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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 (1Ki 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" (Psa 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 (Pro 31:6). In 1Cr 10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" (1Cr 10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over it (Mat 26:27; Luk 22:17). The "portion of the cup" (Psa 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; Pro 23:31; Rev 17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath" (Psa 75:8; Isa 51:17; Jer 25:15; Lam 4:21; Eze 23:32; Rev 16:19; Mat 26:39,42; Jhn 18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death (Mat 16:28; Mar 9:1; Hbr 2:9).

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