Cistern (Easton)

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The rendering of a Hebrew word Bor , Which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it; distinguished from Beer , Which denotes a place where water rises on the spot ( Jeremiah 2:13; Proverbs 5:15; Isaiah 36:16 ), a fountain. Cisterns are frequently mentioned in Scripture. The scarcity of springs in"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda. Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter C Bible Dictionaries Cistern Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry CircuMcIsion Next Entry Citizenship Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Cistern Bittern Thompson Chain Reference Discernment-Dullness Discernment Cisterns The Topic Concordance Discerning Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Attentive Listeners Dictionaries American Church Dictionary Western Church Eastern Church American Tract Society Sister Discerning of Spirits Cisterns (only first 3 shown) Baker's Evangelical Dictionary Sister Listen Charles Buck Dictionary Church, Latin or Western Church, Greek or Eastern Brethren and Sisters of the Free Spirit Chabad Knowledge Base Western Wall 770 Eastern Parkway (Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters): Easton's Bible Dictionary Cistern Bittern Fausset Bible Dictionary Mary, Sister of Lazarus Discerning of Spirits Cistern (only first 3 shown) Spurgeon's Illustration Collection Sternness Sermons: Bad Not to Be Listened to Holman Bible Dictionary Sister Discerning of Spirits Cistern (only first 3 shown) Hastings' BibleDictionary East Sea, Eastern Sea Cithern Cistern (only first 3 shown) Hastings' NT Dictionary Sisters Sister Dictionary of Early Christian Biography Sylvia, Sister of Flavius Rufinus Marcellina (2), a Sister of Saint Ambrose Helvidius, a Western Writer (only first 3 shown) King James Dictionary Western Stern Sister (only first 3 shown) Morrish Bible Dictionary Mary, Sister of Lazarus and Martha Discerning of Spirits Cisterns (only first 3 shown) 1910 New Catholic Dictionary White Sisters Western Vicariate Apostolic of Cape of Good Hope Western Schism (only first 3 shown) People's Bible Dictionary Cistern Smith Bible Dictionary Mary Sister of Lazarus Cistern Bittern Vines' Expository Dictionary Stern Sister Discern, Discerner, Discernment Sister Discern Wilson's Bible Types Sister Cistern Webster Dictionary Torpedo Stern Testern Sternness (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Bittern Cistern Sister Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Archaeology Egypt and Western Asia Bittern Bittern (Birds) (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Bittern Cistern; Well; Pool; Aqueduct Cithern (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Bittern Cistern Discerning of Spirits McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Augustine, Sister Bittern Bittern (2) (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia Castren, Mathias Alexander Chiltern Hills Chiltern Hundreds (only first 3 shown) The Catholic Encyclopedia Cistercian Sisters Congregation of the Sisters of Misericorde Discernment of Spirits (only first 3 shown) The rendering of a Hebrew word Bor , Which means a receptacle for water conveyed to it; distinguished from Beer , Which denotes a place where water rises on the spot ( Jeremiah 2:13 ; Proverbs 5:15 ; Isaiah 36:16 ), a fountain. Cisterns are frequently mentioned in Scripture. The scarcity of springs in Palestine made it necessary to collect rain-water in reservoirs and cisterns ( Numbers 21:22 ). (See WELL .) Empty cisterns were sometimes used as prisons ( Jeremiah 38:6 ; Lamentations 3:53 ; Psalm 40:2 ; 69:15 ). The "pit" into which Joseph was cast ( Genesis 37:24 ) was a Beer or dry well. There are numerous remains of ancient cisterns in all parts of Palestine.

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