SHIPS
SHIPS
- Probably originated from the ark made by Noah # Ge 7:17,18
- Antiquity of, among the Jews # Ge 49:13 Jud 5:17
- DESCRIBED AS 3a) Gallant
# Isa 33:21
3b) Large # Jas 3:4 3c) Strong # Isa 23:14 3d) Swift # Job 9:26 4) Solomon built a navy of # 1Ki 9:26 5) MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE 5a) Of Chittim # Nu 24:24 Da 11:30 5b) Of Tarshish # Isa 23:1 60:9 5c) Of Adramyttium # Ac 27:2 5d) Of Alexandria # Ac 27:6 5e) Of Chaldea # Isa 43:14 5f) Of Tyre # 2Ch 8:18 6) Generally made of the fir tree # Eze 27:5 7) Sometimes made of bulrushes # Isa 18:2 8) The seams of, were caulked # Eze 27:9,27 9) PARTS OF MENTIONED 9a) The forepart or foreship # Ac 27:30,41 9b) The hinder part or stern # Ac 27:29,41 9c) The hold or between the sides # Jon 1:5 9d) The mast # Isa 33:23 Eze 27:5 9e) The sails # Isa 33:23 Eze 27:7 9f) The tackling # Isa 33:23 Ac 27:19 9g) The rudder or helm # Jas 3:4 9h) The rudder-bands # Ac 27:40 9i) The anchors # Ac 27:29,40 9j) The boats # Ac 27:30,32 9k) The oars # Isa 33:21 Eze 27:6 10) Often the property of individuals # Ac 27:11 11) Commanded by a master # Jon 1:6 Ac 27:11 12) Guided in their course by pilots # Eze 27:8,27-29 13) Governed and directed by the helm # Jas 3:4 14) Course of frequently directed by the heavenly bodies # Ac 27:20 15) Worked by mariners or sailors # Eze 27:9,27 Jon 1:5 Ac 27:30 16) Generally impelled by sails # Ac 27:2-7 17) Often impelled by oars # Jon 1:13 Joh 6:19 18) NAVIGATED 18a) Rivers # Isa 33:21 18b) Lakes # Lu 5:1,2 18c) The ocean # Ps 104:26 107:23 19) Soundings usually taken for, in dangerous places # Ac 27:28 20) Usually distinguished by signs or figure heads # Ac 28:11 21) Course of, through the midst of the sea, wonderful # Pr 30:18,19 22) EMPLOYED IN 22a) Trading # 1Ki 22:48 2Ch 8:18 9:21 22b) Fishing # Mt 4:21 Lu 5:4-9 Joh 21:3-8 22c) War # Nu 24:24 Da 11:30,40 22d) Carrying passengers # Jon 1:3 Ac 27:2,6 28:11 23) The hinder part of, occupied by the passengers # Mr 4:38 24) ENDANGERED BY 24a) Storms # Jon 1:4 Mr 4:37,38 24b) Quicksands # Ac 27:17 24c) Rocks # Ac 27:29 25) When damaged were sometimes undergirded with cables # Ac 27:17 26) Were often wrecked # 1Ki 22:48 Ps 48:7 Ac 27:41-44 2Co 11:25 27) ILLUSTRATIVE 27a) Of industrious women # Pr 31:14 27b) (Wrecked,) of departure from the faith # 1Ti 1:19