Brim
Bible Usage:
- brim used 10 times.
- First Reference: Joshua 3:15
- Last Reference: John 2:7
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
BRIM, noun
1. The rim, lip or broadborder of any vessel or other thing; as the brim of a hat, or of a vessel.
2. The upper edge of a vessel, whether broad or not; as the brim of a cup or glass.
3. The top of any liquor; the edge or that next the border at the top.
The feet of the priests were dipped in the brim of the water. Joshua 3:15.
4. The edge or brink of a fountain; the verge.
BRIM, adjective Public; well known; celebrated. [Not in use.]
BRIM, verb transitive To fill to the brim upper edge, or top.
BRIM, verb intransitive To be full to the brim
BRIM'FUL, adjective [brim and full.] Full to the top; completely full; as a glass brimful; a heart brimful of tears.
BRIM'FULNESS, noun Fulness to the top. [Not used.]
BRIM'LESS, adjective Having no brim.
BRIM'MER, noun A bowl full to the top.
BRIM'MING, adjective Full to the top or brim; as a brimming pail.
An inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Genesis 19:24, 25). In Isaiah 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isaiah 30:33; 34:9; Psalms 11:6; Ezekiel 38:22). It is used to express the idea of excruciating torment in Revelation 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.
Fire and brimstone rained upon Sodom
Genesis 19:24; Luke 17:29
In Palestine
Deuteronomy 29:23
Figurative
Job 18:15; Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 30:33; Ezekiel 38:22; Revelation 9:17-18; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 21:8
Brimstone, or sulphur, is found in considerable quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. (Genesis 19:24) It is a well-known simple mineral substance, crystalline, easily melted, very inflammable, and when burning emits a peculiar suffocating odor. It is found in great abundance near volcanoes. The soil around Sodom and Gomorrah abounded in sulphur and bitumen.
BRIM'STONE, noun Sulphur; a hard, brittle, inflammable substance, of a lemon yellow color, which has no smell, unless heated, and which becomes negatively electric by heat and friction. It is found, in great quantities, and sometimes pure, in the neighborhood of volcanoes. It is an ingredient in a variety of minerals and ores. The sulphur of commerce is procured from its natural beds, or artificially extracted from pyrites.
BRIM'STONY, adjective Full of brimstone, or containing it; resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
Bible Usage:
- brim used 10 times.
- First Reference: Joshua 3:15
- Last Reference: John 2:7
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: