One of the elements of the world Ge 1:2
GOD ORIGINALLY
Created the firmament to divide Ge 1:6,7
Collected into one place Ge 1:9
Created fowls and fishes, &c from Ge 1:20,21
Necessary to vegetation Ge 2:5,6; Job 14:9; Isa 1:30
Some plants particularly require Job 8:11
Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man Isa 41:17; Zec 9:11
COLLECTED IN
Springs Jos 15:19
Wells Ge 21:19
The clouds Ge 1:7; Job 26:8,9
Rises in vapour to the clouds Ec 1:7; Ps 104:8
Drops from the clouds in rain De 11:11; 2Sa 21:10
DESCRIBED AS
Unstable Ge 49:4
Penetrating Ps 109:18
Reflecting images Pr 27:9
Wearing the hardest substances Job 14:19
Congealed by cold Job 38:29; Ps 147:16,17
WAS USED BY JEWS
As their principal beverage Ge 24:43; 1Ki 13:19,22; 18:4; Ho 2:5
For culinary purposes Ex 12:9
For washing the person Ge 18:4; 24:32
For legal purification Ex 29:4; Heb 9:10,19
Kept for purification in large waterpots Joh 2:6
Carried in vessels Ge 21:14; 1Sa 26:11; Mr 14:13
Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities 2Ki 20:20
Frequently brackish and unfit for use Ex 15:23; 2Ki 2:19
The want of, considered a great calamity Ex 17:1-3; Nu 20:2; 2Ki 3:9,10; Isa 3:1
In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price La 5:4
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
Turned into blood Ex 7:17,20
Turned into wine Joh 2:7-9
Brought from the rock Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11
Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass Jud 15:19
Consumed by fire from heaven 1Ki 18:38
Divided and made to stand on heap Ex 14:21,22; Jos 3:16
Trenches filled with 2Ki 3:17-22
Iron made to swim in 2Ki 6:5,6
Our Lord, &c walking on Mt 14:26-29
Healing powers communicated to 2Ki 5:14; Joh 5:4; 9:7
The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by Ge 7:20-23; 2Pe 3:6
The world not to be again destroyed by Ge 9:8-15; 2Pe 3:7
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the support of God Isa 8:6
Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit Isa 41:17,18; 44:3; Eze 36:25; Joh 7:38,39
Of persecutors Ps 124:4,5
Of persecutions Ps 88:17
Of hostile armies Isa 8:7; 17:13
(Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel Ps 23:2
(Deep,) of severe affliction Ps 66:12; 69:1; Isa 30:20; 43:2
(Deep,) of counsel in the heart Pr 20:5
(Deep,) of the words of the wise Pr 18:4
(Poured out,) of the wrath of God Ho 5:10
(Poured out,) of faintness by terror Ps 22:14
(Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny Nu 24:7
(Spilled on the ground,) of death 2Sa 14:14
(Its instability,) of a wavering disposition Ge 49:4
(Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice Jos 7:5; Eze 7:17
(Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention Pr 17:14
(Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked Job 24:18; Ps 58:7
(Many,) of different nations and people Re 17:1,15; Jer 51:13
(Many,) of a variety of afflictions 2Sa 22:17
(Noise of many,) of the word of Christ Re 1:15
(Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God Isa 11:9; Hab 2:14