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Olives Scripture - Luke 19:37

And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;...

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Oven in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The eastern oven is of two kinds --fixed and portable. The former is found only in towns, where regular bakers are employed. Ho 7:4 The latter ia adapted to the nomad state, it consists of a large jar made of clay, about three feet high and widening toward the bottom, with a hole for the extraction of the ashes. Each household possessed such a...

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Oven Scripture - Luke 12:28

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [will he clothe] you, O ye of little faith?...

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Ox in Smiths Bible Dictionary

There was no animal in the rural economy of the Israelites, or indeed in that of the ancient Orientals generally, that was held in higher esteem than the ox and deservedly so, for the ox was the animal upon whose patient labors depended all the ordinary operations of farming. Oxen were used for ploughing, De 22:10; 1Sa 14:14 etc.; for treading...

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Oxen Scripture - 2 Chronicles 35:8

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred [small cattle], and three hundred oxen....

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Phylactery in Smiths Bible Dictionary

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Old Age Scripture - Psalms 71:18

Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come....

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Olive Tree Scripture - Psalms 52:8

But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever....

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Olives Scripture - Mark 13:3

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,...

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Olive in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The olive was among the most abundant and characteristic vegetation of Judea. The olive tree grows freely almost everywhere on the shores of the Mediterranean, but it was peculiarly abundant in Israel. See De 6:11; 8:8; 28:40 Oliveyards are a matter of course in descriptions of the country like vines and cornfields. Jud 15:5; 1Sa 8:14 The kin...

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