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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MIST

('edh; achlus, homichie): Mist is caused by particles of water vapor filling the air until it is only partially transparent. Mist and haze produce much the same effect, the one being due to moisture in the atmosphere and the other to dust particles. Mist or fog is not common on the plains of Palestine and Syria at sea-level, but is of almost daily occurrence in the mountain valleys, coming up at night and disappearing with the morning sun (The Wisdom of Solomon 2:4). It is nothing else than a cloud touching the land. In the account of creation, "there went up a mist from the earth," giving a description of the warm humid atmosphere of the carboniferous ages which agrees remarkably with the teaching of modern science (Genesis 2:6). The word is used figuratively in Acts 13:11 to describe the shutting out of light. Those who bring confusion and uncertainty are compared to "mists driven by a storm" (2 Peter 2:17).

See VAPOR.

Alfred H. Joy

Greek

887. achlus -- a mist
... a mist. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: achlus Phonetic Spelling:
(akh-looce') Short Definition: a mist, dimness Definition: a mist, dimness ...
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3658. homichle -- a mist or fog
... a mist or fog. Transliteration: homichle Phonetic Spelling: (hom'-il-os) Short
Definition: mists. ... word Definition a mist or fog NASB Word Usage mists (1). ...
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2217. zophos -- deep gloom
... blackness, darkness, mist. Akin to the base of nephos; gloom (as shrouding
like a cloud) -- blackness, darkness, mist. see GREEK nephos. ...
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822. atmis -- vapor
... Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition vapor NASB Word Usage vapor (2). vapor.
From the same as aer; mist -- vapour. see GREEK aer. (atmida) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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Strong's Hebrew

108. ed -- a mist
... a mist. Transliteration: ed Phonetic Spelling: (ade) Short Definition: mist. Word
Origin from the same as ud Definition a mist NASB Word Usage mist (2). ...
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5387b. nasi -- rising mist, vapor
... rising mist, vapor. Transliteration: nasi Short Definition: clouds. Word Origin
from nasa Definition rising mist, vapor NASB Word Usage clouds (3), vapors (1). ...
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2919. tal -- night mist, dew
... 2918, 2919. tal. 2920 . night mist, dew. Transliteration: tal Phonetic
Spelling: (tal) Short Definition: dew. Word Origin from an ...
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5387. nasiy' -- one lifted up, a chief, prince
... Or nasi' {naw-see'}; from nasa'; properly, an exalted one, ie A king or sheik; also
a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour. ...
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6051. anan -- a cloud mass, cloud
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a cloud mass, cloud NASB Word Usage
cloud (78), clouds (7), cloudy (1), heavy mist (1). cloudy. ...
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Library

Writing Blotted Out and Mist Melted
... WRITING BLOTTED OUT AND MIST MELTED. ... 'I have blotted out as a cloud'"that is, the
thinning away of the mist. The blurred and stained page can be cancelled. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/writing blotted out and mist.htm

Christ among the Common Things of Life
... Not long ago, in the early morning, while all the world slept, I stood beside the
Sea of Tiberias, just as the morning mist lifted, and watched a single brown ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons volume 10/dawson christ among the.htm

The Dew and the Plants
... You cannot call it rain, so gently does it diffuse itself; it is liker a mist,
but it brings life and freshness, and everything is changed. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the dew and the plants.htm

Going Forth
... that point all was dark, except for the sparkle of the great hope that gleamed on
the horizon in front, as a sunlit summit rises above a sea of mist between it ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/going forth.htm

Let us See what My Adversary Himself Says on this Point in those ...
... addressed: "Ye are the light of the world." [2929] On the other hand, he should
exhibit everything involved in darkness and wrapped up in the mist of symbols ...
/.../2 let us see what.htm

October the Second Humbling Our Pride
... The mist is very close to our doors, and in a very few steps we are lost on
a trackless moor. ... But the mist remains, the home of blessing. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/october the second humbling our.htm

A Rough Voyage
... There was no moon, or stars, but a thick mist, so that I could see neither road
nor anything else; but I went as right as if it had been noon-day. ...
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For These Reasons There was Plainly Wanting a Divine Revelation,
... But in like manner, as Homer relates, that Minerva took away the mist from before
Diomede's eyes, that he might be able to distinguish one person from another ...
/.../vii proposition vii for these.htm

Out of the Deep of Suffering and Sorrow.
... and the desire of his eyes is taken from him, and all his hopes and plans, all which
he intended to do or to enjoy, are hid with blinding mist, so that he ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/out of the deep/i out of the deep.htm

On Heavenly Objects
... feet. [Nah.1:3]. The mist is the working of the divine mysteries; in the
psalm: and the mist is beneath His feet. [Ps.17(18):10(11)]. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.

2. (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

3. (n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.

4. (v. t.) To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.

5. (v. i.) To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.

Thesaurus

Mist (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching
the form of rain; as, Scotch mist. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MIST. ...
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Vapor (6 Occurrences)
... va'-per: (1) edh: "For he draweth up the drops of water, which distill in rain from
his vapor" (Job 36:27); "There went up a mist ['edh] from the earth, and ...
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Dew (35 Occurrences)
... with moisture, are robbed of it as they pass over the land, the cold air condensing
it into drops of water, which fall in a gracious rain of mist on every ...
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Mistake (5 Occurrences)

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Offenses (23 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 44:22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and
your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause. ...
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Of (369523 Occurrences)
... 4. (prep.) Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it
contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of ...
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Josephus
... the Lake of Gennesaret, in May, 67 AD The Jews withstood the siege for 47 days with
splendid courage, till Titus, assaulting under cover of a mist, stormed the ...
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Groped (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 13:11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not
seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. ...
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Watered (28 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 2:6 but a mist went up
from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground. ...
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Watering (21 Occurrences)
... to his own labour, (YLT). Genesis 2:6 But a mist went up from the earth,
watering all the face of the land. (BBE). Genesis 2:10 And ...
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Bible Concordance

Mist (17 Occurrences)

Acts 13:11 Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 4:14 when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
(WEY BBE RSV NIV)

2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
(KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 2:6 but a mist went up from the earth, and watered the whole surface of the ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Job 29:19 My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,
(BBE)

Job 36:27 For he takes up the drops from the sea; he sends them through his mist as rain,
(BBE NAS RSV)

Job 36:30 See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
(BBE)

Job 38:28 Has the rain a father? or who gave birth to the drops of night mist?
(BBE)

Job 38:29 Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?
(BBE)

Isaiah 18:4 For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.
(BBE)

Isaiah 29:18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
(BBE)

Isaiah 44:22 I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 10:13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Jeremiah 51:16 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of the waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain and sends out the wind from his store-houses.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Hosea 6:4 "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
(See NIV)

Hosea 10:7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off, like mist on the water.
(BBE)

Hosea 13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Mist

Mist: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Vapor (6 Occurrences)

Dew (35 Occurrences)

Mistake (5 Occurrences)

Offenses (23 Occurrences)

Of (369523 Occurrences)

Josephus

Groped (1 Occurrence)

Watered (28 Occurrences)