Bible Dictionary: Stump

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.

2. (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.

3. (n.) The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.

4. (n.) One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a wicket and support the bails.

5. (n.) A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.

6. (n.) A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

7. (v. t.) To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop.

8. (v. t.) To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub.

9. (v. t.) To challenge; also, to nonplus.

10. (v. t.) To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n.

11. (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out.

12. (n.) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket.

13. (v. i.) To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.

Strong's Hebrew

4676. matstsebah -- a pillar, stump
... 4675, 4676. matstsebah. 4677 . a pillar, stump. Transliteration: matstsebah
Phonetic Spelling: (mats-tsay-baw') Short Definition: pillar. ...
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2180. zanab -- tail, end, stump
... 2179, 2180. zanab. 2181 . tail, end, stump. Transliteration: zanab Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-nawb') Short Definition: tail. Word Origin ...
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6136. iqqar -- root, stock
... root, stock. Transliteration: iqqar Phonetic Spelling: (ik-kar') Short Definition:
stump. stump (Aramaic) from aqar; a stock -- stump. see HEBREW aqar. ...
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1503. geza -- a stock, stem
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a stock, stem NASB Word Usage
stem (1), stock (1), stump (1). stem, stock. From an unused ...
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6136a. iqqar -- root, stock
... root, stock. Transliteration: iqqar Short Definition: stump. Word Origin (Aramaic)
corresponding to eqer Definition root, stock NASB Word Usage stump (3). ...
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Library

Wesley on "Boston Stump"
... Chapter 18. On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lorg George
Gordon Wesley on "Boston Stump". Friday, 16."We went ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley on boston stump.htm

The Sucker from the Felled Oak
... fated for its formidable antagonist. The one is a cedar, the stump of which
rots slowly, but never recovers. The other is an oak ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the sucker from the felled.htm

A Hint from a Caribou
... Presently the mother caribou raised her head, sniffed the air, and looked
in the direction where the man was hidden behind a stump. ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a hint from a caribou.htm

The Suffering Servant-I
... plant' means a sucker, and 'root' probably would more properly be taken as a shoot
from a root, the tree having been felled, and nothing left but the stump. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the suffering servant-i.htm

The Dream of the Tree Cut Down
... Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron
and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/vi the dream of the.htm

True Greatness
... shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under
it, and the fowls from his branches: nevertheless leave the stump of his roots ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 42 true greatness.htm

Christ's Prayer Answered.
... cleared land. All the long October day they would toil, raising a stack
of dry limbs upon the stump which needed to be removed. In ...
/.../rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter iv christs prayer answered.htm

A Clearing-Up Storm in the Realm
... spared. The tree is cut down, but the stump is spared; and there is life in
the stump. ... remnant. The old stump will put out a new shoot. ...
/.../vi a clearing-up storm in the.htm

Reform
... said Dagon fell upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord, and his
head and the palms of his hands were cut off, nevertheless the stump of Dagon ...
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"The Axe is Laid to the Root. "
... "HEW DOWN THE TREE!". But in his case it was not said, "Cast it into the
fire," but leave the stump with a band of iron and brass. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxxi the axe is laid.htm

Thesaurus

Stump (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or
destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger ...
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Fish-stump (1 Occurrence)
Fish-stump. Fish-spears, Fish-stump. Fishy . Multi-Version Concordance
Fish-stump (1 Occurrence). 1 Samuel 5:4 And when ...
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Roots (31 Occurrences)
... Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet ...
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Drenched (11 Occurrences)
... Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet ...
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Wet (25 Occurrences)
... Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet ...
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Stumbling-stone (3 Occurrences)
Stumbling-stone. Stumblingstone, Stumbling-stone. Stump . Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... (YLT). Stumblingstone, Stumbling-stone. Stump . Reference Bible.
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Bathed (45 Occurrences)
... Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed ...
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Dew (35 Occurrences)
... Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet ...
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Outer (98 Occurrences)
... from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to
inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket ...
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Gate (248 Occurrences)
... vantage; power; might. 5. (n.) In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump
of the bolt to pass through or into. 6. (n.) The channel ...
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Bible Concordance

Stump (7 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 5:4 When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off on the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Job 14:8 Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stock dies in the ground,
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Isaiah 6:13 And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 11:1 And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
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Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth:
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Daniel 4:23 Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky: and let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 4:26 Whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that the heavens do rule.
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Subtopics

Stump

Related Terms

Fish-stump (1 Occurrence)

Roots (31 Occurrences)

Drenched (11 Occurrences)

Wet (25 Occurrences)

Stumbling-stone (3 Occurrences)

Bathed (45 Occurrences)

Dew (35 Occurrences)

Outer (98 Occurrences)

Gate (248 Occurrences)