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Fuller

The word "full" is from the Anglo-Saxon fullian, meaning "to whiten. " To full is to press or scour cloth in a mill. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H3526, G1102
Hebrew
כָּבַס · kâbaç
Greek
γναφεύς · gnapheús

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

כָּבַס

H3526
Transliteration
kâbaç
Pronunciation
kaw-bas'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
51

Glosses

fuller, wash(-ing).

Lexicon definition

to trample

hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Fuller

The word "full" is from the Anglo-Saxon fullian, meaning "to whiten." To full is to press or scour cloth in a mill. This art is one of great antiquity. Mention is made of "fuller's soap" (Mal. 3:2), and of "the fuller's field" (2 Kings 18:17). At his transfiguration our Lord's rainment is said to have been white "so as no fuller on earth could white them" (Mark 9:3). En-rogel (q.v.), meaning literally "foot-fountain," has been interpreted as the "fuller's fountain," because there the fullers trod the cloth with their feet.

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Nave's Topical Bible

FULLER

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Nave’s Topical Bible references for FULLER.

Indexed references: 2

Scripture references:
Malachi 3:2Mark 9:3

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FULLER

Nave’s Topical Bible references for FULLER.

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Dictionary

En-rogel

the fuller's fountain; the well of searching

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Fuller's field

A spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west of the city, not far distant from the "upper pool" at the head of the valley of Hinnom. Here the fullers pursued their occupation.

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Fuller's soap

(Heb. borith mekabbeshim, i.e., "alkali of those treading cloth"). Mention is made (Prov. 25:20; Jer. 2:22) of nitre and also (Mal. 3:2) of soap (Heb. borith) used by the fuller in his operations. Nitre is found in Syria, and vegetable alkali was obtained from the ashes of certain plants. (See [224]SOAP.)

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Fuller

The word "full" is from the Anglo-Saxon fullian, meaning "to whiten." To full is to press or scour cloth in a mill. This art is one of great antiquity. Mention is made of "fuller's soap" (Mal. 3:2), and of "the fuller's field" (2 Kings 18:17). At his transfiguration our Lord's rainment is said to have been white "so as no fuller on earth could white them" (Mark 9:3). En-rogel (q.v.), meaning literally "foot-fountain," has been interpreted as the "fuller's fountain," because there the fullers trod the cloth with their feet.

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All Scripture references3 references

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 18:17

Malachi 1

Malachi 3:2

Mark 1

Mark 9:3

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