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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Billow

bil'-o (gal, "a great rolling wave"):

Figuratively, of trouble, "All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me" (Psalms 42:7; compare \Jon 2:3\).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.