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Bitumen
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
Gen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. “slime”), a mineral pitch. With this the ark was pitched (6:14. See also Ex. 2:3.) (See SLIME.)
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
BITU'MEN . See Slime.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
BITU'MEN . See Slime.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt.
2. By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.