Lectionary Calendar
Monday, May 20th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Coal

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Prev Entry
Cluster
Next Entry
Coat
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Psalm 120:4 (b) The evil words of hostile enemies are compared to coals that burn and hurt when they strike.

Proverbs 6:23 (b) This is a figure to describe the fact that those who live in sin are defiled and hurt by sin even as those who walk upon coals are burned by them.

Isaiah 6:6 (b) The purging power of a live coal which destroys germs and corruption is here used to illustrate the effect of the Lord Himself in touching human life to purge, cleanse, and blot out the sins.

Bibliography Information
Watson, Walter. Entry for 'Coal'. Wilson's Dictoinary of Bible Types. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​wdt/​c/coal.html. 1957.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile