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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CREEK

krek, colloq. krik (kolpos (Acts 27:39), the Revised Version (British and American) "bay"): The spot has been identified as the traditional Bay of Paul about 8 miles Northwest of the town of Valetta in the island of Malta.

See MELITA.

PILLARS OF THE EARTH

See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 2.

VAULT OF EARTH

See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1.

Greek

2859. kolpos -- the bosom
... bosom, breast, bay. Apparently a primary word; the bosom; by analogy, a bay -- bosom,
creek. (kolpois) -- 1 Occurrence. (kolpon) -- 4 Occurrences. ...
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Library

The High Woods
... depressing, from its monotony, vastness, silence; and we were glad, when we neared
the high tree which marks the entrance of the Chaguanas Creek, and turned at ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vii the high woods.htm

An Account of the Several Annual Conferences, and of the General ...
... We came the old way by Scagg's Creek and Rock Castle, supposing it to be safer,
as it is a road less frequented, and therefore less liable to be waylaid by the ...
/.../chapter 3 an account of 2.htm

From the Close of the General Conference of 1800, to the End of ...
... About two weeks after the adjournment of the General Conference, an annual conference
was held at Duck Creek Cross Roads, where many of the young converts, and ...
/.../chapter 5 from the close.htm

Labors in a New Field
... One night while my brother and I were holding our first series of meetings, at a
schoolhouse on Dry Creek, in Maries County, Missouri, a mob of about a dozen ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xi labors in a.htm

Critical Conventions.
... For the dissatisfied party held a synod of their own at Buffalo Creek, at the time
specified by the constitution, and ordained Bell and David Henkel. 73. ...
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Organization.
... pastors and deputies held in the State of Tennessee, in Solomon's Church, Cove Creek,
Green Co., on the 17th, 18th, and 19th of July, 1820." The conference was ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/organization.htm

"Love and I" --A Mystery
... I invite you to bring hither your best thoughts and skill for the navigation of
this sea. It is not a creek or bay, but the main ocean itself. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 28 1882/love and ia mystery.htm

Begins Preaching at Beech Grove. Debates with Elder Hiner. Amusing ...
... While on the design of baptism, Mr. Hiner remarked that if he believed baptism was
for the remission of sins, he would live on a creek or river and be baptized ...
/.../chapter xv begins preaching at.htm

The True Christian Life
... Just as I was going on the train a railroad man said, "When you come to the sharp
turn in the way as you go up, look over in the Cripple Creek district and you ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/the true christian life.htm

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.
... God would easily direct me to some smaller corner." (290.) In 1743 Muhlenberg sent
Tobias Wagner to the Palatines in Tulpehocken Creek, where Gerhard Henkel ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/henry melchior muhlenberg.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

2. (n.) A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

3. (n.) Any turn or winding.

Thesaurus

Creek (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Any turn or winding. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CREEK. krek, colloq. ...
See ASTRONOMY, sec. III, 1. Multi-Version Concordance Creek (1 Occurrence). ...
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Fleet (7 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete,
except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London. 12. ...
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Thrust (92 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible ...
/t/thrust.htm - 35k

Discerning (29 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain
creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if ...
/d/discerning.htm - 15k

Discovered (46 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible ...
/d/discovered.htm - 21k

Minded (36 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible ...
/m/minded.htm - 16k

Melita (1 Occurrence)
... Paul's Bay", "a certain creek with a shore." It is about 2 miles deep and 1 broad,
and the whole physical condition of the scene answers the description of the ...
/m/melita.htm - 10k

Perceiving (25 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when the day came, they were not discerning the land, but a certain
creek were perceiving having a beach, into which they took counsel, if ...
/p/perceiving.htm - 13k

Purposed (44 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into which they purposed, if it were possible, to ...
/p/purposed.htm - 20k

Bay (8 Occurrences)
... of inlet of the sea in the Old Testament only in Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19, and
in New Testament only in Acts 27:39 (of Malta, the King James Version "creek...
/b/bay.htm - 12k

Bible Concordance

Creek (1 Occurrence)

Acts 27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Creek

Related Terms

Fleet (7 Occurrences)

Thrust (92 Occurrences)

Discerning (29 Occurrences)

Discovered (46 Occurrences)

Minded (36 Occurrences)

Melita (1 Occurrence)

Perceiving (25 Occurrences)

Purposed (44 Occurrences)

Bay (8 Occurrences)