Lancet
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Lancet

This word is found in (1 Kings 18:28) only. The Hebrew term is romach , which is elsewhere rendered, and appears to mean a javelin or light spear. In the original edition of the Authorized Version (1611) the word is "lancers."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

2. (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
LANCE; LANCER; LANCET

lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. See ARMOR, III, 4, (3); 1 Kings 18:28 the Revised Version (British and American) "lances."

Strong's Hebrew
7420. romach -- a spear, lance
... buckler, javelin, lancet, spear. From an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance (as
thrown); especially the iron point -- buckler, javelin, lancet, spear. ...
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Library

Cast Your Eye Round the Room in which You Sit...
... The object of a lancet is to lance; when used for slashing, gashing, ripping,
lopping off heads and limbs, it is a disappointing instrument. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 17 cast your eye.htm

Psalm LI.
... seemed more miserable. Something useful is tribulation; useful the surgeon's
lancet rather than the devil's temptation. He became ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm li.htm

The Axe at the Root --A Testimony against Puseyite Idolatry
... He was touching upon matters of the most vital importance, and her depraved heart
naturally shrunk from the lancet, From the truth which was becoming ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 12 1866/the axe at the roota.htm

The Earth Brings Forth, as if by Suppuration...
... Among cures, certain substances supplied by nature have very great efficacy; magic
also puts on some bandage; the art of healing counteracts with lancet and cup ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter i the earth brings.htm

Confession of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and ...
... Like a festering sore his anguish gathered and increased, and as he would not use
the lancet of confession, his spirits became more and more full of torment ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/confession of sin illustrated by.htm

You have Therefore the Will of My God. ...
... And the healing art has manifestly an apparent cruelty, by reason of the lancet,
and of the burning iron, and of the great heat of the mustard; yet to be cut ...
/.../scorpiace antidote for the scorpions sting/chapter v you have therefore.htm

Faith Illustrated
... I say, better than any lancet to spill the superfluous blood of our boasting, better
than any bitter medicine to chase the burning fever of our pride; better ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/faith illustrated.htm

Letter xxi. --Things Painful to Nature.
... At present you must brace yourself to receive many cuts with the lancet, to swallow
many bitter pills, but go on bravely, and excite yourself to a filial ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter xxi things painful to nature.htm

Thou that Makest Men to Dwell of one Mind in one House...
... didst Thou not out of another soul bring forth a hard and a sharp taunt, like a
lancet out of Thy secret store, and with one touch remove all that foul stuff? ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii thou that makest.htm

February 18. "Christ in You" (Col. I. 27).
... He came one day without lancet and probes, and holding in his hand a small but powerful
magnet, which he kept before the wounded eye, as close as it could bear ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /february 18 christ in you.htm

Thesaurus
Lancet
... 2. (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. LANCE; LANCER; LANCET. lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. ...
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Lance (7 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon. 7. (vt) To open with
a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess. ... LANCE; LANCER; LANCET. ...
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Lancer
... 2. (n.) A lancet. 3. (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. LANCE; LANCER; LANCET. lans, lan'-ser, lan'-set. ...
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Lancets (1 Occurrence)

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Lances (1 Occurrence)

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Resources
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