POSSESSION (0z-zesli'-On), (Heb. yer ay-shaue, occupancy, possession). It is either (1) the actual enjoyment of things (t Kings xxi :10 or (2) the thing enjoyed, whether lands, houses, goods, or servants (Eccl. :7 ; Matt. xix :22).
Figurative. (I) God is the possession of Ezekiel's priests ; saints have a right to and do derive their help and comfort from God: and on what is devoted to him, ministers ought to live (Ezek. xliv :28). (2) The church, or heaven, is a purchased possession; the saints are redeemed by the blood of Christ, and God is united to, and delights in them; and the heavenly glory which the saints forever enjoy is the rewareof Christ's obedience and suffering (Eph. i :14)• POST (post), (Heb. ah'yil, strong, or a post, door or side), an upright timber or pillar of stone at the side of the door (t Kings vi:33)• POT (pot), a term applicable to many sorts of vessels: 1. Aw-sook' (Heb. 2 Kings iv:2), an earth en jar, deep and narrow, without handles, prob ably like the Roman and Egyptian amphora, inserted in a stand of wood or stone.
2. Kheh'res (Heb. " potsherd," Job ii:8; Ps. xxii:15; Prov. xxvi:23; Is. xlv:9), an earthen vessel for stewing or seething.
3. Gheb-ee'-ah (Heb. The "pots" set be fore the Rechabites (Jer. xxxv:5) were probably bulging jars or bowls.
4. Dood (Heb. 117), a vessel for culinary cur poses, perhaps of smaller size than a " caldron, ' or kettle, mentioned in conjunction with them (Job xli:2o; Ps. lxxxi:6)..
5. Kel-ee' (Heb. , ft, Lev. vi:28), a vessel of any kind, and generally so rendered.
6. Tsin-tseh'neth (Heb. a covered ves sel for preserving things (Exod. xvi:33; comp. Hcb. ix:4).
7. Keer (Heb. "a, only in Lev. xi:35), a vesset for boiling or roasting (I Sam. ii:14). the dual it can only signify a vessel consisting of two parts, r. e., a pan or pot with a lid." S. Paw-roar' (Heb. probably an open, flat vessel (Judg. vi:to; t Sam. ii:t4); "pan" (Num. xi:8).
9. Seer (Heb. T;), the most usual and appro priate word (Exod. xxxviii:3; 2 Kings iv:38-41; XXV:14; 2 CItron. iV:11, 16; XXXV:13, etc.). it is combined with other words to denote special uses (Exod. xvi:3; Ps. lx Prov. xxvii:21). McC.
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