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Topic:
Cup
With regard to the word "cup…"
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on
Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of
gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made
after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold (Rev. 17:4).
The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt (Gen.
44:2-17), and in the East generally. The "cup of salvation"
(Ps. 116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving for the great salvation. The
"cup of consolation" (Jer. 16:7) refers to the custom of
friends sending viands and wine to console relatives in mourning (Prov.
31:6). In 1 Cor. 10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted
with the "cup of devils" (1 Cor. 10:21). The sacramental cup
is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over
it (Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17). The "portion of the cup" (Ps.
11:6; 16:5) denotes one's condition of life, prosperous or adverse. A
"cup" is also a type of sensual allurement (Jer. 51:7; Prov.
23:31; Rev. 17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment,"
the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath"
(Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Lam. 4:21; Ezek. 23:32; Rev. 16:19;
comp. Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death
(Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Heb. 2:9).
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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