WATER
Thompson Chain Reference (1934)
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
One of the elements of the world
Necessary to vegetation
Some plants particularly require
Necessary to the comfort and happiness of man
Rises in vapour to the clouds
Drops from the clouds in rain
Congealed by cold
Kept for purification in large waterpots
Carried in vessels
Artificial mode of conveying, into large cities
Frequently brackish and unfit for use
The want of, considered a great calamity
In times of scarcity, sold at an enormous price
The world and its inhabitants once destroyed by
The world not to be again destroyed by
GOD ORIGINALLY
Created the firmament to divide
Collected into one place
Created fowls and fishes, &c from
COLLECTED IN
Springs
Pools
Ponds
Fountains
Wells
Brooks
Streams
Rivers
The sea
The clouds
DESCRIBED AS
Fluid
Unstable
Penetrating
Reflecting images
Wearing the hardest substances
Cleansing
Refreshing
WAS USED BY JEWS
As their principal beverage
For culinary purposes
For washing the person
For legal purification
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
Turned into blood
Turned into wine
Brought from the rock
Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass
Consumed by fire from heaven
Divided and made to stand on heap
Trenches filled with
Iron made to swim in
Our Lord, &c walking on
Healing powers communicated to
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the support of God
Of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit
Of persecutors
Of persecutions
Of hostile armies
(Still,) of the ordinances of the gospel
(Deep,) of severe affliction
(Deep,) of counsel in the heart
(Deep,) of the words of the wise
(Poured out,) of the wrath of God
(Poured out,) of faintness by terror
(Pouring, out of buckets,) of a numerous progeny
(Spilled on the ground,) of death
(Its instability,) of a wavering disposition
(Its weakness,) of faintness and cowardice
(Difficulty of stopping,) of strife and contention
(Rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
(Many,) of different nations and people
(Many,) of a variety of afflictions
(Noise of many,) of the word of Christ
(Covering the sea,) of the general diffusion of the knowledge of God
Creation of
Covered the whole earth
Daily allowance of
City waterworks
Vision of, by Ezekiel
Of separation
Libation of
To the Israelites
To Samson
To Jehoshaphat’ s army
Purified by Elisha
Red Sea divided
The Jordan River
Jesus walks upon
Changed to wine
Turned into blood
Water of life
Water of affliction
Water of salvation
Domestic love
SYMBOLICAL