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Easton's Bible Dictionary
The following is the results of your search for Bottle.
Bottle: A vessel made of skins for holding wine
(Joshua 9:4,13; 1 Samuel 16:20; Matthew 9:17)
(Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37,38) or milk
(Judges 4:19) or water
(Genesis 21:14,15,19) or
strong drink
(Habakkuk 2:15) Earthenware vessels were also similarly used
(Jeremiah 19:1-10; 1 Kings 14:3; Isaiah 30:14). In
(Job 32:19) (comp.)
(Matthew 9:17)
(Luke 5:37,38; Mark 2:22) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst
through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the
Authorized Version of
(Hosea 7:5) is properly rendered in the Revised
Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its
intoxicating strength. The clouds are figuratively called the
"bottles of heaven"
(Job 38:37) A bottle blackened or shrivelled by
smoke is referred to in
(Psalms 119:83) as an image to which the psalmist
likens himself.
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