One of the elements of the world. Gen. 1:2.
GOD ORIGINALLY
Created the firmament to divide. Gen. 1:6, 7.
Collected into one place. Gen. 1:9.
Created fowls and fishes, &c. from. Gen. 1:20, 21.
Necessary to vegetation. Gen. 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, with Zech. 9:11.
COLLECTED IN
Springs. Josh. 15:19.
Pools. 1 Kin. 22:38. Neh. 2:14.
Ponds. Ex. 7:10. Isa. 19:10.
Fountains. 1 Kin. 18:5. 2 Chr. 32:3.
Wells. Gen. 21:19.
Brooks. 2 Sam. 17:20. 1 Kin. 18:5.
Streams. Psa. 78:16. Isa. 35:6.
Rivers. Isa. 8:7. Jer. 2:18.
The sea. Gen. 1:9, 10. Isa. 11:9.
The clouds. Gen. 1:7. Job 26:8, 9.
Rises in vapor to the clouds. Ecc. 1:7, with Psa. 104:8.
Drops from the clouds in rain. Deut. 11:11. 2 Sam. 21:10.
DESCRIBED AS
Fluid. Psa. 78:16. Prov. 30:4.
Unstable. Gen. 49:4.
Penetrating. Psa. 109:18.
Reflecting images. Prov. 27:9.
Wearing the hardest substances. Job 14:19.
Cleansing. Ezek. 36:25. Eph. 5:26.
Refreshing. Job 22:7. Prov. 25:25.
Congealed by cold. Job 38:29. Psa. 147:16, 17.
WAS USED BY THE JEWS
As their principal beverage. Gen. 24:43. 1 Kin. 13:19, 22. 1 Kin. 18:4. Hos. 2:5.
For culinary purposes. Ex. 12:9.
For washing the person. Gen. 18:4. Gen. 24:32.
For legal purification. Ex. 29:4. Heb. 9:10. 19.
Kept for purification in large water-pots. John 2:6.
Carried in vessels. Gen. 21:14. 1 Sam. 26:11. Mar. 14:13.
Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities. 2 Kin. 20:20.
Frequently brackish and unfit for use. Ex. 15:23. 2 Kin. 2:19.
The want of, considered a great calamity. Ex. 17:1-3. Num. 20:2. 2 Kin. 3:9, 10. Isa. 3:1.
In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price. Lam. 5:4.
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
Turned into blood. Ex. 7:17, 20.
Turned into wine. John 2:7-9.
Brought from the rock. Ex. 17:6. Num. 20:11.
Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass. Judg. 15:19.
Consumed by fire from heaven. 1 Kin. 18:38.
Divided and made to stand on heap. Ex. 14:21, 22. Josh. 3:16.
Trenches filled with. 2 Kin. 3:17-22.
Iron made to swan in. 2 Kin. 6:5, 6.
Our Lord, &c. walking on. Matt. 14:26-29.
Healing powers communicated to. 2 Kin. 5:14. John 5:4. John 9:7.
The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by. Gen. 7:20-23, with 2 Peter 3:6.
The world not to be again destroyed by. Gen. 9:8-15. 2 Peter 3:7.
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the support of God. Isa. 8:6.
Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit. Isa. 41:17, 18. Isa. 44:3. Ezek. 36:25. John 7:38, 39.
Of persecutors. Psa. 124:4, 5.
Of persecutions. Psa. 88:17.
Of hostile armies. Isa. 8:7. Isa. 17:13.
(Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel. Psa. 23:2.
(Deep,) of severe affliction. Psa. 66:12. Psa. 69:1. Isa. 30:20. Isa. 43:2.
(Deep,) of counsel in the heart. Prov. 20:5.
(Deep,) of the words of the wise. Prov. 18:4.
(Poured out,) of the wrath of God. Hos. 5:10.
(Poured out,) of faintness by terror. Psa. 22:14.
(Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny. Num. 24:7.
(Spilled on the ground,) of death. 2 Sam. 14:14.
(Its instability,) of a wavering disposition. Gen. 49:4.
(Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice. Josh. 7:5. Ezek. 7:17.
(Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention. Prov. 17:14.
(Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked. Job 24:18. Psa. 58:7.
(Many,) of different nations and people. Rev. 17:1, 15. Jer. 51:13.
(Many,) of a variety of afflictions. 2 Sam. 22:17.
(Noise of many,) of the word of Christ. Rev. 1:15.
(Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God. Isa. 11:9. Hab. 2:14.