Bible Dictionary: Protuberance

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) That which is swelled beyond the surrounding surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Strong's Hebrew

7166. qarsol -- ankle
... Word Origin from qaras Definition ankle NASB Word Usage feet (2). foot. From qarac;
an ankle (as a protuberance or joint) -- foot. see HEBREW qarac. ...
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Library

The Germination of the Earth.
... The need, for example, after its annual growth sends forth a protuberance from
its roots, which takes the place of seed for future trees. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily v the germination of.htm

That the Form of Man was Framed to Serve as an Instrument for the ...
... the sound by the two passages that extend to the nostrils, and by the cartilages
about the perforated bone, as it were by some scaly protuberance, makes its ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/ix that the form of.htm

Against Embellishing the Body.
... She draws back, as it were, by these poles, the protuberance of the stomach
in front. Has one yellow eyebrows? She stains them with soot. ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ii against embellishing the body.htm

While the Foregoing Scene was Taking Place at the Vatican...
... reason for the prejudice existing against woman's work"if it excels that of man,
we consider it a kind of morbid growth"an unnatural protuberance on the ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxix while the foregoing scene.htm

The First Theban Empire
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2. <. ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm

Thesaurus

Protuberance (1 Occurrence)
... knob; an elevation. Multi-Version Concordance Protuberance (1 Occurrence).
1 Kings 7:20 and the chapiters on the two pillars also ...
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Wart (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart;
specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants. ...
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Teat
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from
the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit. ...
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Bunch (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump. ... 4. (vi) To swell out
into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round. ...
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Bud (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A small protuberance on the stem or branches of a plant, containing the
rudiments of future leaves, flowers, or stems; an undeveloped branch or flower. ...
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Swelling (14 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A protuberance; a prominence. 4. (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance;
as, a scrofulous swelling. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SWELLING. ...
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Hump (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back. 2.
(n.) A fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal, as a camel or whale. ...
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Knob (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising;
a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. ...
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Dromedary (3 Occurrences)
... (n.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on
the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps. Int. ...
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Mole (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; esp., a
spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs. ...
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Bible Concordance

Protuberance (1 Occurrence)

1 Kings 7:20 and the chapiters on the two pillars also above, over-against the protuberance that 'is' beside the net; and the pomegranates 'are' two hundred, in rows round about on the second chapiter.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Protuberance

Related Terms

Wart (1 Occurrence)

Teat

Bunch (6 Occurrences)

Bud (23 Occurrences)

Swelling (14 Occurrences)

Hump (1 Occurrence)

Knob (4 Occurrences)

Dromedary (3 Occurrences)

Mole (2 Occurrences)