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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Psalm 147:17, etc.). (see CRYSTAL.)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4 C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.

2. (n.) Concreted sugar.

3. (n.) Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen.

4. (n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.

5. (v. t.) To cover with ice; to convert into ice, or into something resembling ice.

6. (v. t.) To cover with icing, or frosting made of sugar and milk or white of egg; to frost, as cakes, tarts, etc.

7. (v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice; to freeze.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ICE

is (qerach): Ice is almost unknown in Palestine and Syria except on the highest mountains. At moderate heights of less than 4,000 ft. a little ice may form during the night in winter, but the warm rays of the sun melt it the next day. A great quantity of snow is packed away in caves in the mountains during the winter, and is thus preserved for use in the summer months. The word is found in the Bible in three places where it describes God's power. "Out of whose womb came the ice? And the. frost" (Job 38:29); "By the breath of God ice is given" (Job 37:10); "He casteth forth his ice like morsels" (Psalm 147:17).

Figurative: Untrue friends are compared to streams "which are black by reason of the ice" (Job 6:16).

Alfred H. Joy

Greek

1529. eisodos -- an entrance, a means or place of entering
... an entrance, a means or place of entering. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: eisodos Phonetic Spelling: (ice'-od-os) Short Definition: entering ...
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2929. krustallizo -- to shine like crystal
... be clear as crystal. From krustallos; to make (ie Intransitively, resemble) ice
("crystallize") -- be clear as crystal. see GREEK krustallos. ...
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1524. eiseimi -- to go in, enter
... to go in, enter. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eiseimi Phonetic Spelling:
(ice'-i-mee) Short Definition: I go in, enter Definition: I go in, enter ...
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1531. eisporeuomai -- lit. or fig. to enter
... to enter. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eisporeuomai Phonetic Spelling:
(ice-por-yoo'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I journey into, go into Definition: I ...
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1532. eistrecho -- to run in
... to run in. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eistrecho Phonetic Spelling:
(ice-trekh'-o) Short Definition: I run in Definition: I run in, run into. ...
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1522. eisakouo -- to listen, to obey
... to listen, to obey. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eisakouo Phonetic Spelling:
(ice-ak-oo'-o) Short Definition: I hear, listen to Definition: I hear ...
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1157. danistes -- a moneylender
... a moneylender. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: danistes Phonetic
Spelling: (dan-ice-tace') Short Definition: a lender, creditor Definition: a ...
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1525. eiserchomai -- to go in (to), enter
... to go in (to), enter. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eiserchomai Phonetic
Spelling: (ice-er'-khom-ahee) Short Definition: I go in, come in, enter ...
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1398. douleuo -- to be a slave, to serve
... be in bondage, do service. From doulos; to be a slave to (literal or figurative,
involuntary or voluntary) -- be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice). see GREEK doulos. ...
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3921. pareisduo -- to settle in alongside
... to settle in alongside. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pareisduo Phonetic
Spelling: (par-ice-doo'-no) Short Definition: I enter secretly Definition: I ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7140. qerach -- frost, ice
... 7139, 7140. qerach. 7141 . frost, ice. Transliteration: qerach Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-rakh) Short Definition: ice. Word Origin ...
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1378. gabish -- crystal
... pearl. From an unused root (probably meaning to freeze); crystal (from its resemblance
to ice) -- pearl. 1377, 1378. gabish. 1379 . Strong's Numbers.
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8334. sharath -- to minister, serve
... A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute
to -- minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on. ...
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6664. tsedeq -- rightness, righteousness
... the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively)
prosperity -- X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right ...
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7141. Qorach -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name
... name NASB Word Usage Korah (26). Korah. From qarach; ice; Korach, the name of two
Edomites and three Israelites -- Korah. see HEBREW qarach. 7140, 7141. ...
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4941. mishpat -- judgment
... ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing,
due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law ...
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6663. tsadeq -- to be just or righteous
... A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense) --
cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to ...
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Library

The Northern Mountains
... But as for traces of ice-action, none, as far as I can ascertain, have
yet been met with. He would be a bold man who should deny ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xi the northern mountains.htm

"In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea"
... A year and a day had elapsed; amid mist and ice had they, with great difficulty,
steered further and further; the winter had now begun; the sun had set, one ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/in the uttermost parts of.htm

When one at the Back of the North Wind Wanted to Know How Things ...
... The ridge of ice which encircled it appeared but a few yards off, and no larger
than the row of pebbles with which a child will mark out the boundaries of the ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 11 when one at.htm

Temporary Hardening.
... heart. The love first resisted now returns with irresistible power to gladden
his soul. The crust of ice begins to melt. A blessed ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxiv temporary hardening.htm

"Something"
... For a few days, as your highness must know, the wind was quite still, but it was
bitterly cold; the ice lay over the water as far as one could see. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/wells/bible stories and religious classics/something.htm

The Brethren in Poland, 1548-1570.
... Here occurred the famous incident on the ice which made his name remembered
in Thorn for many a year to come. As he was walking ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter ix the brethren in.htm

A Secret Life of Prayer.
... But the great danger here is not simply in the huge mountain of ice that you see
looming up against the sky, great as that is. It is in the unseen ice. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/a secret life of prayer.htm

The Thaw.
... The thaw. The ice and snow we lately saw,. Which covered all the ground; ... To move
away the snow,. To clear the rivers from the ice,. Or make the waters flow? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 89 the thaw.htm

Christ Teaching by Miracles
... "Ice in Summer." Some years ago a Christian merchant, in one of our eastern
cities, failed in business, and lost everything he had. ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/christ teaching by miracles.htm

Psalm CXXVI.
... In a certain passage Scripture saith, in admonishing us concerning good works,
"Thy sins also shall melt away, even as the ice in fair warm weather." [5501 ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxvi.htm

Thesaurus

Ice (20 Occurrences)
... Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4 C. being 1.0) being less
than that of water, ice floats. 2. (n.) Concreted sugar. ...
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Ice-storm (14 Occurrences)
Ice-storm. Ice-drops, Ice-storm. Ichabod . Multi-Version Concordance
Ice-storm (14 Occurrences). Exodus 9:18 Truly, tomorrow ...
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Ice-drops (7 Occurrences)
Ice-drops. Ice, Ice-drops. Ice-storm . Multi-Version Concordance
Ice-drops (7 Occurrences). Revelation 16:21 And great drops of ...
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Raining (10 Occurrences)
... law, or not; (YLT). 2 Samuel 22:13 Before his shining light his dark clouds
went past, raining ice and coals of fire. (BBE). 2 Kings 3 ...
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Crystal (7 Occurrences)
... The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal
as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of ...
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Frost (9 Occurrences)
... (Hebrews kerah, from its smoothness) Job 37:10 (RV, "ice"); Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah
36:30; rendered "ice" in Job 6:16, 38:29; and "crystal" in Ezek. 1:22. ...
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Plant (92 Occurrences)
... Exodus 9:22 And the Lord said to Moses, Now let your hand be stretched out to heaven
so that there may be an ice-storm on all the land of Egypt, on man and on ...
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Drops (27 Occurrences)
... Revelation 16:21 And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent,
came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because ...
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Drift (1 Occurrence)
... esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
8. (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. ...
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Bible Concordance

Ice (20 Occurrences)

Revelation 8:7 And at the sounding of the first, a rain of ice and fire, mixed with blood, was sent on the earth: and a third part of the earth, and of the trees, and all green grass was burned up.
(BBE)

Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
(Root in KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Revelation 16:21 And great drops of ice, every one about the weight of a talent, came down out of heaven on men: and men said evil things against God because of the punishment of the ice-drops; for it is very great.
(BBE)

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 22:13 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.
(BBE)

Job 6:16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 37:10 By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:29 Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 18:12 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.
(BBE)

Psalms 18:13 Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 78:47 He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.
(BBE)

Psalms 78:48 Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.
(BBE)

Psalms 105:32 He gave them ice for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
(BBE)

Psalms 147:17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 147:18 At the outgoing of his word, the ice is turned to water; when he sends out his wind, there is a flowing of waters.
(BBE)

Psalms 148:8 Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word:
(BBE)

Isaiah 28:2 See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.
(BBE)

Isaiah 30:30 Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 1:22 And over the heads of the living beings there was the form of an arch, looking like ice, stretched out over their heads on high.
(BBE JPS YLT NIV)

Zechariah 14:6 And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;
(BBE)

Subtopics

Ice

Ice: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Ice-storm (14 Occurrences)

Ice-drops (7 Occurrences)

Raining (10 Occurrences)

Crystal (7 Occurrences)

Frost (9 Occurrences)

Plant (92 Occurrences)

Drops (27 Occurrences)