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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Brim

The Bible

Bible Usage:

  • brim used 10 times.

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:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brim

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


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimful

BRIM'FUL, adjective [brim and full.] Full to the top; completely full; as a glass brimful; a heart brimful of tears.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimfulness

BRIM'FULNESS, noun Fulness to the top. [Not used.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimless

BRIM'LESS, adjective Having no brim.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimmer

BRIM'MER, noun A bowl full to the top.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimming

BRIM'MING, adjective Full to the top or brim; as a brimming pail.


Easton's Bible Dictionary
Brimstone

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.


Naves Topical Index
Brimstone

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Brimstone

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.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimstone

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.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Brimstony

BRIM'STONY, adjective Full of brimstone, or containing it; resembling brimstone; sulphurous.


The Bible

Bible Usage:

  • brim used 10 times.

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: