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Heap

When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1530, H1554, H2565, H5067, H6194, H6652, H6899, H7277, G2002, G4987, H4596, H5856
Hebrew
גַּל · gal
Greek
ἐπισωρεύω · episōreúō

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גַּל

H1530
Transliteration
gal
Pronunciation
gal
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
34

Glosses

heap, wave, billow, billow, heap, spring, wave.

Lexicon definition

something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)

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ἐπισωρεύω

G2002
Transliteration
episōreúō
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

heap

Lexicon definition

to accumulate further, i.e. (figuratively) seek additionally

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מְעִי

H4596
Transliteration
mᵉʻîy
Pronunciation
meh-ee'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

heap.

Lexicon definition

a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruin

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Heap

When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever" (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however, identified with the mound which simply bears the name of "Tel." "There are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no other name 'unto this day.' It is simply et-Tel, the heap' par excellence."

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Strong's Concordance

Heap

Indexed occurrences: 26

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Strong's Concordance

Heaps

Indexed occurrences: 12

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Adam, the city of

Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the flow of the water was arrested and rose up "upon an heap" at the time of the Israelites' passing over (Josh. 3:16).

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Ai

or Hai, mass; heap

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Ebal

ancient heaps

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Galeed

the heap of witness

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Gallim

who heap up; who cover

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Geliloth

rolling, wheel, heap

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Gilead

the heap or mass of testimony

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Gilgal

wheel; rolling; heap

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Golgotha

a heap of skulls; something skull-shaped

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Goliath

passage; revolution; heap

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Heap

When Joshua took the city of Ai (Josh. 8), he burned it and "made it an heap [Heb. tel] for ever" (8:28). The ruins of this city were for a long time sought for in vain. It has been at length, however, identified with the mound which simply bears the name of "Tel." "There are many Tels in modern Palestine, that land of Tels, each Tel with some other name attached to it to mark the former site. But the site of Ai has no other name 'unto this day.' It is simply et-Tel, the heap' par excellence."

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Homer

Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels or 1 quarter English = 10 ephahs (Lev. 27:16; Num. 11:32) = a COR. (See [282]OMER.) "Half a homer," a grain measure mentioned only in Hos. 3:2.

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Iim

heaps of Hebrews, or of angry men

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Ije-abarim

heaps of Hebrews, or of passers over

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Irad

wild ass; heap of empire; dragon

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Iram

the effusion of them; a high heap

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Jegar-sahadutha

heap of witness

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Talmai

my furrow; that suspends the waters; heap of waters

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Tel-melah

heap of salt

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Telabib

a heap of new grain

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