23 occurrences

'Rolling' in the Bible

Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

They are turned here and there, rolling like a man who is full of wine; and all their wisdom comes to nothing.

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers

And after drinking it, they will go rolling from side to side, and be off their heads, because of the sword which I will send among them.

Give cries of grief, you keepers of sheep; give cries for help, rolling yourselves in the dust, you chiefs of the flock: for the days of your destruction have fully come, and I will send you in all directions, and your fall will be like that of the males of the flock.

See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.

Make him full of wine, for his heart has been lifted up against the Lord: and Moab will be rolling in the food he was not able to keep down, and everyone will be making sport of him.

See, I am against you, says the Lord, O mountain of destruction, causing the destruction of all the earth: and my hand will be stretched out on you, rolling you down from the rocks, and making you a burned mountain.

And their voices will be sounding over you, and crying bitterly they will put dust on their heads, rolling themselves in the dust:

But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.

And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

And there was a great earth-shock; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, rolling back the stone, took his seat on it.

And they took him to him: and when he saw him, the spirit in him straight away became violent; and he went down on the earth, rolling about and streaming at the lips.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּלל 
Galal 
Usage: 18

ἀποκυλίω 
Apokulio 
Usage: 4

גּלגּל 
Galgal 
Usage: 11

גּליון גּלּיון 
Gillayown 
Usage: 2

חתּוּל 
Chittuwl 
Usage: 1

מגלּה 
M@gillah 
Usage: 21

מגלּה 
M@gillah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

ספר 
C@phar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

פּלשׁ 
Palash 
Usage: 4

εἱλίσσω 
heilisso 
Usage: 1

προσκυλίω 
Proskulio 
Usage: 2

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