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Heave offering
Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by t...

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Offering
·noun The act of an offerer; a proffering. II. Offering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Offer>>. III. Offerin...

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Offering
An oblation, dedicated to God. Thus Cain consecrated to God of the first-fruits of the earth, and Ab...

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Heave
·vt To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. II. Heave ·vi To be thrown up or raised; to ...

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to heave
To rob. To heave a case; to rob a house. To heave a bough; to rob a booth. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Burnt offering
Hebrew olah; i.e., "ascending," the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God w...

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Drink-offering
Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerin...

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Jealousy offering
The name of the offering the husband was to bring when he charged his wife with adultery (Num. 5:11-...

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Meat-offering
(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody"...

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Sin-offering
(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-3...

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Trespass offering
(Heb. asham, "debt"), the law concerning, given in Lev. 5:14-6:7; also in Num. 5:5-8. The idea of si...

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Wood-offering
(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on ...

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Burnt Offering
The word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar, and the whole of...

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Meat Offering
The law or ceremonial of the meat offering is described in (Leviticus 2:1) ... and Levi 6:14-23 It w...

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Sin Offering
The sin offering among the Jews was the sacrifice in which the ideas of propitiation and of atonemen...

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Peace Offering
→ Thank Offering ...

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Thank Offering, Or Peace Offering
the properly eucharistic offering among the Jews, in its theory resembling the meat offering and the...

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Trespass Offering
[Sin Offering OFFERING] ...

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Wave Offering
This rite, together with that of "heaving" or "raising" the offering was an inseparable accompanimen...

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heave, to
To throw anything overboard. To cast, as heaving the log or the lead. Also, to drag, prize, or purch...

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heave handsomely
Gently. ...

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heave hearty
Heave strong and with a will. ...

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Free-will offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...

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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
heave about, to
To go upon the other tack suddenly. ...

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heave and paul
Is the order to turn the capstan or windlass till the paul may be put in, by which it is prevented f...

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heave and rally!
An encouraging order to the men at the capstan to heave with spirit, with a rush, and thereby force ...

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heave and set
The ship's motion in rising and falling to the waves when at anchor. ...

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heave out there!
The order to hasten men from their hammocks. ...

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heave short, to
To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor, or sufficiently near it for sai...

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heave the lead
To take soundings with the hand lead-line. "Get a cast of the lead," with the deep-sea lead and line...

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heave the log
Determine the ship's velocity by the log line and glass. ...

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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...

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yeo-heave-yeoing
The chant or noise made at the windlass and purchase-falls in a merchantman, to cheer and lighten la...

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heave and a-wash
An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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heave and a-weigh
Signifies that the next effort will start the anchor from its bed, and make it a-trip. "Heave and a-...

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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...

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heave of the sea
The power that the swell of the sea exerts upon a ship in driving her out of, or faster on in, her c...

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capstan, to heave at the
To urge it round, by pushing against the bars, as already described. ...

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