Bible Dictionary: Overhead

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

Strong's Hebrew

4605. maal -- above, upwards
... very. From alah; properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix
upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc. -- above ...
/hebrew/4605.htm - 6k

Library

The Life of Paulus the First Hermit.
... by his command to some delightful pleasure gardens, and there amid white lilies
and blushing roses, close by a gently murmuring stream, while overhead the soft ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/the life of paulus the.htm

A New Pretender
... any of the group could stir, a second thunderous shock sent a tremor over the room,
and a fragment of marble detached from a support overhead and dropped to ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xiii a new pretender.htm

A Letter from a West Indian Cottage Ornee
... You hear a sudden rattle, as of boards and brown paper, overhead, and find that
it is the clashing of the huge leaves of a young fan palm, {78a} growing not ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter v a letter from.htm

The Memphite Empire
... It is in vain that the sky is serene above them and the sun shines overhead; they
always fear that at the moment in which danger seems least likely to threaten ...
/.../chapter iithe memphite empire.htm

An Awful Contrast
... of these terrible words: "Then did they spit in his face." There is more of deep
and awful thunder in them than in the bolt that bursts overhead, there is more ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 42 1896/an awful contrast.htm

Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
... Of a sudden he noticed how the ripe fruit overhead, bursting for richness, dropped
its luscious juice on the ground, while at a little distance the distended ...
/.../sketches of jewish social life/chapter 1 palestine eighteen centuries.htm

The Two Yokes
... words, "Consider the lilies," he stooped down and plucked a lily; and when he said,
"Consider the ravens," he pointed to the ravens flying overhead, in the sky ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/the two yokes.htm

When Diamond Got Round the Corner of the Hay...
... She was gone. And there he stood, with his bare feet on the stones of the paved
yard. It was a clear night overhead, and the stars were shining. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 2 when diamond got.htm

Chapter twenty-four
... confusion and terror. The great rooms downstairs were empty, but overhead
were hurried footsteps and confused noises. One of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-four.htm

As they Flew, So Fast they Went that the Sea Slid Away from under ...
... They went so fast that the stars themselves appeared to sail away past them overhead,
"like golden boats," on a blue sea turned upside down. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 12 as they flew.htm

Thesaurus

Overhead (4 Occurrences)
...Overhead (4 Occurrences). ... And overhead, above the gates, names were inscribed which
are those of the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel. (WEY). ...
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Battle (282 Occurrences)
... The sun to Joshua was associated with Gibeon, and the sun can naturally be associated
with a locality in either of two positions: it may be overhead to the ...
/b/battle.htm - 55k

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... The sun to Joshua was associated with Gibeon, and the sun can naturally be associated
with a locality in either of two positions: it may be overhead to the ...
/b/bethhoron.htm - 30k

Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... The sun to Joshua was associated with Gibeon, and the sun can naturally be associated
with a locality in either of two positions: it may be overhead to the ...
/b/beth-horon.htm - 30k

Vertical (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point;
directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one. ...
/v/vertical.htm - 7k

Overheard (3 Occurrences)

/o/overheard.htm - 7k

Over-hard (2 Occurrences)
Over-hard. Overhangs, Over-hard. Overhead . Multi-Version Concordance
Over-hard (2 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Overhangs, Over-hard. Overhead . Reference
/o/over-hard.htm - 7k

Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides.
When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. ...
/g/gallery.htm - 11k

Inscribed (20 Occurrences)
... And overhead, above the gates, names were inscribed which are those of the
twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel. (WEY DBY RSV). ...
/i/inscribed.htm - 12k

Tilt (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A covering overhead; especially, a tent.
2. (n.) The cloth covering of a cart or a wagon. 3. (n ...
/t/tilt.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Overhead (4 Occurrences)

Revelation 21:12 It has a wall, massive and high, with twelve large gates, and in charge of the gates were twelve angels. And overhead, above the gates, names were inscribed which are those of the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel.
(WEY)

1 Kings 7:11 Overhead were highly priced stones cut to measure, and cedar-wood.
(BBE)

Proverbs 8:28 When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:
(BBE)

Isaiah 31:5 As birds hovering, so will the LORD of hosts protect Jerusalem; He will deliver it as He protecteth it, He will rescue it as He passeth over.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Overhead

Related Terms

Battle (282 Occurrences)

Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)

Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)

Vertical (1 Occurrence)

Overheard (3 Occurrences)

Over-hard (2 Occurrences)

Gallery (2 Occurrences)

Inscribed (20 Occurrences)

Tilt (2 Occurrences)