Dictionary of Biblical Imagery

Editors: Ryken, Leland, Wilhoit, James C. and Longman, Tremper III
Publication Year: 2010
Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Single-User Purchase Price: $55.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $82.50
ISBN: 978-0-8308-1451-0
Category: Religion & Theology - Christianity
Image Count: 51
Book Status: Available
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The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery is the first contemporary reference work dedicated to exploring the images, symbols, motifs, metaphors and literary patterns found in the Bible. More than that, it examines the Bible's universal archetypes or master images--including the plot motifs and character types that recur throughout life, literature and the Bible.

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  • Staff
  • Preface
  • How to Use this Dictionary
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • A
  • AARON’S ROD
  • ABANDON, ABANDONED
  • ABEL
  • ABHOR, LOATHE
  • ABOMINATION
  • ABRAHAM
  • ABRAHAM’S BOSOM
  • ABSALOM
  • ABUNDANCE
  • ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
  • ADAM
  • ADOPTION
  • ADULTERY
  • ADVENTURE STORY
  • ADVOCATE
  • AFFLICTION
  • AFTERLIFE
  • AGE
  • AGRICULTURE
  • ALIEN
  • ALPHA AND OMEGA
  • ALTAR
  • AMBASSADOR
  • AMOS, BOOK OF
  • ANCESTORS
  • ANCESTRESS
  • ANGEL
  • ANGER
  • ANIMALS
  • ANNUNCIATION
  • ANOINTING
  • ANTICHRIST
  • ANTIHERO
  • ANTLER
  • APOCALYPSE, GENRE OF
  • APOCALYPTIC VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
  • APOSTASY
  • APOSTLE
  • APPETITE
  • APSU
  • ARCHANGEL
  • ARCHERY
  • ARK
  • ARK OF THE COVENANT
  • ARM
  • ARMIES OF HEAVEN
  • ARMOR
  • ARMY, ARMIES
  • ARROW, ARROW OF GOD
  • ARTEMIS
  • ASCENSION
  • ASCENT
  • ASHES
  • ASHTORETH
  • ASS
  • ASSEMBLY, DIVINE
  • ASSEMBLY, HUMAN
  • ASTROLOGY
  • ATHLETICS
  • ATONEMENT
  • ATROCITY
  • AUTHORITY, DIVINE AND ANGELIC
  • AUTHORITY, HUMAN
  • AVENGER
  • AWAKENING
  • B
  • BAAL
  • BABEL, TOWER OF
  • BABY
  • BABYLON
  • BACK SIDE
  • BAKING
  • BALDNESS
  • BANISHMENT
  • BANNER
  • BANQUET
  • BAPTISM
  • BAREFOOT
  • BARN
  • BARRENNESS
  • BASIN
  • BATHSHEBA
  • BATTLE STORIES
  • BEAR
  • BEARD
  • BEASTS
  • BEAT, BEATING
  • BEATITUDE
  • BEAUTY
  • BED, BEDROOM
  • BEGGAR, BEGGING
  • BEHIND
  • BELLY
  • BEND THE KNEE
  • BENEATH
  • BENEDICTION
  • BENJAMIN
  • BET, DARE
  • BETHLEHEM
  • BETRAY, BETRAYAL
  • BIBLE
  • BINARY PATTERNS
  • BIND, BOUND
  • BIRDS
  • BIRTH
  • BIRTH STORY
  • BIRTHRIGHT
  • BITTER
  • BLACK
  • BLEMISH
  • BLESSING, BLESSEDNESS
  • BLIND, BLINDNESS
  • BLIND GUIDES
  • BLOOD
  • BLOOM
  • BLOSSOM
  • BLUE
  • BOAST
  • BOAT
  • BODILY ANGUISH
  • BODY
  • BODY OF CHRIST
  • BOLDNESS
  • BONDAGE AND FREEDOM
  • BONE
  • BOOK
  • BORN AGAIN
  • BORROW, BORROWING
  • BOSOM
  • BOUND
  • BOW, BOWING
  • BOW
  • BOWELS
  • BOWL
  • BRANCH
  • BRASHNESS
  • BREAD
  • BREADTH
  • BREAST
  • BREASTPLATE
  • BREATH
  • BRICKS
  • BRIDE, BRIDEGROOM
  • BRIDLE
  • BRIER
  • BRIMSTONE
  • BROAD
  • BROKENNESS
  • BRONZE
  • BROOK
  • BROTHER, BROTHERHOOD
  • BRUISE
  • BUILD, BUILDING
  • BULL
  • BURDEN, LOAD
  • BURIAL, FUNERAL
  • BURNING
  • BURNING BUSH
  • BUSH, BURNING
  • BUTTER
  • BUZZARD
  • C
  • CAIN
  • CALF
  • CALLING, VOCATION
  • CAMEL
  • CAPTIVE, PRISONER
  • CATALOGS
  • CAVE
  • CEDAR
  • CENTER
  • CHAFF
  • CHAOS
  • CHARACTER TYPES
  • CHARIOT
  • CHARMS
  • CHEAT THE ORACLE
  • CHEMOSH
  • CHERUBIM
  • CHILD, CHILDREN
  • CHILDBIRTH
  • CHILDLESSNESS
  • CHOICE, STORIES OF
  • CHRIST
  • CHRIST HYMN
  • CHRISTUS VICTOR
  • CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF
  • CHURCH
  • CHURL
  • CIRCUMCISION
  • CISTERN
  • CITIZEN
  • CITY
  • CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
  • CLAY
  • CLEAN AND UNCLEAN
  • CLEANSING
  • CLOSE
  • CLOTHING
  • CLOUD
  • COLD
  • COLORS
  • COLOSSIANS, LETTER TO THE
  • COMBAT
  • COMEDY AS PLOT MOTIF
  • COMFORT
  • COMMANDMENT
  • CONCEAL
  • CONFIDENCE
  • CONSTELLATIONS
  • CONSTRUCTION
  • CONTRITE, CONTRITION
  • CONVERSION
  • COPPER
  • CORINTHIANS, LETTERS TO THE
  • CORN
  • CORNERSTONE
  • CORROSION
  • CORRUPTION
  • COSMOGONY
  • COSMOLOGY
  • COSMOS
  • COUNCIL, DIVINE
  • COUNTRY, COUNTRYSIDE
  • COURAGE
  • COURT
  • COURTROOM
  • COVENANT
  • COVER, COVERING
  • CRAWL
  • CREAM
  • CREATION
  • CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
  • CROOKED
  • CROSS
  • CROSS BEFORE CROWN
  • CROSSING
  • CROWN
  • CRUCIFIXION
  • CRYING
  • CRYSTAL
  • CUP
  • CURSE
  • CURTAIN
  • D
  • DAGON
  • DANCING
  • DANGER, STORIES OF
  • DANIEL, BOOK OF
  • DARE
  • DARKNESS
  • DAUGHTER
  • DAVID
  • DAVIDIC COVENANT
  • DAY, DAY OF THE LORD
  • DAY OF YAHWEH
  • DEAF, DEAFNESS
  • DEATH
  • DEATH AND REBIRTH.
  • DEBT, DEBTOR.
  • DECAY
  • DECEPTION, STORIES OF
  • DEEP
  • DEFORMITY
  • DEMONS
  • DEN
  • DESCENT
  • DESOLATION.
  • DEUTERONOMY, BOOK OF
  • DEW
  • DISCERNMENT
  • DISCIPLE, DISCIPLESHIP
  • DISEASE AND HEALING
  • DISGUISE.
  • DISOBEDIENCE.
  • DIVIDING WALL.
  • DIVINATION.
  • DIVINE COUNCIL.
  • DIVINE COURT.
  • DIVINE SHEPHERD.
  • DIVINE WARRIOR
  • DOGS
  • DOMINEERING MOTHER, WIFE
  • DONKEY, ASS
  • DOOR
  • DOVE
  • DOWNPAYMENT, EARNEST.
  • DRAGON.
  • DRAMA.
  • DRAWING NEAR.
  • DREAMS, VISIONS
  • DRINK, DRINKING
  • DROUGHT.
  • DRUNKARD
  • DRUNKENNESS
  • DRY, DROUGHT
  • DUNG
  • DUNGEON.
  • DUPE
  • DUSK.
  • DUST.
  • E
  • EAGLE
  • EAR, HEARING
  • EARNEST MONEY.
  • EARTH
  • EARTHQUAKE
  • EAST
  • EATING
  • EAVESDROPPER
  • ECCLESIASTES, BOOK OF
  • EDEN.
  • EGYPT
  • ELDER CHILD, ELDER SIBLING
  • ENAMELED IMAGERY.
  • ENCOMIUM
  • ENCOUNTER, DIVINE-HUMAN
  • END TIMES
  • ENDANGERED ANCESTRESS
  • ENEMY
  • ENLIGHTENMENT, STORIES OF.
  • ENTHRONEMENT.
  • ENTRYWAY.
  • EPHESIANS, LETTER TO THE
  • EPHOD.
  • EPIPHANY, STORIES OF
  • EPISTLE
  • EPITHALAMIA.
  • ESAU
  • ESCAPE, STORIES OF
  • ESTHER, BOOK OF
  • EVE
  • EVENING.
  • EVIL
  • EXALTATION, ENTHRONEMENT.
  • EXCREMENT.
  • EXECUTION.
  • EXILE
  • EXODUS, BOOK OF
  • EXODUS, SECOND EXODUS
  • EXORCISM.
  • EXPIATION.
  • EXPRESSIONS, FACIAL.
  • EXPULSION.
  • EYE, SIGHT
  • EYE OF THE NEEDLE
  • EZEKIEL, BOOK OF
  • EZRA, BOOK OF
  • F
  • FACE, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
  • FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.
  • FADE, FADING
  • FAITH
  • FALL FROM INNOCENCE
  • FALL OF ADAM AND EVE.
  • FALL OF ANGELS.
  • FALLING AWAY.
  • FAMILY
  • FAMINE
  • FAR
  • FAREWELL DISCOURSE
  • FARMING
  • FASTING
  • FAT, FATNESS
  • FATHER, FATHERHOOD
  • FAVORED CHILD, SLIGHTED CHILD
  • FEAR
  • FEAR OF GOD
  • FEAST, FEASTING
  • FEET
  • FENCE, FENCED PLACE
  • FESTIVAL
  • FESTIVITIES, REFUSING.
  • FIFTY
  • FIG, FIG TREE
  • FILL, FULLNESS
  • FILLING.
  • FILTH.
  • FIND, FOUND
  • FINGER
  • FIRE
  • FIREWOOD.
  • FIRMAMENT.
  • FIRST
  • FIRSTBORN.
  • FIRSTFRUITS.
  • FISH, FISHER, FISHING
  • FISHING.
  • FIVE
  • FLAG.
  • FLAME.
  • FLEE, FLIGHT
  • FLESH.
  • FLIGHT, CHASE AND FLIGHT
  • FLIGHT.
  • FLINT.
  • FLOCK
  • FLOOD
  • FLOWERS
  • FLYING.
  • FOLLOWER.
  • FOLLY
  • FOOD
  • FOOL.
  • FOOTSTOOL.
  • FOREHEAD
  • FOREIGNER
  • FOREST
  • FORGIVENESS
  • FORSAKE, FORSAKEN
  • FORTRESS, STRONGHOLD
  • FORTY
  • FOUND
  • FOUNDATION
  • FOUNTAIN
  • FOUR
  • FOX
  • FREEDOM
  • FRIENDSHIP
  • FRUIT, FRUITFULNESS
  • FUGITIVE
  • FULLNESS
  • FUNERAL
  • FURNACE
  • G
  • GABRIEL
  • GALATIANS, LETTER TO THE
  • GALL
  • GARDEN
  • GARMENTS
  • GATE
  • GEHENNA
  • GENEALOGY
  • GENERATION(S)
  • GENESIS, BOOK OF
  • GENTILE
  • GENTLENESS
  • GESTURES
  • GETHSEMANE
  • GIANT
  • GIANTESQUE MOTIF
  • GLASS
  • GLEAN
  • GLORY
  • GO UP
  • GOAT
  • GOD
  • GOD AND PEOPLE IN COMPARISON
  • GODS, GODDESSES
  • GOLD
  • GOLDEN AGE
  • GOLIATH
  • GOMORRAH
  • GOOD LIFE, THE
  • GOODNESS
  • GOSPEL GENRE
  • GRAFTING
  • GRAIN
  • GRANARY
  • GRAPES
  • GRASS
  • GRAVE
  • GREAT HIGH PRIEST
  • GREEN
  • GRIEF
  • GROAN, GROANING
  • GROVE
  • GROW, GROWTH
  • GRUMBLING
  • GUARD
  • GUARDIAN
  • GUEST
  • GUIDE, GUIDANCE
  • GUILT
  • H
  • HABAKKUK, BOOK OF
  • HADES
  • HAGGAI, BOOK OF
  • HAIL
  • HAIR
  • HAMMER
  • HAND
  • HAND OVER
  • HANDS, LAYING ON OF
  • HANDS, WASHING OF
  • HANGING
  • HAPPINESS
  • HARD, HARDEN, HARDNESS
  • HARP
  • HARVEST
  • HEAD
  • HEALING
  • HEARING
  • HEART
  • HEAT
  • HEATHEN
  • HEAVEN
  • HEAVENLIES
  • HEAVENLY ARMIES/HOST
  • HEAVY
  • HEBREWS, LETTER TO THE
  • HEDGE
  • HEEL
  • HEIGHT
  • HEIR
  • HELL
  • HELMET
  • HELP, HELPER
  • HERALD
  • HERMES
  • HERO/HEROINE
  • HIDE, HIDING
  • HIGH, HEIGHT, HIGH PLACE
  • HIGH PLACE
  • HIGH PRIEST
  • HIGHWAY
  • HILL
  • HIP
  • HIRELING
  • HISTORY
  • HOLINESS
  • HOLY OF HOLIES
  • HOLY MOUNTAIN
  • HOLY SPIRIT
  • HOME, HOUSE
  • HOMECOMING, STORIES OF
  • HOMOSEXUALITY
  • HONEY
  • HONOR
  • HOPE
  • HOREB
  • HORN
  • HORROR, STORIES OF
  • HORSE
  • HOSEA, BOOK OF
  • HOSPITALITY
  • HOST, GOD AS
  • HOSTS OF HEAVEN
  • HOUR
  • HOUSE
  • HOUSEHOLD
  • HOUSETOP
  • HUMILITY
  • HUMOR
  • HUNDRED
  • HUNGER
  • HUNTING
  • HUSBAND
  • HYDROMANCY
  • HYMN
  • HYPOCRITE
  • I
  • IDLENESS
  • IDOL, IDOLATRY
  • IGNORANCE REMOVED BY INSIGHT
  • IMAGE OF GOD
  • IMMORTALITY
  • INCENSE
  • INCREASE, STORIES OF
  • INCUBATION DREAMS
  • INFANT
  • INHERITANCE
  • INITIATION
  • INJURY
  • INN
  • INNER, INSIDE, WITHIN
  • INNER PARTS, BOWELS
  • INNOCENCE, INNOCENT
  • INNOCENCE, FALL FROM
  • INSIDE
  • INSTRUCTION
  • IRON
  • IRONY
  • ISAIAH, BOOK OF
  • ISLAND
  • ISRAEL
  • J
  • JACKAL
  • JACOB
  • JACOB’S LADDER
  • JAMES, LETTER OF
  • JEREMIAH, BOOK OF
  • JERUSALEM
  • JERUSALEM AND SINAI
  • JESUS, IMAGES OF
  • JEWELS AND PRECIOUS STONES
  • JOB, BOOK OF
  • JOEL, BOOK OF
  • JOHN, GOSPEL OF
  • JOHN, LETTERS OF
  • JONAH, BOOK OF
  • JONAH THE PROPHET
  • JORDAN RIVER
  • JOSEPH THE PATRIARCH
  • JOSHUA, BOOK OF
  • JOURNEY
  • JOY
  • JUBILEE
  • JUDE, LETTER OF
  • JUDGE
  • JUDGES, BOOK OF
  • JUDGMENT
  • JUSTICE
  • JUSTIFICATION
  • K
  • KEYS
  • KING, KINGSHIP
  • KINGDOM OF GOD/KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
  • KINGS, BOOKS OF
  • KINSMAN REDEEMER
  • KISS
  • KNEE, KNEEL
  • L
  • LABOR
  • LABORER
  • LADDER
  • LAIR
  • LAMB
  • LAMENT PSALMS
  • LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF
  • LAMP, LAMPSTAND
  • LAND
  • LAND FLOWING WITH MILK & HONEY
  • LAND OF ISRAEL
  • LANDSCAPE
  • LARGE, LARGENESS
  • LAST SUPPER
  • LAUGHTER
  • LAW
  • LAWMAKING
  • LAWSUIT
  • LAZINESS
  • LEAD
  • LEADERSHIP
  • LEAF
  • LEANNESS
  • LEAST
  • LEAVEN, LEAVENING
  • LEBANON
  • LEFT, LEFT-HANDED
  • LEG
  • LEGAL IMAGES
  • LEISURE
  • LEND, LENDING
  • LEOPARD
  • LEPER, LEPROSY
  • LEPROSY
  • LETTER
  • LEVIATHAN
  • LEVITICUS, BOOK OF
  • LIBERTY
  • LIGHT
  • LIGHTNING
  • LILY
  • LINEN
  • LION
  • LIPS
  • LISTS
  • LITTLE
  • LOAF
  • LOATH
  • LOCUST
  • LOOSE, LOOSEN
  • LORD
  • LORD’S SUPPER
  • LOST AND FOUND
  • LOVE STORY
  • LOW
  • LOYALTY
  • LUKE, GOSPEL OF
  • LUST.
  • LYING DOWN
  • LYING PROSTRATE
  • LYRIC
  • M
  • MADNESS
  • MAGIC
  • MAID, MAIDEN
  • MAIMED, HALT AND BLIND
  • MALACHI, BOOK OF
  • MAN, IMAGES OF
  • MANAGER
  • MANNA
  • MANURE
  • MARBLE
  • MARDUK
  • MARK, GOSPEL OF
  • MARKETPLACE
  • MARRIAGE
  • MARTYR
  • MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS
  • MASTER BUILDER
  • MATCHMAKER, GO-BETWEEN
  • MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF
  • MEAL
  • MEASURING, MEASUREMENT
  • MEEKNESS
  • MELCHIZEDEK
  • MELT
  • MERCY
  • MERCY SEAT
  • METAMORPHOSIS
  • MICAH, BOOK OF
  • MIDDAY.
  • MIDDLE, CENTER
  • MIDNIGHT
  • MILK
  • MILK AND HONEY
  • MILLENNIUM
  • MIND
  • MINERALS
  • MINISTER, MINISTRY
  • MIRROR
  • MISPRIZING, MISVALUING
  • MIST
  • MISVALUING
  • MOLECH
  • MONOMYTH
  • MONSTERS
  • MONTH
  • MOON
  • MORNING
  • MORNING STAR
  • MORTALITY
  • MORTAR
  • MOSES
  • MOTHER, MOTHERHOOD
  • MOUNTAIN
  • MOURN, MOURNING
  • MOUTH
  • MUCH FROM LITTLE
  • MULE
  • MURDER STORIES
  • MUSIC
  • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
  • MUSTARD SEED
  • MUTABILITY
  • MYSTERY
  • MYTHICAL ANIMALS
  • N
  • NAHUM, BOOK OF
  • NAKED, NAKEDNESS
  • NAME
  • NARROW, NARROWNESS
  • NATIONS
  • NATIVITY OF CHRIST
  • NATURE
  • NATURE PSALMS
  • NEAR, DRAWING NEAR
  • NECK
  • NEEDLE
  • NEHEMIAH, BOOK OF
  • NEIGHBOR
  • NET
  • NEW
  • NEW COVENANT
  • NEW EXODUS
  • NIGHT
  • NINEVEH
  • NO ABIDING PLACE
  • NOAH’S FLOOD
  • NOON
  • NORTH
  • NOSE, NOSTRILS
  • NOSTRILS
  • NUDITY
  • NUMBERS, BOOK OF
  • NUMBERS IN THE BIBLE
  • NURSE
  • O
  • OAK
  • OATH
  • OBADIAH
  • OBEDIENCE
  • ODOR
  • OFFERING
  • OFFSPRING
  • OIL
  • OINTMENT
  • OLD, OLD AGE
  • OLIVE, OLIVE TREE
  • ONE
  • OPEN, OPENING
  • OPPRESSION
  • ORACLE
  • ORDEAL, STORIES OF
  • ORDER
  • ORDINANCE
  • ORIGIN, IMAGES OF
  • ORPHAN
  • OUTCAST
  • OUTER, OUTSIDE
  • OUTWITTING, STORIES OF
  • OVERHEARING
  • OVERSEER
  • OWL
  • OWN, OWNER
  • OX
  • P
  • PAIN, PANGS
  • PALM TREE
  • PANGS
  • PARABLE
  • PARADISE
  • PARALLELISM
  • PARODY
  • PAROUSIA
  • PASSION OF CHRIST
  • PASSOVER
  • PASTURE
  • PATERFAMILIAS
  • PATH
  • PATHBREAKER
  • PATIENCE
  • PEACE
  • PEARL
  • PEDAGOGUE
  • PENTECOST
  • PERFUME
  • PERMANENCE
  • PERSECUTION
  • PERSEVERANCE
  • PERSPIRATION
  • PERVERSE
  • PESTILENCE
  • PETER, FIRST LETTER OF
  • PETER, SECOND LETTER OF
  • PHARAOH
  • PHARISEE
  • PHILEMON, LETTER TO
  • PHILIPPIANS, LETTER TO THE
  • PHILISTINE
  • PIG
  • PIGEON
  • PILGRIM, PILGRIMAGE
  • PILLAR
  • PILLAR OF CLOUD/FIRE
  • PILOT
  • PIT
  • PLACE, NO ABIDING
  • PLAGUE
  • PLAIN
  • PLANTING
  • PLANTS
  • PLAY
  • PLEASURE
  • PLOT MOTIFS
  • PLOW, PLOWING
  • PLUNDER
  • POETIC JUSTICE
  • POOR
  • POTTAGE
  • POTTER
  • POURING OUT
  • POVERTY
  • POWER
  • PRAISE PSALM
  • PRAYER
  • PRECIOUS STONES
  • PRIDE
  • PRIEST
  • PRIMOGENITURE
  • PRISON
  • PROCESSION, TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION
  • PRODIGAL SON
  • PROMISED LAND
  • PROPHECY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
  • PROPHECY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
  • PROPHET, PROPHETESS
  • PROPITIATION
  • PROSECUTOR
  • PROSPERITY
  • PROSTITUTE, PROSTITUTION
  • PROSTRATE
  • PROTECTION
  • PROVERB AS LITERARY FORM
  • PROVERBS, BOOK OF
  • PROVIDENCE
  • PRUDENCE
  • PRUNING
  • PSALMS, BOOK OF
  • PUNISHMENT
  • PURCHASE
  • PURITY
  • PURPLE
  • PUTTING ON, TAKING OFF
  • Q
  • QUEEN
  • QUEST
  • R
  • RACE
  • RAGS TO RICHES
  • RAHAB
  • RAIN
  • RAINBOW
  • RAM
  • RANSOM
  • RAPE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE
  • RASHNESS
  • REAPING
  • REBEL, REBELLION
  • REBIRTH
  • REBUKE
  • RECLINING
  • RECOGNITION STORIES
  • RECONCILIATION
  • RED
  • REDEEM, REDEMPTION
  • REFINING
  • REFORM
  • REFUGE
  • REFUSE
  • REFUSER OF FESTIVITIES
  • REIGN OF GOD
  • REMEMBRANCE
  • REMNANT
  • REPENTANCE
  • REPETITION
  • RESCUE
  • RESERVOIR
  • REST
  • RESTORATION
  • RESTORE, RESTORATION
  • RESURRECTION
  • RETURN
  • REUNION, RECONCILIATION
  • REVELATION, BOOK OF
  • REVELATION/RECOGNITION STORIES
  • REVENGE
  • REVERENCE
  • REVERSAL
  • REWARD
  • RHABDOMANCY
  • RHETORICAL PATTERNS
  • RICHES, WEALTH
  • RIGHT, RIGHT HAND
  • RIGHTEOUS REMNANT
  • RING
  • RING COMPOSITION
  • RISK, STORIES OF
  • RIVALRY, SIBLING
  • RIVER
  • ROAD
  • ROB, ROBBER
  • ROBE
  • ROCK
  • ROD, STAFF
  • ROMANCE, ROMANTIC LOVE
  • ROMANS, LETTER TO THE
  • ROOT
  • ROSE
  • ROTTEN
  • ROYAL COURT
  • ROYAL PRIEST
  • RUBBISH
  • RUDDER
  • RUNAWAY
  • RUNNING
  • RUST
  • RUTH, BOOK OF
  • S
  • SABBATH
  • SACKCLOTH
  • SACRED SPACE
  • SACRIFICE
  • SADNESS
  • SAGE
  • SAINTS
  • SALE
  • SALIVA
  • SALT
  • SALVATION
  • SAMSON
  • SAMUEL, BOOKS OF
  • SANCTIFICATION
  • SANCTUARY
  • SANDAL
  • SARCASM, HUMOROUS
  • SATAN
  • SATAN CAST DOWN
  • SATIRE
  • SAVING UP
  • SAVIOR
  • SCALES
  • SCAPEGOAT
  • SCARLET
  • SCENT
  • SCEPTER
  • SCRIPTURE
  • SCROLL
  • SEA
  • SEA MONSTER
  • SEA SERPENT
  • SEAL
  • SEARCH, SEARCHING
  • SEASONS
  • SEAT
  • SEAT OF MOSES
  • SECOND COMING
  • SECOND EXODUS
  • SEDUCTION
  • SEED
  • SELF-CONTROL
  • SERAPHIM
  • SERPENT
  • SERVANT
  • SERVANT OF THE LORD
  • SEVEN
  • SEVENTY
  • SEX
  • SEXUAL VIOLENCE
  • SHADE
  • SHADOW
  • SHAKING
  • SHAME
  • SHATTER
  • SHAVE, SHAVING
  • SHEEP, SHEPHERD
  • SHEOL
  • SHEPHERD
  • SHIELD
  • SHIP, SHIPWRECK
  • SHOE, SANDAL
  • SHOULDER
  • SHOUT
  • SHOWBREAD
  • SHREWISH WIFE
  • SHUT, CLOSE
  • SIBLING RIVALRY
  • SIGH, SIGHING
  • SIGHT
  • SIGNET
  • SILENCE
  • SILK
  • SILVER
  • SIN
  • SIN, STORIES OF
  • SINAI
  • SINGING
  • SINNER
  • SISTER
  • SIT
  • SKIN
  • SLAUGHTER
  • SLAVE, SLAVERY
  • SLEEP
  • SLEEPING GOD MOTIF
  • SLEEPLESS NIGHT
  • SLIGHTED CHILD
  • SLUGGARD
  • SMALL
  • SMELL, SCENT
  • SNAKE
  • SNARE
  • SNOW
  • SODOM AND GOMORRAH
  • SOFT, SOFTNESS
  • SOJOURN, SOJOURNER
  • SOLAR IMAGERY
  • SOLDIER
  • SOLOMON
  • SON
  • SON OF DAVID
  • SON OF GOD
  • SON OF MAN
  • SONG
  • SONG OF SOLOMON
  • SONG OF SONGS
  • SORCERY
  • SORROW
  • SOUTH
  • SOW, SOWER, SOWING
  • SPARROW
  • SPEW
  • SPIRITUAL FOOD
  • SPIES, SPYING
  • SPIT
  • SPOILS, DIVIDING
  • SPOT
  • SPOUSE
  • SPRINGS OF WATER
  • SPRINKLE
  • SPY STORIES
  • SPYING
  • STAFF
  • STAIN
  • STAND, STANDING
  • STARS
  • STATURE, BODILY
  • STEW
  • STEWARD
  • STIFF-NECKED
  • STOMACH
  • STONE
  • STONING
  • STOREHOUSE
  • STORING UP
  • STORK
  • STORM
  • STORM OF GOD
  • STRAIGHT
  • STRANGER
  • STRAW
  • STREAM
  • STREET
  • STRENGTH
  • STRIFE
  • STRIKE DOWN
  • STRONG, STRENGTH
  • STRONGHOLD
  • STUMBLE, STUMBLING BLOCK
  • STUMBLING BLOCK
  • SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTION
  • SUBSTITUTION
  • SUCKING
  • SUFFERING
  • SUFFERING SERVANT
  • SULFUR
  • SUMMER
  • SUN
  • SUN, MOON AND STARS
  • SUNSET
  • SUPPER
  • SURPRISE, STORIES OF
  • SWADDLING BANDS
  • SWALLOW
  • SWEAT
  • SWEET
  • SWINE
  • SWORD
  • SYMBOLIC NUMBERS
  • T
  • TABERNACLE
  • TABLE
  • TAINT
  • TASTE
  • TAUNT
  • TEACHER, TEACHING
  • TEACHING
  • TEAR DOWN
  • TEARS
  • TEETH
  • TEMPERATURE
  • TEMPLE
  • TEMPTATION
  • TEMPTER, TEMPTATION
  • TEN COMMANDMENTS
  • TENT
  • TERAPHIM
  • TERROR, STORIES OF
  • TERROR
  • TEST MOTIF
  • THAT DAY
  • THEATER
  • THEOPHANY
  • THESSALONIANS, FIRST AND SECOND LETTERS TO THE
  • THIEF
  • THIGH
  • THIRD
  • THIRD DAY
  • THIRST
  • THORN
  • THOUSAND
  • THOUSAND YEARS
  • THREE, THIRD
  • THRESHING, THRESHING FLOOR
  • THROAT
  • THRONE
  • THUNDER
  • TIAMAT
  • TIME
  • TIMOTHY AND TITUS, LETTERS TO
  • TOE
  • TOMB
  • TONGUE
  • TORMENT
  • TORTURE
  • TOUCH
  • TOWER
  • TOWER OF BABEL
  • TOWN
  • TRAGEDY AS PLOT MOTIF
  • TRAMPLE
  • TRANSFORMATION
  • TRANSIENCE
  • TRAP
  • TRAVEL STORIES
  • TREAD
  • TREASURE
  • TREE OF LIFE
  • TREE, TREES
  • TREMBLING, SHAKING, BODILY ANGUISH
  • TRIAL
  • TRICKSTER
  • TRIUMPH
  • TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION
  • TRUMPET
  • TUTOR
  • TWELVE
  • TWILIGHT
  • TWO
  • TWO WAYS
  • TYRANNICAL FATHER, HUSBAND
  • TYRANNY
  • TYRANT, TYRANNY
  • U
  • UNBIND
  • UNDER
  • UNDER THE FEET
  • UNDERDOG
  • UNFADING
  • UNKNOWN GOD
  • UNLEAVENED
  • UNTOUCHABLE
  • UPSTART
  • URBAN IMAGERY
  • URIM AND THUMMIM
  • V
  • VALE OF TEARS
  • VALLEY
  • VALUING
  • VAPOR
  • VEIL
  • VENGEANCE/REVENGE, STORIES OF
  • VILLAGE
  • VILLAIN
  • VINE, VINEYARD
  • VIOLENCE, STORIES OF
  • VIRGIN, VIRGINITY
  • VISIONS
  • VOCATION
  • VOICE
  • VOMIT
  • VOW, OATH
  • VULTURE
  • W
  • WAGES
  • WAITING ON GOD
  • WAKE UP
  • WALK, WALKING
  • WALL
  • WANDERER, WANDERING
  • WARFARE
  • WARM
  • WARRIOR
  • WARRIOR, DIVINE
  • WASH, WASHING
  • WASTE
  • WASTELAND
  • WATCH, WATCHMAN
  • WATER
  • WAVES
  • WAX
  • WAY, TWO WAYS
  • WEAK, WEAKNESS
  • WEALTH
  • WEAPONS
  • WEATHER
  • WEDDING
  • WEEDS
  • WEEPING
  • WELL
  • WELL, MEETING AT THE
  • WEST
  • WHEAT
  • WHIRLWIND
  • WHITE
  • WHITEWASHED TOMBS
  • WHOLE, WHOLENESS
  • WHORE
  • WIDE, WIDENESS
  • WIDOW
  • WIFE
  • WILDERNESS
  • WIND
  • WINDOW
  • WINDSTORM.
  • WINE
  • WINEPRESS
  • WING
  • WINTER
  • WISDOM
  • WIT
  • WITCH
  • WITCHCRAFT
  • WITHIN
  • WITNESS
  • WOLF
  • WOMAN, IMAGES OF
  • WOMB
  • WOOD
  • WOOL
  • WORD
  • WORK, WORKER
  • WORLD
  • WORM
  • WORMWOOD
  • WORSHIP
  • WORSHIP PSALMS
  • WOUND
  • WRATH
  • WRESTLING
  • Y
  • YEAR
  • YEAST
  • YOKE
  • YOUNG, YOUTH
  • YOUNGER CHILD, YOUNGER SIBLING
  • YOUTH
  • Z
  • ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF
  • ZEPHANIAH, BOOK OF
  • ZEUS
  • ZION
  • Scripture Index
  • Subject Index