Easton's Bible Dictionary
Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for fuel, such as the withered stalks of herbs (
Matthew 6:30), thorns (
Psalm 58:9;
Ecclesiastes 7:6), animal excrements (
Ezek. 4:12-15;
15:4, 6;
21:32). Wood or charcoal is much used still in all the towns of Syria and Egypt. It is largely brought from the region of Hebron to Jerusalem. (see
COAL.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
2. (n.) Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement.
3. (v. t.) To feed with fuel.
4. (v. t.) To store or furnish with fuel or firing.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
FUELfu'-el ('okhlah, or ma'akholeth, "food"): Is mentioned specifically only in the Old Testament, in Isaiah 9:5, 19 Ezekiel 15:4, 6; Ezekiel 21:32. Its general, literal meaning in these connections is "food for fire," and might include any sort of combustible material. The common forms of fuel were wood of various sorts (even including thorns, Psalm 58:9; Psalm 118:12 Ecclesiastes 7:6), and dried stalks of flowers or grass (Matthew 6:30), charred wood as charcoal (Leviticus 16:12 Isaiah 44:19, and frequently), and dried dung (Ezekiel 4:12, 15). There is no certain indication that our coal was known to the Hebrews as fuel, and their houses, being without chimneys, were not constructed for the extensive use of fuel for warmth.
Leonard W. Doolan
Greek
5208. hule -- wood, timber, forest ... wood, timber, forest. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hule Phonetic
Spelling: (hoo-lay') Short Definition: wood,
fuel Definition: wood,
fuel.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5208.htm - 6k3586. xulon -- wood
... From another form of the base of xestes; timber (as fuel or material); by implication,
a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance -- staff ...
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4443. pura -- a fire
... a fire. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pura Phonetic Spelling:
(poo-rah') Short Definition: a fire Definition: a fire, pile of burning fuel. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3980. maakoleth -- fuel... fuel. Transliteration: maakoleth Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ak-o'-leth) Short Definition:
fuel. Word Origin from akal Definition
fuel NASB Word Usage
fuel (2).
fuel ... /hebrew/3980.htm - 6k 402. oklah -- food, eating
... Word Origin fem. of okel Definition food, eating NASB Word Usage eat (1),
food (13), fuel (3). consume, devour, eat, food, meat. ...
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4168. moqed -- a burning mass
... burning, hearth. From yaqad; a fire or fuel; abstractly, a conflagration -- burning,
hearth. see HEBREW yaqad. 4167, 4168. moqed. 4169 . Strong's Numbers.
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4169. moqedah -- hearth
... Word Origin fem. of moqed Definition hearth NASB Word Usage hearth (1). burning.
Feminine of mowqed; fuel -- burning. see HEBREW mowqed. 4168, 4169. ...
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4071. medurah -- a pile (of wood)
... pile for fire. Or mdurah {med-oo-raw'}; from duwr in the sense of accumulation;
a pile of fuel -- pile (for fire). see HEBREW duwr. 4070, 4071. ...
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Library
Whether the Fire of Hell is of the Same Species as Ours?
... xv): "Bodily fire needs bodily fuel in order to become fire; neither can it
be except by being kindled, nor live unless it be renewed. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the fire of hell 2.htm
To Brother Raimondo of Capua of the Order of the Preachers
... So I wish, because there is mighty need, that you should never cease from throwing
fuel on the fire of holy desire"the fuel of the knowledge of yourselves. ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to brother raimondo of capua 3.htm
The Much-Talked-Of Fire of the Manich??ans; that Fire Matter ...
... And what substance of fire can be conceived without fuel, and how can what is moist
serve as fuel to it, unless what is rather physiologically said about this ...
/.../alexander/of the manichaeans/chapter xxvi the much-talked-of fire of.htm
The Burning Babe
... but newly born, in fiery heats I fry, Yet none approach to warm their hearts or
feel my fire but I! My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the burning babe.htm
God Still Sifting.
... Then there's the hard-coal enthusiasm that will burn steadily and faithfully by
the hour. Yet no kind, mark you, will run long without fresh fuel. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/god still sifting.htm
Our Opinion is Supported by Several Writers of the Middle Ages
... Evil is present with me with my reason; it is near to my inward man. I
see another law the fuel or flame, which reigns. Warring ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 2/our opinion is supported by.htm
As the World Serves You by Shewing the Greatness of God's Love to ...
... As the world serves you by shewing the greatness of God's love to you, so doth
it serve you as fuel to foment and increase your praises. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/94 as the world serves.htm
The Burning Babe
... I! My faultless breast the furnace is, the fuel wounding thorns,. ... scorns;
The fuel Justice layeth on, and Mercy blows the coals; ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/x the burning babe.htm
Dying Fires
... They huddle round its dying embers for a little warmth and company, and they hope
it will scare wolf and jackal, but their fuel is all burned, and they have to ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/dying fires.htm
Examples from Nature Proving that Bodies May Remain Unconsumed and ...
... burns, though itself bright; and which, though of the most beautiful colors, discolors
almost all it touches and feeds upon, and turns blazing fuel into grimy ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 4 examples from nature proving.htm
Thesaurus
Fuel (13 Occurrences)... Almost every kind of combustible matter was used for
fuel, such as the withered
stalks of herbs (Matthew 6:30), thorns (Psalm 58:9; Ecclesiastes 7:6), animal
.../f/fuel.htm - 12kDung (27 Occurrences)
... (2.) Used as fuel, a substitute for firewood, which was with difficulty procured
in Syria, Arabia, and Egypt (Ezek. ... Dung was also used as a fuel. ...
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Gate (248 Occurrences)
... and Isaiah 25:10. Dung was also used as a fuel. Ezekiel 4:12, 15 will be
understood when it is known that the dung of animals is ...
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Lime (4 Occurrences)
... The whole interior is filled with carefully packed fragments of limestone, and large
piles of thorny-burner and other shrubs to serve as fuel are gathered ...
/l/lime.htm - 11k
Bread (433 Occurrences)
... This bowl is placed inverted upon small stones and then heated with a fuel distinctly
oriental, consisting of dried dung heaped over and around it. ...
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Firing (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of discharging firearms. 2. (n.) The mode of introducing fuel
into the furnace and working it. ... 5. (n.) Fuel; firewood or coal. ...
/f/firing.htm - 7k
Coal (7 Occurrences)
... coal, although it is found in Syria. Their common fuel was dried dung of
animals and wood charcoal. Two different words are found in ...
/c/coal.htm - 14k
Fire (602 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
3. (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. ...
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Fugitive (12 Occurrences)
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Quartermaster (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing,
fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops ...
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