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Nave Topical Bible
• Tears
• Lachrymatory (Tear Bottle)
Thompson Chain Reference
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Tear
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• What a Sea of Tears and Sorrow
• His Sacred Feet with Tears of Agony
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Tears
• Tear, Torn
• Rend, Tear
Wilson's Bible Types
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• Tear (Verb)
Webster Dictionary
• Tearing
• Tearful
• Tear-Thumb
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Job's Tears
• Tear
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Tear Bottle
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Baptism of Tears
• Tears
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Gate of Tears
Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܙܰܥ
• ܒ݁ܥܰܩ
• ܕ݁ܶܡܥܬ݂ܳܐ
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• δάκρυον
• διαρήγνυμι , διαρήσσω , διαρρήγνυμι
• ἐξαιρέω
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• בָּכָה
• בְּכִי
• בָּקַע
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Small urns or Lachrymatorises, of thin glass or simple pottery, and containing the tears of mourners at funerals, used to be placed in the sepulchres of the dead at Rome and in Palestine, where they are found in great numbers on opening ancient tombs. This custom is illustrative of Psalm 56:8 , which shows that God is ever mindful of the sorrows of his people. In Revelation 7:17 he is represented as tenderly wiping all tears from their eyes, or removing for ever all their grief.