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DROPPING, A CONTINUAL

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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898

DROPPING, A CONTIN'UAL The force of the comparison used in Prov 27:15 will be understood when it is borne in mind that Oriental houses have flat roofs made of mud. These naturally crack under the heat, and so in a shower the water often comes through the large crack.

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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible (James Hastings, 1898). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain.

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