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Tanner Scripture - Acts 9:43

And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner....

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Masons Scripture - 2 Kings 22:6

Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house....

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Old Age Scripture - Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to [thy] grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season....

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Pipe in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The term "pipe" in Smith's Bible Dictionary refers to a musical instrument mentioned in the Bible. The pipe is believed to have been a simple wind instrument, similar to a flute, made of reeds or metal tubes of varying lengths. It was commonly used in ancient times for various purposes, including religious ceremonies, celebrations, and even in mour...

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Harp in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The harp was the national instrument of the Hebrews, and was well known throughout Asia. Moses assigns its invention to Jubal during the antediluvian period. Ge 4:21 Josephus records that the harp had ten strings, and that it was played on with the plectrum. Sometimes it was smaller having only eight strings, and was usually played with the fi...

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Pipe Scripture - Isaiah 30:29

Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel....

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Necklace Scripture - Proverbs 1:9

For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck....

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Pottery in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The art of pottery is one of the most common and most ancient of all manufactures. It is abundantly evident, both that the Hebrews used earthenware vessels in the wilderness and that the potter's trade was afterward carried on in Israel. They had themselves been concerned in the potter's trade in Egypt, Ps 81:6 and the wall-paintings minutely ...

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Tanner Scripture - Acts 10:6

He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do....

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Tanner in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

tan'-er (burseus, from bursa "a hide"): The only references to a tanner are in Acts 9:43; 10:6,32. The Jews looked upon tanning as an undesirable occupation and well they might, for at best it was accompanied with unpleasant odors and unattractive sights, if not even ceremonially unclean. We can imagine that Simon the tanner found among the di...

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