In biblical literature, the concept of being "soaked" often carries both literal and metaphorical significance. The term can refer to being drenched with water or other substances, as well as being overwhelmed or saturated with emotions, experiences, or spiritual truths.

Literal Usage:

1. Rain and Floods: The Bible frequently uses imagery of rain and floods to describe being soaked. In the account of Noah's Ark, the earth was soaked by the great flood as a divine judgment upon humanity's wickedness. Genesis 7:11-12 states, "On that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights."

2. Dew and Anointing: In the context of blessings, being soaked with dew is seen as a sign of God's favor. In Judges 6:38 , Gideon tests God's promise by laying out a fleece: "And that is what happened. When Gideon rose early the next day, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water." Similarly, anointing with oil, which often involved being soaked, symbolizes consecration and the Holy Spirit's presence.

Metaphorical Usage:

1. Saturated with Sin or Righteousness: The Bible uses the concept of being soaked metaphorically to describe a person's spiritual state. In Isaiah 1:15-16 , God admonishes Israel for being soaked in sin: "When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil."

2. Overwhelmed by Suffering or Joy: The Psalms often express being soaked with tears as a metaphor for deep sorrow or repentance. Psalm 6:6 reads, "I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears." Conversely, being soaked with joy and gladness is depicted in Psalm 23:5 : "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."

3. Immersion in God's Word and Spirit: The New Testament encourages believers to be soaked in the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18-19 exhorts, "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord."

Symbolic Acts:

1. Baptism: Baptism is a significant Christian sacrament symbolizing being soaked or immersed in water as a public declaration of faith and identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Romans 6:4 explains, "We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life."

2. Washing of Feet: In John 13:5 , Jesus performs a symbolic act of servitude by washing His disciples' feet, soaking them in water as a demonstration of humility and love: "After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel that was around Him."

The concept of being soaked in the Bible, whether through literal water or metaphorical experiences, serves as a powerful illustration of transformation, purification, and the overwhelming presence of God in the lives of His people.(imp. & p. p.) of Soak.7301. ravah -- to be saturated, drink one's fill
... Word Usage drench (1), drink (1), drink its fill (1), drink our fill (1), fill
(2), filled (1), made me drunk (1), satiated (1), satisfy (2), soaked (1), water ...
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Dionysius' Account of Serapion.
... arousing, said, Thou art come, my child, and the presbyter could not come; but do
quickly what he directed, and let me depart.' Then the boy soaked it and ...
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A Stranger in the Earth
... creation, the one exception to the universal law, like Gideon's fleece, dry and
dusty, while every poor bit of bush and grass round about is soaked with His dew ...
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But we must Follow Our Preacher, who Can Only Turn Away with ...
... time, exactly as they are to-day? Yes, indeed, it was a tear-soaked earth
he trod, as well as we. But then that other man was also ...
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Chapter twelve
... As they entered farther into the district, the Rectangle seemed to stare as with
one great, bleary, beer-soaked countenance at this fine carriage with its load ...
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The Coming of the Pharaoh
... The city's metals were polished, her streets were sprinkled and rolled, her stone
wharves scoured, her landings painted, her flambeaux new-soaked in pitch. ...
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Storming the Battlements
... the barbarous deeds of fury, when the blood is up and long delay has maddened their
souls; could we see the fields saturated with blood, and soaked with gore ...
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The victory of Faith
... The word is continually occurring. while the Spirit enters into every sentence.
Each letter is thoroughly soaked and impregnated with this heavenly honey. ...
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Glossary
... Doomsman. Judge. Even?christian. Neighbour. Fairhead. Beauty. Forsobbed. Soaked
or penetrated. Forsunken. Immersed. Let. To hinder. Lewd. Unlettered, or ignorant ...
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Christian Lands.
... And it means, too, that much of the humanizing, softening, and energizing power
of the Gospel of Christ has seeped and soaked into our common civilization and ...
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The Power that Never Fails.
... Then little wooden ones, of a very hard fibre are selected. These
sharp-edged, well-made wooden wedges are first soaked in water. ...
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Soaked (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Soaked (7 Occurrences). ... (See NIV). Leviticus 6:21 It shall
be made with oil in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. ...
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Griddle (5 Occurrences)
... oil. (WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 6:21 It shall be made with oil in
a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You ...
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Buck (23 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Lye or suds in which cloth is soaked in the operation of bleaching, or in
which clothes are washed. 2. (n.) The cloth or clothes soaked or washed. ...
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Baked (26 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS WBS NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 6:21 It shall be made with oil
in a griddle. When it is soaked, you shall bring it in. You ...
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Soap (4 Occurrences)

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Unicorns (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 34:7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the
bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat ...
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Oiled (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Oil. 2. (a.) Covered or treated with oil; dressed with, or soaked
in, oil. Multi-Version Concordance Oiled (2 Occurrences). ...
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Wine (282 Occurrences)
... of RV, "their carouse"), and Nahum 1:10 ("drunken as drunkards;" lit., "soaked
according to their drink;" RV, "drenched, as it were, in their drink", ie ...
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Wafers (6 Occurrences)
... bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers,
or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for ...
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Well-mixed (2 Occurrences)
... bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers,
or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for ...
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