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Vial

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Vessel that held oil, usually for anointing purposes (1 Samuel 10:1 KJV, NRSV; “flask” NAS, NIV). The same word is used a number of times in the Book of Revelation ( 1 Samuel 5:8; 1 Samuel 15:7; 1Samuel 16:1-4,1Samuel 16:8,1Samuel 16:10,1Samuel 16:12,1 Samuel 16:17; 1 Samuel 17:1; 1 Samuel 21:9; “bowls,” NAS, NIV, NRSV). See Anoint; Oil; Vessels and Utensils .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Vial'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​v/vial.html. 1991.
 
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