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A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion
... There stood the bravely-calm disciple, about to die, but all around, in those mighty
tiers of the Colosseum, or of the amphitheatre of some provincial town, as ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 13 1867/a sermon to open neglecters.htm

The Beginning of the New Testament
... On one side stood an enormous building, with a round space in the centre,
and tiers of seats rising one above another like a circus. ...
/.../duff/the bible in its making/chapter x the beginning of.htm

Let us Pass on Now to Theatrical Exhibitions, which we have ...
... by public proclamation the people to its consecration, he called it not a theatre,
but a temple, "under which," said he, "we have placed tiers of seats for ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter x let us pass.htm

How Vain, Then -- Nay, How Desperate -- is the Reasoning of ...
... the theatre are we bent on lewdness, outside the course on arrogance, and outside
the amphitheatre on cruelty, because outside the porticoes, the tiers and the ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xx how vain then.htm

We Ought to Detest These Heathen Meetings and Assemblies...
... Shall you not then shun those tiers where the enemies of Christ assemble, that seat
of all that is pestilential, and the very super incumbent atmosphere all ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxvii we ought to.htm

Sources of the Pentateuch.
... record speaks of mortar in this case, and here it is: the several courses of these
buildings were usually "laid with mortar in regular tiers." More striking ...
/.../gladden/who wrote the bible/chapter iii sources of the.htm

Pagan Cemeteries.
... inferiae, or rites, could be celebrated easily if the loculus and the cinerary urn
were near the ground, while ladders were required to reach the upper tiers. ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter vi pagan cemeteries.htm

Essay v. Whose Powers Shed Round Him in the Common Strife...
... little squares of land inclosed with substantial stone walls; these too from the
necessity of having the fields perfectly level, rising in tiers above each ...
/.../coleridge/confessions of an inquiring spirit etc/essay v whose powers shed.htm

Christian Sympathy
... It is not so, I thank God, in this place of worship, but I have known many places
of worship where there are tiers of Christian people, layer on layer, who ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/christian sympathy.htm

Prosperity under Persecution
... the cruel crowd looked down to watch their agonies as their bones were crushed between
the jaws of wild beasts; angels gathered in tiers, invisible multitudes ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/prosperity under persecution.htm

Thesaurus

Tiers (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Tiers (2 Occurrences). 1 Kings 7:4 There were beams in
three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks. (See RSV). ...
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Ties (7 Occurrences)

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Tied (33 Occurrences)

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Lay (524 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity;
to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall ...
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Cedar (61 Occurrences)
... The branches grow out horizontally in successive tiers, each horizontal plane
presenting, when looked at from above, the appearance of a green sward. ...
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Potter (14 Occurrences)
... fireplace beneath. The fire passes up through the holes, around the jars
packed in tiers in the chamber, and goes out at the top. An ...
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Pottery (11 Occurrences)
... fireplace beneath. The fire passes up through the holes, around the jars
packed in tiers in the chamber, and goes out at the top. An ...
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Olives (30 Occurrences)
... the Upper City rises in curved tiers like a theater, while all the lower slopes
to the South are a crowded mass of houses, girded by the eastern wall of the ...
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Temple (614 Occurrences)
... The Septuagint has three rows), on which, supported by cedar beams, rested three
tiers or stories of side-chambers (literally, "ribs," as in 1 Kings 6:5 ...
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Malchiel (3 Occurrences)
... the Upper City rises in curved tiers like a theater, while all the lower slopes
to the South are a crowded mass of houses, girded by the eastern wall of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Tiers (2 Occurrences)

1 Kings 7:4 There were beams in three rows, and window was over against window in three ranks.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 7:5 All the doors and posts were made square with beams: and window was over against window in three ranks.
(See RSV)

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Tiers

Related Terms

Ties (7 Occurrences)

Tied (33 Occurrences)

Lay (524 Occurrences)

Cedar (61 Occurrences)

Potter (14 Occurrences)