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Fuller

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GREEK · G5485

χάρις

charis — grace

χάρις, -ιτος, ἡ Abbott-Smith does not include the article here., accusative, χάριν (χάριτα in Act.24:27, Ju 4; see WH, App., 157), [in LXX chiefly for חֵן ;] 1. objectively, that which causes favourable regard, gracefulness, grace, loveliness of form, graciousness of speech (cl.; Ecc.10:12, Sir.21:16, al.): Col.4:6; λόγοι τ. χάριτος (genitive qual.), Luk.4:22. 2. Subjectively, (a) on the part of the giver, grace, graciousness, kindness, goodwill, favour: Luk.2:52, Act.7:10, al.; esp. in NT of the divine favour, grace, with emphasis on its freeness and universality: Luk.1:30, Act.14:26, Rom.1:7, 1Co.1:3, al.; opposite to ὀφείλημα, Rom.4:4, 16; to ἔργα, Rom.11:6; (b) on the part of the receiver, a sense of favour received, thanks, gratitude: Rom.6:17 7:25, al.; χ. ἔχειν, to be thankful, Luk.17:9, 1Ti.1:12, al. 3. Objectively, of the effect of grace, (a) a state of grace: Rom.5:2, 2Ti.2:1, 1Pe.5:12, 2Pe.3:18; (b) a proof or gift of grace (cl., a favour): Jhn.1:16, Act.6:8, Rom.1:5, 1Co.3:10, 2Co.9:8, Gal.2:9, Eph.3:2, 1Pe.5:5, 10 al. (For fuller treatment of the NT usage, see AR, Eph., 221ff.; DB, ii, 254ff.; DCG, i, 686ff.; Cremer, see word). (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5883

עֵין רֹגֵל

en ro.gel — En-rogel

§ En-rogel = "fount of the fuller" a place near Jerusalem on the border between Judah and Benjamin and from which the permanent source of the pool of Siloam comes

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7274

רֹגְלִים

ro.ge.lim — Rogelim

§ Rogelim = "place of fullers" a place in the highlands east of the Jordan

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GREEK · G1102

γναφεύς

gnapheus — one who bleaches

γναφεύς, -έως, ὁ, Ion. and κοινή form of Att. κναφεύς (κνάπτω, to card wool), [in LXX for כָּבַס, 4Ki.18:17, Isa.7:3 36:2 * ;] a fuller, cloth-dresser: Mrk.9:3.† (AS)

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GREEK · G20410

ἐπάνοδος

epanodos — fuller statement

1. a rising up , (Plato Philosophus) 2. in speaking, recapitulation , (Plato Philosophus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

The word “full” is from the Anglo-Saxon fullian, meaning “to whiten.” To full is to press or scour cloth in a mill. This art is one of great antiquity. Mention is made of “fuller’s soap” (Mal. 3:2), and of “the fuller’s field” (2 Kings 18:17). At his transfiguration our Lord’s rainment is said to have been white “so as no fuller on earth could white them” (Mark 9:3). En-rogel (q.v.), meaning literally “foot-fountain,” has been interpreted as the “fuller’s fountain,” because there the fullers trod the cloth with their feet.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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