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- Symbol - n. - A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
- Symbol - n. - Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
- Symbol - n. - An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
- Symbol - n. - That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
- Symbol - n. - Share; allotment.
- Symbol - n. - An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.
- Symbol - v. t. - To symbolize.
- Symbolic - a. - See Symbolics.
- Symbolic - a. - Alt. of Symbolical
- Symbolical - a. - Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.
- Symbolics - n. - The study of ancient symbols
- Symbolics - n. - that branch of historic theology which treats of creeds and confessions of faith; symbolism; -- called also symbolic.
- Symbolism - n. - The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.
- Symbolism - n. - A system of symbols or representations.
- Symbolism - n. - The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.
- Symbolism - n. - A combining together of parts or ingredients.
- Symbolism - n. - The science of creeds; symbolics.
- Symbolist - n. - One who employs symbols.
- Symbolistic - a. - Alt. of Symbolistical
- Symbolistical - a. - Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.
- Symbolization - n. - The act of symbolizing; symbolical representation.
- Symbolize - v. i. - To have a resemblance of qualities or properties; to correspond; to harmonize.
- Symbolize - v. i. - To hold the same faith; to agree.
- Symbolize - v. i. - To use symbols; to represent ideas symbolically.
- Symbolize - v. t. - To make to agree in properties or qualities.
- Selenium - n. - A nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. It is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.
- Decipium - n. - A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.
- Fifteen - n. - A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.
- Holy cross - - The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
- Ruthenium - n. - A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum.
- Oxygen - n. - A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.
- Sock - n. - The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
- Gold - v. t. - A metallic element, constituting the most precious metal used as a common commercial medium of exchange. It has a characteristic yellow color, is one of the heaviest substances known (specific gravity 19.32), is soft, and very malleable and ductile. It is quite unalterable by heat, moisture, and most corrosive agents, and therefore well suited for its use in coin and jewelry. Symbol Au (Aurum). Atomic weight 196.7.
- Molybdenum - n. - A rare element of the chromium group, occurring in nature in the minerals molybdenite and wulfenite, and when reduced obtained as a hard, silver-white, difficulty fusible metal. Symbol Mo. Atomic weight 95.9.
- Inverse - a. - Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.
- Platinum - n. - A metallic element, intermediate in value between silver and gold, occurring native or alloyed with other metals, also as the platinum arsenide (sperrylite). It is heavy tin-white metal which is ductile and malleable, but very infusible, and characterized by its resistance to strong chemical reagents. It is used for crucibles, for stills for sulphuric acid, rarely for coin, and in the form of foil and wire for many purposes. Specific gravity 21.5. Atomic weight 194.3. Symbol Pt. Formerly called platina.
- Columbium - n. - A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.
- Phraseogram - n. - A symbol for a phrase.
- Chromium - n. - A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.
- Bismuth - n. - One of the elements; a metal of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507¡ Fahr., being easily fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.
- Osmium - n. - A rare metallic element of the platinum group, found native as an alloy in platinum ore, and in iridosmine. It is a hard, infusible, bluish or grayish white metal, and the heaviest substance known. Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues. Symbol Os. Atomic weight 191.1. Specific gravity 22.477.
- Potassium - n. - An Alkali element, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.0. Symbol K (Kalium).
- Sulphur - n. - A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
- Stone - n. - Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
- Nitrogen - n. - A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name azote still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc, and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva.
- Tellurium - n. - A rare nonmetallic element, analogous to sulphur and selenium, occasionally found native as a substance of a silver-white metallic luster, but usually combined with metals, as with gold and silver in the mineral sylvanite, with mercury in Coloradoite, etc. Symbol Te. Atomic weight 125.2.
- Thirteen - n. - A symbol representing thirteen units, as 13 or xiii.
- Tantalum - n. - A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
- Opposition - n. - The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun.
- Tin - n. - An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. It is not easily oxidized in the air, and is used chiefly to coat iron to protect it from rusting, in the form of tin foil with mercury to form the reflective surface of mirrors, and in solder, bronze, speculum metal, and other alloys. Its compounds are designated as stannous, or stannic. Symbol Sn (Stannum). Atomic weight 117.4.
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- G2463 ἶρις - 2463 ἶρις - ἾΡΙΣ - - îris - ee'-ris - perhaps from ἐρέω (as a symbol of the female messenger of the pagan deities); a rainbow ("iris"):--rainbow. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H6255 עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם - 6255 עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם - עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם - - ʻAshtᵉrôth Qarnayim - ash-ter-oth' kar-nah'-yim - from עַשְׁתָּרוֹת and the dual of קֶרֶן; Ashtaroth of (the) double horns (a symbol of the deity); Ashteroth-Karnaim, a place East of the Jordan; Ashtoreth Karnaim. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- H740 אֲרִיאֵל - 740 אֲרִיאֵל - אֲרִיאֵל - - ʼĂrîyʼêl - ar-ee-ale' - xlit ʼĂrîʼêl corrected to ʼĂrîyʼêl; the same as אֲרִיאֵל; Ariel, a symbolical name for Jerusalem, also the name of an Israelite; Ariel. - - x-pn
- H384 אִיתִיאֵל - 384 אִיתִיאֵל - אִיתִיאֵל - - ʼÎythîyʼêl - eeth-ee-ale' - perhaps from אֹשֶׁר and אֵל; God has arrived; Ithiel, the name of an Israelite, also of a symbolical person; Ithiel. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H170 אׇהֳלָה - 170 אׇהֳלָה - אׇהֳלָה - - ʼOhŏlâh - o-hol-aw' - in form a feminine of אֹהֶל, but in fact for אׇהֳלָהּ; from אֹהֶל; her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary); Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria; Aholah. - Proper Name Feminine - x-pn
- H172 אׇהֳלִיבָה - 172 אׇהֳלִיבָה - אׇהֳלִיבָה - - ʼOhŏlîybâh - o''-hol-ee-baw' - (similarly with אׇהֳלָה) for אׇהֳלִיבָהּ ; from אֹהֶל; my tent (is) in her; Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah; Aholibah. - Proper Name Feminine - x-pn
- G633 ἀπονίπτω - 633 ἀπονίπτω - ἈΠΟΝΊΠΤΩ - - aponíptō - ap-on-ip'-to - from ἀπό and νίπτω; to wash off (reflexively, one's own hands symbolically):--wash. - Verb - greek
- G717 Ἀρμαγεδδών - 717 Ἀρμαγεδδών - ἈΡΜΑΓΕΔΔΏΝ - - Armageddṓn - ar-mag-ed-dohn' - of Hebrew origin (הַר and מְגִדּוֹן); Armageddon (or Har-Meggiddon), a symbolic name:--Armageddon. - Noun Location - greek
- G896 Βάαλ - 896 Βάαλ - ΒΆΑΛ - - Báal - bah'-al - of Hebrew origin (בַּעַל); Baal, a Phœnician deity (used as a symbol of idolatry):--Baal. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G903 Βαλαάμ - 903 Βαλαάμ - ΒΑΛΑΆΜ - - Balaám - bal-ah-am' - of Hebrew origin (בִּלְעָם); Balaam, a Mesopotamian (symbolic of a false teacher):--Balaam. - Noun Masculine - greek
- H1180 בַּעֲלִי - 1180 בַּעֲלִי - בַּעֲלִי - - Baʻălîy - bah-al-ee' - from בַּעַל with pron. suff.; my master; Baali, a symbolical name for Jehovah; Baali. - Noun Masculine - x-pn
- H1691 דִּבְלַיִם - 1691 דִּבְלַיִם - דִּבְלַיִם - - Diblayim - dib-lah'-yim - dual from the masculine of דְּבֵלָה; two cakes; Diblajim, a symbolic name; Diblaim. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- G2055 ἐρίφιον - 2055 ἐρίφιον - ἘΡΊΦΙΟΝ - - eríphion - er-if'-ee-on - from ἔριφος; a kidling, i.e. (genitive case) goat (symbolically, wicked person):--goat. - Noun Neuter - greek
- G1136 Γώγ - 1136 Γώγ - ΓΏΓ - - Gṓg - gogue - of Hebrew origin (גּוֹג); Gog, a symbolic name for some future Antichrist:--Gog. - Noun Location - greek
- H3882 לִוְיָתָן - 3882 לִוְיָתָן - לִוְיָתָן - - livyâthân - liv-yaw-thawn' - from לָוָה; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon; leviathan, mourning. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H3819 לֹא רֻחָמָה - 3819 לֹא רֻחָמָה - לֹא רֻחָמָה - - Lôʼ Ruchâmâh - lo roo-khaw-maw' - from לֹא and רָחַם; not pitied; Lo-Ruchamah, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea; Lo-ruhamah. - Proper Name Feminine - x-pn
- H3818 לֹא עַמִּי - 3818 לֹא עַמִּי - לֹא עַמִּי - - Lôʼ ʻAmmîy - lo am-mee' - from לֹא and עַם with pronominal suffix; not my people; Lo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea; Lo-ammi. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H3927 לְמוּאֵל - 3927 לְמוּאֵל - לְמוּאֵל - - Lᵉmûwʼêl - lem-oo-ale' - or לְמוֹאֵל; from לְמוֹ and אֵל; (belonging) to God; Lemuel or Lemoel, a symbolic name of Solomon; Lemuel. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H4036 מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב - 4036 מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב - מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב - - Mâgôwr miç-Çâbîyb - maw-gore' mis-saw-beeb' - from מָגוֹר and סָבִיב with the preposition inserted; affright from around; Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur; Magormissabib. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H4122 מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז - 4122 מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז - מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז - - Mahêr Shâlâl Châsh Baz - mah-hare' shaw-lawl' khawsh baz - from מַהֵר and שָׁלָל and חוּשׁ and בַּז; hasting (is he (the enemy) to the) booty, swift (to the) prey; Maher-Shalal-Chash-Baz; the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah; Maher-sha-lal-bash-baz. - Proper Name Masculine - x-pn
- H4755 מָרָא - 4755 מָרָא - מָרָא - - Mârâʼ - maw-raw' - for מַר feminine; bitter; Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi; Mara. - Proper Name Feminine - x-pn
- H5275 נַעַל - 5275 נַעַל - נַעַל - - naʻal - nah'-al - or (feminine) נַעֲלָה; from נָעַל; properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless); dryshod, (pair of) shoe((-latchet), -s). - Noun Feminine - heb
- G3850 παραβολή - 3850 παραβολή - ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΉ - - parabolḗ - par-ab-ol-ay' - from παραβάλλω; a similitude ("parable"), i.e. (symbolic) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral), apothegm or adage:--comparison, figure, parable, proverb. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H6489 פְּקוֹד - 6489 פְּקוֹד - פְּקוֹד - - Pᵉqôwd - pek-ode' - from פָּקַד; punishment; Pekod, a symbolic name for Babylon; Pekod. - Proper Name - x-pn
- H8314 שָׂרָף - 8314 שָׂרָף - שָׂרָף - - sârâph - saw-rawf' - from שָׂרַף; burning, i.e. (figuratively) poisonous (serpent); specifically, a saraph or symbolical creature (from their copper color); fiery (serpent), seraph. - Noun Masculine - heb