SHIP

• Built
  • By Noah Gen. 6:13-22
  • By Solomon 1 Ki. 9:26; 2 Chr. 8:17
  • By Jehoshaphat 1 Ki. 22:48; 2 Chr. 20:35,36
  • Of gopher wood Gen. 6:1, 4
  • Of fir wood Ezek. 27:5
  • Of bulrushes Isa. 18:2
  • Sealed with pitch (tar?) Gen. 6:15
• Equipped with
  • A helm Jas. 3:4
  • A rudder Acts 27:40
  • Tackling Isa. 33:23; Acts 27:19
  • Sails Isa. 33:23; Acts 27:1, 9, 17, 40
  • Sails embroidered Ezek. 27:7
  • Masts Isa. 33:23; Ezek. 27:5
  • Oars Jonah 1:13; Mk. 6:48
  • Figurehead Acts 28:11
  • An anchor Acts 27:29,30, 40; Heb. 6:19
  • Lifeboats Acts 27:30, 32
• Used in commerce Acts 21:3, 27:10
• Used in commerce
  • With Tarshish 1 Ki. 22:48; Isa. 60:9; Jonah 1:3
  • With Ophir 1 Ki. 10:11; 2 Chr. 8:18
  • With Adramyttium Acts 27:2
  • For passenger traffic Isa. 60:9; Jonah 1:3; Acts 20:13, 27:2, 37, 28:11
  • For ferriage 2 Sam. 19:18
• Repaired by caulking Ezek. 27:9
• Wrecked at Ezion-geber 1 Ki. 22:48; 2 Chr. 20:35-37
• At Melita (Malta) Acts 27:14, 44
• Warships used by Chittim Num. 24:24; Dan. 11:30
• See MARINERS