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In Scripture, God frequently uses figurative language to convey deeper spiritual truths, allowing believers to gain insight into His divine nature and plan.<br><br><b>Figurative Language in Scripture</b><br><br>The Bible is rich with figurative language, including metaphors, similes, and allegories. These literary devices are used to illustrate complex spiritual realities in a way that is accessible and memorable. For example, Jesus often spoke in parables, using everyday situations to reveal the mysteries of the Kingdom of God. In <a href="/matthew/13-34.htm">Matthew 13:34-35</a> , it is written, "Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: 'I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.'"<br><br><b>Typology</b><br><br>Typology is a specific form of figurative language where an element found in the Old Testament is seen as a foreshadowing or "type" of a New Testament reality. For instance, the sacrificial system in the Old Testament is a type that points to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ. <a href="/hebrews/10.htm">Hebrews 10:1</a> states, "The law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves."<br><br><b>Symbolism</b><br><br>Symbols are another form of figured language in the Bible. They are used to represent spiritual truths or divine realities. The Book of Revelation is particularly rich in symbolism, using vivid imagery to describe the end times and the ultimate victory of God. <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm">Revelation 1:12-16</a> describes a vision of Christ with symbolic elements: "I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire."<br><br><b>Imagery in Prophecy</b><br><br>Prophetic books in the Bible often employ figured language to convey messages from God. The prophets used vivid imagery to communicate warnings, judgments, and promises. For example, in <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a> , the renewal of strength is depicted through the imagery of an eagle: "But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not faint."<br><br><b>Understanding Figured Language</b><br><br>Interpreting figured language requires discernment and a thorough understanding of the cultural and historical context of the Bible. It is essential to recognize when language is meant to be taken figuratively rather than literally. This understanding helps believers grasp the full depth of God's message and apply it to their lives.<br><br>In summary, the use of figured language in the Bible serves to reveal divine truths, illustrate spiritual principles, and connect the Old and New Testaments through typology and symbolism. It enriches the biblical narrative and invites believers to explore the profound mysteries of their faith.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>imp. & p. p.</I>) of Figure.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Not literal; figurative.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) Indicated or noted by figures.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4906.htm"><span class="l">4906. maskith -- a showpiece, figure, imagination</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as sekvi Definition a showpiece, figure, imagination NASB<br> Word Usage carved images (1), <b>figured</b> (1), <b>figured</b> stones (1), imagination <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4906.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2405.htm"><span class="l">2405. chatuboth -- dark-hued stuffs</span></a><br><b>...</b> carved. Feminine passive participle of chatab; properly, a carving; hence, a tapestry<br> (as <b>figured</b>) -- carved. see HEBREW chatab. 2404, 2405. chatuboth. 2406 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2405.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6614.htm"><span class="l">6614. pethigil -- perhaps an expensive robe</span></a><br><b>...</b> stomacher. Of uncertain derivation; probably a <b>figured</b> mantle for holidays --<br> stomacher. 6613, 6614. pethigil. 6615 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6614.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_lx.htm"><span class="l">Psalm LX.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1. David the king was one man, but not one man he <b>figured</b>; sometimes to wit he <b>figured</b><br> the Church of many men consisting, extended even unto the ends of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lx.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_cloud_of_unknowing/here_beginneth_the_three_and_6.htm"><span class="l">How that after the Likeness of Moses, of Bezaleel, and of Aaron <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> and of Aaron meddling them about the Ark of the Testament, we profit on three manners<br> in this grace of contemplation, for this grace is <b>figured</b> in that Ark. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the three and 6.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_vii_blessed_is_he.htm"><span class="l">Blessed is He who Atoned Your Sins, that Ye Might Receive his Body <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2. There are shown in these rods similitudes,"and in the sheep, parables."The Cross<br> in the rods is <b>figured</b>, and in the sheep the souls of men."His wood <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn vii blessed is he.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymns_on_the_nativity_hymn.htm"><span class="l">Hymns on the Nativity. Hymn i. This is the Day that Gladdened Them <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The type that the Holy Ghost <b>figured</b> to-day its meaning was [explained.] He<br> came up as a root before Him, as a root of parched ground. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymns on the nativity hymn.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sheldon/in_his_steps/chapter_twenty-two.htm"><span class="l">Chapter twenty-two</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Then there came suddenly upon the scene two other characters who had already <b>figured</b><br> in the play, a tall, handsome, athletic gentleman dressed in the fashion <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-two.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/the_cloud_of_unknowing/here_beginneth_the_one_and_6.htm"><span class="l">That Some May not Come to Feel the Perfection of this Work but in <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Ensample of the first we have by Moses, and of this other by Aaron the priest of<br> the Temple: for why, this grace of contemplation is <b>figured</b> by the Ark of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the one and 6.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ephraim/hymns_and_homilies_of_ephraim_the_syrian/hymn_iv_blessed_be_he.htm"><span class="l">Blessed be He that Blots Out in Water Misdeeds that are Without <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> In Eden and in the world, are parables of our Lord;"and what tongue can gather,<br> the similitudes of His mysteries?"for He is <b>figured</b> all of Him in all things <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iv blessed be he.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/the_five_books_against_marcion/chapter_xxii_the_brazen_serpent_and.htm"><span class="l">The Brazen Serpent and the Golden Cherubim were not violations of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [2966] I say nothing of what was <b>figured</b> by this cure. [2967] Thus, too,<br> the golden Cherubim and Seraphim were purely an ornament <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxii the brazen serpent and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_viii_the_peratae_derive_their.htm"><span class="l">The Perat?? Derive their System from the Astrologers; this Proved <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The stars, looking on one another, are <b>figured</b> according to (the shape of [466] )<br> a triangle, having an intervening distance of the extent of three zodiacal <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter viii the peratae derive their.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/sermons_on_selected_lessons_of_the_new_testament/sermon_lxxii_on_the_words.htm"><span class="l">On the Words of the Gospel, John i. 48,"When Thou Wast under the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> A man's dream would not have been recorded, had not some great mystery been <b>figured</b><br> in it, had not some great prophecy been to be understood in that vision. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lxxii on the words.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/figured.htm"><span class="l"><b>Figured</b> (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> & pp) of Figure. 2. (a.) Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, <b>figured</b><br> muslin. <b>...</b> 4. (a.) Free and florid; as, a <b>figured</b> descant. See Figurate, 3. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/figured.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/figure.htm"><span class="l">Figure (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> chords. 22. (n.) To embellish. 23. (vt) To make a figure; to be distinguished<br> or conspicuous; as, the envoy <b>figured</b> at court. 24. (vt <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/figure.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/imagery.htm"><span class="l">Imagery (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> is elsewhere in the King James Version translated "image" (of stone) (Leviticus<br> 26:1, the Revised Version (British and American) "<b>figured</b> stone"), "pictures <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imagery.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/embroidery.htm"><span class="l">Embroidery (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 16:10 And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin,<br> And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with <b>figured</b> silk. (YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/embroidery.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/carved.htm"><span class="l">Carved (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make yourselves no idols, neither rear you up for yourselves<br> carved image, or statue, nor shall ye set up a <b>figured</b> stone in your land <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/carved.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/idols.htm"><span class="l">Idols (186 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 26:1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise<br> up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any <b>figured</b> stone in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/idols.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lotus.htm"><span class="l">Lotus (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered<br> lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are <b>figured</b> on its <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lotus.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/greyhound.htm"><span class="l">Greyhound (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is <b>figured</b> on the Egyptian monuments.<br> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GREYHOUND. gra'-hound. See DOG. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/greyhound.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/figurehead.htm"><span class="l">Figurehead (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/figurehead.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/engraved.htm"><span class="l">Engraved (62 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Leviticus 26:1 "'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise<br> up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any <b>figured</b> stone in <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/engraved.htm - 26k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/diadem-Bible.html">What does diadem mean in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Balaam-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Balaam in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-tradition.html">How should a Christian view tradition? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/figured.htm">Figured: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Figured (4 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Leviticus 26:1</a></span><br />"'You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any <span class="boldtext">figured</span> stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am Yahweh your God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52</a></span><br />then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their <span class="boldtext">figured</span> stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Ezekiel 16:10</a></span><br />And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with <span class="boldtext">figured</span> silk.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/16-13.htm">Ezekiel 16:13</a></span><br />And thou dost put on gold and silver, And thy clothing 'is' fine linen, And <span class="boldtext">figured</span> silk and embroidery, Fine flour, and honey, and oil thou hast eaten, And thou art very very beautiful, And dost go prosperously to the kingdom.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/figured.htm">Figured</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/figures.htm">Figures (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/figured.htm">Figured (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/boats.htm">Boats (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/ships.htm">Ships (46 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/f/figure.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Figure"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Figure" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/f/figurehead.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Figurehead"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Figurehead" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>