Index of Major Biblical Images

Adam 91, 97, 120, 309, 318

accounting 126, 164, 175, 206–7, 223, 283

animals

at the door 53, 99–100,

cow 112, 152

dog 35, 121, 123, 127, 366

dragon 94, 197–98

horse 69, 123, 154, 156

lamb 45, 51–54, 90, 96, 99, 104, 106, 142, 150, 167–69, 175, 186, 190, 196–98, 262–64, 338, 344

lion 16, 18, 31, 33, 41, 94, 106, 114, 117, 123–24, 127, 138–40, 145–47, 149, 151–54, 196, 197, 343–44

mule 123

oxen 124, 261

sheep 30, 51–53, 107, 123, 145, 152–53, 156, 162, 168–70, 180, 226, 255, 280, 348, 365–66

“apple of my eye” 155

axe 303

Babylon 97, 116, 138–41, 143, 145–49, 154, 198, 342–43, 350

birds

dove 125, 148, 150, 153, 213, 338

eagle 105, 107, 114, 120, 125, 146, 148–49, 151, 338, 341

vulture 154

birth (see also pregnancy) 25, 28, 35, 41, 44, 61, 90, 99, 102, 121, 124, 128, 141, 145–46, 151, 161, 164, 168, 188, 202, 206, 221, 223, 240, 245, 259–61, 343, 346, 350, 367, 379

blood

on one’s hands 111

on one’s head 111

bread 35, 91, 96–97, 104, 127, 145, 148, 150, 168, 173, 180, 185, 204, 242, 267, 379

breath (see also wind) 20, 90, 92, 120, 126, 140, 173, 175, 293, 340, 371

bride (see also marriage) 97, 126, 141, 166, 170, 185–86, 192, 198, 213, 245, 256, 269, 342

building

temple 28, 59, 96, 98, 122, 138, 144, 149, 168–69, 180, 186–87, 190, 196, 263, 290, 313, 318, 350

tent 90, 117, 140, 152, 180, 191, 254

Canaan (see also inheritance) 102, 104–6, 214

chaff 99, 113, 120, 122, 128, 145, 150, 152, 154, 340

children 51, 68, 70–71, 74–75, 92, 94, 124, 130, 138, 143, 183, 187–88, 215, 240, 261, 265–66, 282–83, 293, 307, 310, 333, 340, 342, 376

circumcision 143–44, 191, 343

clothing 90, 94, 97–98, 129, 197, 252, 273

clouds 90, 120, 131, 141, 146

cooking 124, 148, 224

courtroom 99, 119, 139, 153, 233, 286, 313, 340, 351

creation 27, 33, 41, 58, 68, 87, 89, 90–91, 100, 121, 146, 161, 168, 196, 208, 248, 297, 309, 318–19, 351, 372

cup 35, 51, 125, 145–46, 156, 197, 235, 268, 363

darkness 63, 90–91, 147, 166, 168, 183, 241–42, 281, 339, 350

dawn 91, 115, 138, 141–42, 151, 167, 241–42, 245

dew 16, 18, 31, 33, 41, 93, 107, 129, 150–51, 153,

door 27, 53, 57, 63, 90, 99–100, 121, 127, 129, 131, 139, 151, 166, 218, 284, 379

drinking 53–54, 69, 93, 96–97, 101, 125, 130, 168

dross 129, 138, 149

drowning 46, 115, 126–27, 147, 151, 228, 379

earth 33, 77, 90, 92, 100, 107, 121–22, 124–26, 128, 138, 140, 142, 154, 156, 167, 170, 195–96, 256, 341, 351, 355, 380

eating (see also food)

(see also bread)

honey 54, 95–96, 130–31, 145

meat 100, 145, 148, 153, 270

milk 54, 95–96, 145, 270

oven 150, 204

salt 77, 116, 162, 167, 170, 268

swallowing 71, 95, 97, 105–6, 121, 129, 131, 139, 146, 154

tears 46, 101, 128, 198, 366

wine 35, 54, 95–96, 133, 138, 155, 168, 173–74, 204, 307, 333, 337

Egypt 104–7, 115, 138, 142–43, 145, 149, 151, 156, 197, 207, 253, 338, 356

Exodus 104–5, 138, 156, 207, 253–54, 342, 356

father 15–16, 107, 116, 126, 167, 174, 186–88, 262, 264, 280–81, 319, 365–66, 368, 370

feast 53–54, 96–97, 104, 130–31, 138–39, 154, 173, 180, 198, 307, 333, 345–46, 350

fire

a burning coal 114

pulled out of the fire 155, 281

fishing 154, 280, 320

food (see also eating) 28, 43, 51, 54, 70, 94–96, 100, 121, 123, 129, 133, 204, 216, 307, 311–12, 338

fragrance 102–3, 129, 133, 181

fruit 54, 77, 92–93, 95, 107, 122–23, 129, 134, 138, 148, 150–51, 153, 163, 170, 174, 183, 244, 252, 263, 266, 281, 311, 340, 344, 371

gates 140, 156, 162, 167, 169, 182, 254, 284, 342, 352, 360, 364, 371

garden 79, 90, 92–93, 107, 134, 138, 146, 198, 233, 243, 264, 268, 318, 366,

grass 33, 42, 106, 115–16, 122, 128, 139–40, 339

harvest (see also chaff)

roots 116, 244, 266, 367

herald 175, 264, 305

highway

paths 10, 115, 123, 130, 143–44, 166, 218, 242, 284, 307, 341

roads 18, 20, 47, 138, 142, 162–63, 245, 284–85, 300, 306, 315, 371,

road-builders 147, 166, 245, 306

hunting 125, 147, 279–81, 298, 320

incense 54, 102–3, 129, 181, 196

inheritance 105–6, 125–26, 196, 309–10, 311, 325, 338

Joshua 98, 201, 214, 268

key 133, 139, 146, 150, 164, 243

leaven (see also yeast) 104–5 162, 173, 180, 185

light

lamp 35, 91, 114, 174, 196, 201, 245, 298, 319, 339

lampstand 196

stars 150, 152, 180, 209, 223, 237

sun 38, 57, 82–83, 112, 116, 121, 126, 151, 154, 156, 198, 242, 340

manure 116, 138,

marriage (see also bride) 45, 54, 79, 90, 93–95, 129–31, 133, 150, 184–85, 204, 333, 341, 348, 379

medicine (see also physican) 96, 121, 213, 307

money 69, 127, 189, 244, 274, 284, 333, 363

moth 126, 151, 343

mother 30, 73, 112, 124–26, 130, 139, 141, 187–88, 197, 261, 263–65, 306, 341, 343, 362, 368

nakedness 90, 97

oil 101, 129, 235, 294, 371

path (see highway)

physician (see also medicine) 47, 121, 142–44, 166, 213, 303, 346

politics

alien 117, 126, 180, 191

ambassador 239, 306

potter/pottery 124, 139, 145

pouring 44, 101, 146, 148, 153, 268, 307

pregnancy 53, 61, 90, 99, 124, 206, 341

rain 58–59, 93, 107, 121, 127, 131, 147, 151, 153, 207, 273, 341

rivers 36, 90, 93–95, 107, 120, 142, 151–52, 198, 203, 311, 352

road (see highway)

rock (see also stone) 101, 103, 115, 120–21, 140, 156, 162, 168, 187, 242, 342–43

Sabbath 90, 168

sacrifices 101–2, 124, 129, 138, 142, 144, 149, 154, 167, 169, 173, 189, 263–64, 266, 282, 314, 340, 370

sea 16, 18, 27, 31, 33, 46, 90, 97, 105, 139, 153–54, 156, 196, 210, 297, 338, 360

seal 102, 121, 155

signet 155

seed

Diaspora 92

serpent 90, 94–95, 164, 166, 168–69, 262–63

shadow 74, 120, 126, 128, 132, 254, 274, 291, 365–66

shepherd 30, 52–54, 103, 107, 123, 128, 139–42, 144, 155, 166–70, 176, 189–90, 197, 211, 226, 235, 255, 260–61, 263, 280–81, 298–99, 333, 341, 348–49, 365–66, 379

sleep 37, 68, 90, 132, 148, 150, 230, 252–53, 340, 358, 363, 373–74

smoke 121, 127–29, 131, 140, 150

Sodom and Gomorrah 90, 101, 117, 138, 152, 154, 350

soil (see also seed) 92, 150, 183, 281, 365, 370

stench (see also fragrance) 90, 101–2

store (see rock) 18, 90, 105, 125, 129, 131, 139–40, 145, 148, 150, 180, 186–87, 241, 266–67, 270, 342, 377

storms 34, 58–59, 62, 93, 112, 115, 121–22, 127–28, 139–41, 145, 147–48, 150–51, 154, 175, 204, 228–32, 273, 331, 338, 341, 360

sweat 46, 90

tents (see building)

thief 93, 95, 197

thorns 90, 115, 132, 153, 300, 347

traps 45, 53, 71, 79–80, 99, 104, 120, 127, 129, 368

travail (see also pregnancy) 99, 145–46, 187

trees 34–36, 90, 93, 120, 122, 128, 130, 138, 141–42, 146, 148–49, 151, 198, 311, 330, 341–42, 344

trumpet 195, 351

vine 34–35, 43–44, 105, 138, 142, 145, 148, 150–51, 165, 168, 170, 197, 270, 338, 379

warfare

armor 97, 332

bow 114, 120, 128, 150, 270, 340

shield 107–8, 115, 121, 124

spear 241, 243

sword 44, 90, 97, 107, 114, 127, 131, 146, 149, 243, 264, 307, 339, 362

target 77, 120, 276, 307

washing 93, 98, 116, 143, 148–49, 358

watchman 111, 142, 176

water

for drinking 28, 35, 45, 54, 90, 93–95, 103, 107, 123, 130, 168, 284, 307, 333, 363

for washing 93

spilled on the ground 114, 130, 268

weaving 120, 140, 254–55, 340, 365

weighing 113, 132, 147, 371

wind (see also breath) 17, 34, 80, 92, 113, 120, 124, 131–32, 144–45, 149, 151, 154, 161–62, 164, 168, 173–74, 299

windows (of heaven) 34, 52, 87, 164–65, 218, 318, 379

wine 35, 54, 95–96, 116, 129, 133, 138, 146, 155, 166, 168, 173–74, 197, 204, 299, 307, 333, 337

wings 26, 83, 105, 112, 125, 338, 341

yeast (see also leaven) 35, 104–5

yoke 115, 138, 143, 145–46, 151, 207, 350

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