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The term "whereon" is an archaic English word that appears in various translations of the Bible, including the Berean Standard Bible . It is used to denote the object or basis upon which something is placed or established. In biblical contexts, "whereon" often refers to physical locations, objects, or metaphorical foundations.

Biblical Usage

1. Physical Locations and Objects: "Whereon" is frequently used to describe the physical place or object upon which an action occurs or is based. For example, in the context of altars, sacrifices, or other religious practices, "whereon" might describe the specific location or item involved in the ritual.

· Example: In 1 Kings 13:3 , the term is used in the prophecy concerning the altar at Bethel: "That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, 'This is the sign that the LORD has spoken: The altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.'"

2. Metaphorical Foundations: Beyond physical descriptions, "whereon" can also refer to the metaphorical or spiritual foundation of beliefs, actions, or divine principles. It emphasizes the underlying basis or reason for a particular event or commandment.

· Example: In the context of faith and obedience, "whereon" might be used to highlight the foundation of trust in God's promises or the basis of moral and ethical teachings.

Theological Significance

In the biblical narrative, the use of "whereon" underscores the importance of foundations, both physical and spiritual. It draws attention to the significance of the ground or basis upon which God's actions and human responses are built. This can be seen in the construction of altars, the establishment of covenants, and the enactment of divine judgments.

Conservative Christian Perspective

From a conservative Christian viewpoint, the term "whereon" is seen as a reminder of the importance of grounding one's life and faith on the solid foundation of God's Word and promises. It reflects the belief that just as physical structures require a firm foundation, so too do spiritual lives require a steadfast basis in Scripture and divine truth. This perspective emphasizes the reliability and authority of the Bible as the ultimate foundation "whereon" believers can build their lives.

Related Concepts

· Foundation: The concept of a foundation is central to understanding "whereon." In Scripture, foundations are often symbolic of strength, stability, and permanence.

· Altar: Altars are frequently mentioned in conjunction with "whereon," as they serve as the physical locations for sacrifices and worship, symbolizing the place where humanity meets the divine.

· Covenant: The term can also relate to covenants, which are agreements or promises that have a foundational role in the relationship between God and His people.

In summary, "whereon" is a term that highlights the importance of the basis or foundation in both physical and spiritual contexts within the Bible. It serves as a reminder of the need for a solid grounding in faith and practice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (adv.) On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live.

2. (adv.) On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand?

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But I Saw not Yet, Whereon this Weighty Matter Turned in Thy ...
... Book IV Chapter XV But I saw not yet, whereon this weighty matter turned
in Thy wisdom? But I saw not yet, whereon this weighty ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xv but i saw.htm

The Day Now Approaching Whereon She was to Depart this Life which ...
... Book IX Chapter X The day now approaching whereon she was to depart this
life which day Thou well? The day now approaching whereon ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter x the day now.htm

God Said to Moses, "Put Off Thy Shoes, for the Place Whereon Thou ...
... Address 156: God said to Moses, "Put off thy shoes, for the place whereon
thou standest is? God said to Moses, "Put off thy shoes ...
/.../address 156 0 0 god said to.htm

Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There ...
... Chapter XLI."Notwithstanding the Depravity of Man's Soul by Original Sin, There
is Yet Left a Basis Whereon Divine Grace Can Work for Its Recovery by ...
/.../a treatise on the soul/chapter xli notwithstanding the depravity of.htm

To Sit at the Right Hand of the Father is a Mystery Belonging to ...
... Whence it is said of Him, "Thy seat, O God, is prepared from thence forward; Thou
art from everlasting." The seat, then, whereon the Lord Jesus was to sit, was ...
/.../32 to sit at the.htm

Pride and Humility
... beneath its feet. Of all things pride has the worst foothold; it has no solid
rock on earth whereon to place itself. We have reasons ...
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Pride and Humility
... beneath its feet. Of all things pride has the worst foothold; it has no solid
rock on earth whereon to place itself. We have reasons ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/pride and humility.htm

Psalm LXVII.
... beaming with the brightness of virtues, on the twin wings of twin love doth spring
into the free air; and seeth how from her is withdrawn that whereon she was ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxvii.htm

The Adventures of Saint Andrew of Scotland.
... Whereon the King and all his courtiers were highly indignant, and numberless knights
stepped forth, and challenged the stranger to mortal combat. ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter eight the adventures of.htm

Predestination and Calling
... He hath not published the page whereon the actual names of the redeemed are written;
but that page of the sacred decree whereon their character is recorded is ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/predestination and calling.htm

Thesaurus
Whereon (45 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live. 2. (adv.)
On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand? ...
/w/whereon.htm - 20k

Sits (52 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 15:4 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies
shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean. ...
/s/sits.htm - 21k

Sitteth (74 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and
every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
/s/sitteth.htm - 29k

Lieth (135 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV WBS). Leviticus 15:4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue,
is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. ...
/l/lieth.htm - 36k

Impurity (42 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 15:24 And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall
be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. ...
/i/impurity.htm - 21k

Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 15:4 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies
shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean. ...
/d/discharge.htm - 18k

Lies (208 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV). Leviticus 15:4 "'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies
shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Flux (26 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Leviticus 15:4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean;
and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean. (DBY). ...
/f/flux.htm - 16k

Touches (55 Occurrences)
... Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled
of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was ...
/t/touches.htm - 22k

Object (76 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Leviticus 15:4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean;
and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean. (DBY). ...
/o/object.htm - 31k

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Concordance
Whereon (45 Occurrences)

Mark 2:4
And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.
(ASV)

Mark 11:2
And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
(KJV ASV)

Luke 4:29
And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
(KJV ASV)

Luke 5:25
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
(KJV ASV DBY)

Luke 19:30
saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
(WEB KJV ASV)

John 4:38
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
(KJV ASV)

Acts 7:33
And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
(ASV)

Revelation 17:9
Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, whereon the woman sits.
(DBY)

Genesis 28:13
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Exodus 3:5
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Exodus 8:21
Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Leviticus 6:27
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:4
"'Every bed whereon he who has the discharge lies shall be unclean; and everything he sits on shall be unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:6
He who sits on anything whereon the man who has the discharge sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:17
Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:23
If it is on the bed, or on anything whereon she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the evening.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:24
"'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Leviticus 15:26
Every bed whereon she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her as the bed of her period: and everything whereon she sits shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her period.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea shall be your border.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Joshua 1:3
Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread have I given to you, as I said unto Moses.
(DBY)

Joshua 5:15
And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Joshua 14:9
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Joshua 24:13
I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant.'
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Samuel 6:18
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

1 Samuel 9:6
He said to him, "See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says comes surely to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go."
(WEB JPS ASV)

1 Samuel 21:2
And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business whereon I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and I have directed the young men to such and such a place.
(DBY)

1 Kings 7:48
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;
(DBY)

2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
(See JPS ASV)

1 Chronicles 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is , to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
(See JPS)

2 Chronicles 4:19
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY)

2 Chronicles 32:10
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
(KJV JPS ASV)

Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
(KJV JPS ASV)

Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
(KJV JPS)

Song of Songs 4:4
Your neck is like David's tower built for an armory, whereon a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV RSV)

Isaiah 32:13
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
(KJV JPS ASV)

Isaiah 38:8
behold, I will cause the shadow on the steps, which is gone down on the dial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the dial whereon it was gone down.
(ASV)

Jeremiah 7:30
For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, saith Jehovah: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 33:5
while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 34:15
And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 37:20
The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Ezekiel 40:2
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me down on a very high mountain, whereon was as it were the frame of a city on the south.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Ezekiel 40:41
four tables on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate, eight tables, whereon they slew the sacrifice,
(DBY)

Ezekiel 40:42
and at the ascent, four tables of hewn stone, of a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt-offering and the sacrifice.
(DBY)

Zephaniah 2:7
And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed their flocks thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening; for Jehovah their God will visit them, and bring back their captivity.
(See JPS)

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