What does "Pool" mean in the Bible?
Pools, like the tanks of India, are in many parts of Palestine and Syria the only resource for water during the dry season, and the failure of them involves drought and calamity. Pool appears in 10 verses across 6 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Pool?
Pools, like the tanks of India, are in many parts of Palestine and Syria the only resource for water during the dry season, and the failure of them involves drought and calamity. (Isaiah 42:15) Of the various pools mentioned in Scripture, perhaps the most celebrated are the pools of Solomon near Bethlehem called by the Arabs el-Burak, from which an aqueduct was carried which still supplies Jerusalem with wafer. (Ecclesiastes 2:6) Ecclus. 24:30, 31.
Definition text: Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Pool?
Where does Pool appear in the Bible?
Pool is referenced in 10 verses across 6 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Kings 22:38
- 2 Kings 20:20
- Isaiah 7:3
- Isaiah 22:9
- Isaiah 22:11
- John 5:2
- John 5:7
- John 9:7
- Nahum 2:8
- Nehemiah 2:14
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Pool.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Pool?
Pool appears in 10 verses across 6 books, most often in Isaiah, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Pool?
Isaiah, John, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Nahum, Nehemiah.
Where can I read every verse about Pool?
This page lists 10 of them. Protos carries all 10, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
