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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Log

[WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND MEASURES]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Log

A Hebrew measure for liquids, containing five-sixths of a pint, Le 14:10,12,24.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Leviticus 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is the Hebrew unit of measure of capacity, and is equal to the contents of six ordinary hen's eggs=the twelfth part of a him, or nearly a pint.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

2. (n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

3. (n.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.

4. (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.

5. (n.) A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

6. (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.

7. (v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.

8. (v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.

9. (v. i.) To move to and fro; to rock.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

LOG

log, logh, "deepened," "hollowed out" (Leviticus 14:10-24)): The smallest liquid or dry measure of the Hebrews, equal to about 1 pint.

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Greek

1385. dokos -- a beam of timber
... 1385 -- a large beam (joist) of wood; "" () a log on which planks in the house rest
(as in the papyri); joist, rafter, plank (Moffatt); a pole sticking out ...
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4817. sullogizomai -- to reckon, to compute, ie to reason
... to reckon, to compute, ie to reason. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sullogizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (sool-log-id'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I reason ...
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3053. logismos -- a reasoning, a thought
... a reasoning, a thought. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: logismos
Phonetic Spelling: (log-is-mos') Short Definition: reasoning, thinking ...
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3054. logomacheo -- to strive with words
... to strive with words. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: logomacheo Phonetic
Spelling: (log-om-akh-eh'-o) Short Definition: I contend about words Definition ...
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1589. ekloge -- a (divine) selection
... a (divine) selection. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ekloge Phonetic
Spelling: (ek-log-ay') Short Definition: a choosing out, selecting, choice ...
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2129. eulogia -- praise, blessing
... praise, blessing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eulogia Phonetic
Spelling: (yoo-log-ee'-ah) Short Definition: adulation, praise, blessing ...
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3049. logizomai -- to reckon, to consider
... to reckon, to consider. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: logizomai Phonetic
Spelling: (log-id'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I reckon, count, decide ...
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485. antilogia -- gainsaying, contradiction
... gainsaying, contradiction. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: antilogia
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-log-ee'-ah) Short Definition: contradiction ...
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1677. ellogeo -- to charge to one's account, impute
... to charge to one's account, impute. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ellogeo
Phonetic Spelling: (el-log-eh'-o) Short Definition: I charge to, put to one's ...
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2127. eulogeo -- to speak well of, praise
... to speak well of, praise. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eulogeo Phonetic
Spelling: (yoo-log-eh'-o) Short Definition: I bless Definition: (lit: I speak ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3849. log -- a log (a liquid measure)
... 3848, 3849. log. 3850 . a log (a liquid measure). Transliteration: log
Phonetic Spelling: (lohg) Short Definition: log. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/3849.htm - 6k

1544. gillul -- an idol
... idol. Or (shortened) gillul {ghil-lool'}; from galal; properly, a log (as round);
by implication, an idol -- idol. see HEBREW galal. 1543, 1544. gillul. 1545 ...
/hebrew/1544.htm - 6k

1356. geb -- a pit, trench, ditch
... beam, ditch, pit From guwb; a log (as cut out); also well or cistern (as dug) --
beam, ditch, pit. see HEBREW guwb. 1355, 1356. geb. 1356a . Strong's Numbers
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Library

The Necessity of Other Preparatory Acts Besides Faith
... In fact he compared man to a "log, stick or stone." This view was shared by Amsdorf,
Flacius, and others, whereas Osiander and Butzer admitted that "inherent ...
/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 2 the necessity of.htm

His First School. The School-House. The Teacher. The Order of ...
... The path to it passed through a broken place in a large log that lay across
this path. In this I would never walk, nor would I pass ...
/.../chapter ii his first school.htm

The Great Stone Face
... inhabitants. Some of these good people dwelt in log huts, with the black forest
all around them, on the steep and difficult hillsides. ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the great stone face.htm

Spiritual Worship
... See that log, which, vulgarly speaking, moves on the sea! It is in reality moved
by the water. The water is moved by the wind; that is, a current of air. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 77 spiritual worship.htm

True Wisdom.
... Away out in the prairie regions, when meetings are held at night in the log
schoolhouses, the announcement of the meeting is given out in this way: ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/the overcoming life/true wisdom.htm

"She Hath done what She Could. "
... fishing. He was a profane and notoriously wicked man. His little girl
went to the Sabbath-school at the log school-house. There ...
/.../moody/to the work to the work/chapter vii she hath done.htm

The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism.
... Allen Wiley sacrificed the hardships of a frontier farmer, with its huskings and
log-rollings and house-raisings, for the position of a traveling preacher ...
/.../the heroic women of early indiana methodism/the heroic women of early.htm

The Fifth Day in Passion-Week - Make Ready the Passover!'
... [5624] The quantity for each of the four Cups is stated by one authority as
five-sixteenths of a log, which may be ... 37 c. The log = to the contents of six eggs. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ix the fifth day.htm

Faith
... The same instant that the rope came into his hand a log floated by the
other man. The thoughtless and confused bargeman instead ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/faith.htm

Entire Sanctification as Taught by Paul.
... Then the captain ascertains by the compass what direction he is pursuing, and by
the log, the rate at which the ship is sailing, and thus by marking out his ...
/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter vii entire sanctification as.htm

Thesaurus

Log (12 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress;
also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log...
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Wave-offering (22 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:12 And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for
a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering ...
/w/wave-offering.htm - 13k

Trespass-offering (34 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:12 And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for
a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering ...
/t/trespass-offering.htm - 18k

Waved (29 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:12 and the priest hath taken the one he-lamb, and hath brought it near
for a guilt-offering, also the log of oil, and hath waved them -- a wave ...
/w/waved.htm - 16k

Guilt-offering (34 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:12 And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for
a trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave-offering ...
/g/guilt-offering.htm - 17k

Deluge (17 Occurrences)
... del'-uj 1. The Biblical Account 2. "Noah's Log Book" 3. The Egyptian Tradition 4.
The Indian Tradition 5. The Chinese Tradition 6. The Greek Tradition 7. The ...
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Wave (65 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for
a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering ...
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Noah (55 Occurrences)
... del'-uj 1. The Biblical Account 2. "Noah's Log Book" 3. The Egyptian Tradition 4.
The Indian Tradition 5. The Chinese Tradition 6. The Greek Tradition 7. The ...
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Lambs (107 Occurrences)
... blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah
of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. ...
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Ephah (55 Occurrences)
... blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah
of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. ...
/e/ephah.htm - 27k

Bible Concordance

Log (12 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
(See NAS RSV)

Matthew 7:4 Or how will you tell your brother,'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
(See NAS RSV)

Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
(See NAS RSV)

Luke 6:41 Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
(See NAS RSV)

Luke 6:42 Or how can you tell your brother,'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.
(See NAS RSV)

Leviticus 14:10 "On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:12 "The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:21 "If he is poor, and can't afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 14:24 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 6:2 Let us go, please, to the Jordan, and every man a beam from there, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell." He answered, "Go!"
(See RSV)

2 Kings 6:5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed."
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Log

Log: A Measure for Liquids, Holding About a Pint

Related Terms

Wave-offering (22 Occurrences)

Trespass-offering (34 Occurrences)

Waved (29 Occurrences)

Guilt-offering (34 Occurrences)

Deluge (17 Occurrences)

Wave (65 Occurrences)

Noah (55 Occurrences)

Lambs (107 Occurrences)