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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Oil
• Coal Oil
• Anointing Oil
Scofield Reference Index
• Oil
Thompson Chain Reference
• Olive Oil
• Oil
• Anointing Oil
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Oil, Ointment, Anointed: & Perfume
• Hair, of Head, Oils & Gold Dust in, Baldness: & Beard, Absalom's
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Oil
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Oil
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Oil
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Oil
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Oil-Tree
• Oil
• Beaten Oil
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Oil Tree
• Oil
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Oil Tree
• Oil
• Beaten Oil
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Oil Tree
• Oil
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Oil (Olive)
• Oil
King James Dictionary
• Oiled
• Oil
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Oil Tree
• Oil
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Stock, Oil
• Sick, Oil of the
• Saints, Oil of
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Oil
People's Bible Dictionary
• Oil
• Beaten Oil
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Oil Tree
• Oil
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Oil
Wilson's Bible Types
• Oil
Webster Dictionary
• Train Oil
• Roosa Oil
• Poonga Oil
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Oil
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Cajuput Oil
• Castor Oil
• Cod-Liver Oil
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Beaten Oil
• Oil
• Oil Press
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Oil
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Healing-Oil
• Holy Oil
• Oil
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Dippel's Oil
• Oil City
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Holy Oils
• Oil of Saints
• Vessels for Holy Oils
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Oil
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Oil

Oil. The Hebrews used olive oil as butter and as animal fat is used with us, Deuteronomy 32:13; Job 24:11; Ezekiel 16:13. In some of the Hebrew thank-offerings oil was taken with the meat-offering. Leviticus 5:11; Leviticus 7:12; Numbers 5:15; Numbers 6:15; Exodus 29:40. Oil was used for anointing the head and the body; and in the preparation of ointments. Exodus 30:24; 2 Samuel 14:2; Psalms 23:5; Psalms 92:10; Psalms 104:15; Proverbs 21:17; Luke 7:46. The application of oil for medicinal purposes prevailed in the earliest periods. Isaiah 1:6; Hosea 12:1; Mark 6:13; James 5:14-15. Olive oil was extensively used for the lamps in the tabernacle. Exodus 27:20. The use of oil is significant of gladness, Psalms 141:5; Isaiah 61:3, and the omission of it betokened sorrow. 2 Samuel 14:2; Matthew 6:17. Oil was also the symbol of abundance and festivity. Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 27:17. The anointing with oil was symbolical of the unction of the Holy Spirit. Psalms 45:7; Zechariah 4:14; Isaiah 61:1; 1 John 2:20.