occurrences)

Quietness (15 Occurrences)

Kiln (5 Occurrences)

Gleaned (6 Occurrences)