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Ships and Boats in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

I. THE HEBREWS AND THE SEA II. SHIPS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE APOCRYPHA 1. Among the Hebrews (1) In Early Times (2) During the Monarchy (3) In Later Times 2. Among Neighboring Nations (1) Egypt (2) Assyria and Babylonia (3) Phoenicia 3. General References III. SHIPS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In the Gospels 2. In the Acts of the Apostles 3. In Oth...

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Ship Scripture - Matthew 14:13

When Jesus heard [of it], he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard [thereof], they followed him on foot out of the cities....

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Ship in Naves Topical Bible

Built By Noah Ge 6:13-22 By Solomon 1Ki 9:26; 2Ch 8:17 By Jehoshaphat 1Ki 22:48; 2Ch 20:35,36 Of gopher wood Ge 6:1,4 Of fir wood Eze 27:5 Of bulrushes Isa 18:2 Sealed with pitch (tar?) Ge 6:15 -Equipped with A helm Jas 3:4 A rudder Ac 27:40 Tackling Isa 33:23; Ac 27:19 -Sails Isa 33:23; Ac 27:1,9,17,40 -Sails embroidered E...

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Ship Scripture - Mark 4:1

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land....

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Ship Scripture - John 21:6

And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes....

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Ship Scripture - Acts 27:41

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves....

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Ship Scripture - Isaiah 33:21

But there the glorious LORD [will be] unto us a place of broad rivers [and] streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby....

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Ship in Smiths Bible Dictionary

No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much information concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in the narrative of St. Paul's voyage to Rome. Acts 27,28. It is important to remember that he accomplished it in three ships: first, the Adramyttian vessel which took him from Caesa...

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Ships in Easton's Bible Dictionary

early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the "ships of Chittim" (Num. 24:24). Solomon constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram's sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chr. 8:18). Afterwards, Jehoshaphat sought to provide himsel...

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Ship in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Among the earliest shipbuilders were the Phoenicians, whose commerce and voyages made them foremost in the maritime science of early ages, and traces of whose ships are frequently met with. (On PAUL'S voyage, see EUROCLYDON; MELITA; CNIDUS; CRETE; FAIR HAVENS.) Paul was first in the Adramyttian coasting vessel from Caesarea to Myra; then in t...

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