Everyday objects

Everyday Objects in Scripture

Browse the tools, vessels, garments, weapons, instruments, documents, travel items, foods, and temple objects used in the world of Scripture.

Everyday-object coverage

Object records

95

Strong’s links

147

Expanded reference links

4917

Category groups

12

Browse object categories

Building Tools and Materials

Materials and tools used in homes, cities, altars, tabernacle, temple construction, and prophetic imagery.

8 records11 Strong’s links627 refs

Clothing and Textiles

Garments, cloth, colours, and textile items used in daily life, priesthood, mourning, honour, shame, and symbolism.

8 records16 Strong’s links200 refs

Farming Tools and Agriculture

Tools and settings connected with ploughing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, vineyards, olives, and agricultural labour.

8 records12 Strong’s links85 refs

Food, Drink and Cooking Items

Foods, ingredients, and table items used in law, narrative, parables, covenant meals, provision, temptation, and worship.

9 records14 Strong’s links714 refs

Home Utensils and Domestic Life

Household objects used in cooking, lighting, storage, washing, meals, and domestic scenes.

9 records10 Strong’s links92 refs

Medicine, Perfume and Spices

Balm, oils, perfumes, spices, healing materials, burial materials, and purification objects.

10 records13 Strong’s links242 refs

Musical Instruments

Instruments used in worship, celebration, warning, lamentation, royal events, and prophetic scenes.

7 records10 Strong’s links228 refs

Shepherding and Livestock Objects

Objects and settings connected with shepherds, sheep, goats, cattle, pasture, folds, and flock care.

7 records9 Strong’s links636 refs

Temple and Worship Objects

Sacred objects associated with tabernacle, temple, priesthood, offerings, holiness, worship, and prophetic fulfilment.

9 records18 Strong’s links759 refs

Travel and Transport

Objects and animals connected with journeys, pilgrimage, trade, warfare, sea travel, and mission.

8 records14 Strong’s links312 refs

Weapons and Armour

Military objects used literally in narratives and metaphorically in spiritual and prophetic teaching.

8 records13 Strong’s links697 refs

Writing, Seals and Documents

Objects connected with writing, covenant records, legal documents, letters, seals, decrees, prophecy, and royal administration.

7 records15 Strong’s links572 refs