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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Water
• Bitter Water
Scofield Reference Index
• Water
Thompson Chain Reference
• Waters of Affliction
• Waters Controlled
• Water of Life
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The Topic Concordance
• Living Waters
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Water: & Healing, Holy
• Merom, Waters
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Water
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
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American Tract Society
• Water-Spouts
• Water
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Water
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Water
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Water Drawing Celebrations, the:
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Holy Water
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Water of Separation
• Water of Purification
• Water of Jealousy
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Water of Jealousy
• Water
• Shiloah, Waters of
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Holy Water
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Water
• Shiloah, Waters of
• Jealousy, Water of
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Water of Separation
• Water of Bitterness
• Water
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Water (2)
• Water
• Blood and Water
King James Dictionary
• Watering
• Watered
• Water
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Water of Separation
• Shiloah, Waters of
• Nimrim, Waters of
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Waters, Living
• Water, Holy
• Water, Gregorian
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Water
• Springs of Water
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Water of Separation
• Water of Jealousy
• Shiloah The Waters of
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Water Watering, Waterless
• Water
Wilson's Bible Types
• Water
Webster Dictionary
• Territorial Waters
• Tail-Water
• Surfeit-Water
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Water
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Aerated Waters
• Delaware Water-Gap
• Holy Water
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bitter Water
• Bitterness, Water of
• Blood and Water
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Water
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Avery, Samuel Waters
• Blood and Water
• Blood and Water (2)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Aerated Waters
• Coniston Water
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Holy Water
• Holy Water Fonts
• Liturgical Use of Water
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Drawer of Water
• Water
• Water-Drawing, Feast of
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Lexicons
• ܐܰܓ݂ܳܢܶܐ
• ܡܰܝܳܐ
• ܫܳܩܳܐ
• ἄνυδρος
• βάθος
• ποταμός
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• אֵיתָן
• דָּלָה , דָּלָה
• זַרְזִיף , זָרַף
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In the Church Catechism it is declared that the outward visible sign or form in Baptism is, "Water; wherein the person is baptized. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." By the rubric in the Office for Holy Baptism it is directed that the Font is to be filled with "pure water." It is thus the Church fulfils our Lord's command, following literally His words, "baptizing them with water." Water, therefore, is the essential element of Holy Baptism, just as the bread and wine are the elements in the Holy Communion. Water as used in Holy Baptism signifies "cleansing," The amount of water to be used the Church has always regarded as matter of indifference.