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What is Dew?
        DEW
        , a dense vapor which falls on the earth during the night, and which in Judaea was so copious as in a great measure to supply the absence of showers. It thus became a beautiful emblem of spiritual blessings, Deut 32:2; Hos 14:5-7, as well as of temporal prosperity, because without the apparent effort of rain it gently accomplished the same result. But then it vanished so quickly on exposure to the sun that it was likewise an emblem of transient desires and relinquished efforts in God's service. Job 29:19. The heat and dryness of the air in the Holy Land are such that if it were not for the dews the earth would be parched and all its fruits withered. The same fact may be inferred from Jud 6:37-40; 2 Sam 17:12; Job 29:19; Song of Solomon 5:2. The Psalmist, Ps 133:3, mentions particularly the dew of Hermon as emblematical of the rich and abundant blessings of spiritual communion. So Hos 14:5-7.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'dew' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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