56 occurrences

'Asses' in the Bible

And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly. And he is become great. And he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCowsGenerosity, God'sGoldSilverAbraham, In SocietyOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesSupplied With MoneyBlessed By GodMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockSpoils Of WarLoss Of DonkeysPossessing Sheep

And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

Verse ConceptsMulesThose Who Kept Stock

And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysSetting Out

And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their asses provender.

Verse ConceptsAblutionGuestsWaterFeet WashingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

Verse ConceptsTen AnimalsMultitudes Of Donkeys

And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.

Verse ConceptsGoatsHorsesMarketsOwning LivestockAnimals, Types OfBarteringLoss Of DonkeysAcquiring HorsesPossessing Sheep

behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Verse ConceptsSheepAnger Of God, Examples OfPower Of God, Expressed

And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:

Verse ConceptsTributes

And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.

Verse ConceptsSixtiesThirty Thousand And UpMultitudes Of Donkeys

And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor.

they also did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up,

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

Tell of it , ye that ride on white asses, Ye that sit on rich carpets, And ye that walk by the way.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysBackRoadsWalkingTravellersVolunteering

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

Verse ConceptsPersuasion

But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was with him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything.

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodMangersWineFeeding Animals

So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.

Verse ConceptsServants Of PeopleLoss Of Donkeys

And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

Verse ConceptsSeeking For Concrete ThingsLoss Of DonkeysMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendBeing Lostsaul

When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the asses, and be anxious for us.

Verse ConceptsLet Them Go Home

And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not they mind on them; for they are found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house?

Verse ConceptsThree DaysFinding ThingsBeing Lost

When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

Verse ConceptsCareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.

Verse ConceptsSeeking For Concrete ThingsWhere To?

And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsThose Who Did Not Tell

And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsBoth Men And Animals Killed

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

Verse ConceptsFoodFig treeGrainRaisinsSheepWeights And Measures, DryFigsOne HundredThe Number Two HundredDried FruitQuantities Of WineHasty ActionOther Volume Measures

And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingExtermination

And when David was a little past the top of the ascent , behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

Verse ConceptsFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsStewardshipWaitingOne HundredThe Number Two HundredSummer Fruit

And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.

Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

Verse ConceptsMan Of God

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who FledLoss Of Donkeys

So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

Verse ConceptsCitiesEmpty PlacesLoss Of Donkeys

And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

Verse ConceptsLivestockOwning LivestockTwo ThousandFifty To Ninety ThousandOne Hundred Thousand And MoreTwo Hundred Thousand And More

Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

And the men that have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetGiving, Of PossessionsGenerosity, HumanBalmsHelpfulnessNakednessOintmentGold Items For The Tabernacl

their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredSix ThousandFour And Five HundredMultitudes Of Donkeys

their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredSix ThousandFour And Five HundredMultitudes Of Donkeys

In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses therewith ; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofFig treeAgriculture, TermsGrapesReformationRest, PhysicalWinepressFigsTreading GrapesSabbath Violated

that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.

Verse ConceptsQuenchingAnimals, God's Care OfDrinking WaterWild Donkeys

and when he seeth a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of asses, a troop of camels, he shall hearken diligently with much heed.

Verse ConceptsBackHorsesRiding DonkeysRiding CamelsTwo Animals

The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them .

Verse ConceptsenvoyBackSnakesBeastsflying

the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

Verse ConceptsMangersToolsShovelsNoting What Animals EatSourness

For the palace shall be forsaken; the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watch-tower shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Verse ConceptsChaosTowersEmpty CitiesWild DonkeysDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathWild Donkeys

And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Verse ConceptsSemenMale GenitalsYoung Loverssexmanhoodlovers

and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts , and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.

Verse ConceptsChallengesdewGovernmentGrassPeople OstracisedRepulsive FoodMen Similar To AnimalsWild DonkeysAuthorityDriven From MenKnowing About God's Kingdom

Bible Theasaurus

Asses (70 instances)
Backside (3 instances)
Behind (289 instances)
Bottom (41 instances)
Buttocks (3 instances)
Fundament (1 instance)
Hindquarters (2 instances)
Stern (11 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
πληροφορία 
Plerophoria 
Usage: 4

Ἄσσος 
Assos 
Usage: 2

ἀσφαλῶς 
Asphalos 
Usage: 3

ἐκκλησία 
Ekklesia 
Usage: 93

ἐπισυναγωγή 
Episunagoge 
Usage: 2

ὀνάριον 
Onarion 
Usage: 1

ὄνος 
Onos 
ass
Usage: 3

ὁρμή 
Horme 
assault , not tr
Usage: 2

πανήγυρις 
Paneguris 
Usage: 1

πεῖρα 
Peira 
Usage: 2

πειράζω 
Peirazo 
Usage: 33

πειράω 
Peirao 
assay , go about , vr tempted
Usage: 2

πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

πιστόω 
Pistoo 
be assured of
Usage: 1

συμβιβάζω 
Sumbibazo 
Usage: 6

συνάγω 
sunago 
Usage: 40

συναγωγή 
sunagoge 
Usage: 42

συναλίζω 
sunalizo 
Usage: 1

συνέρχομαι 
sunerchomai 
come together , go with , come with , resort , come , come with Trans , company with , accompany , assemble with
Usage: 31

συντίθεμαι 
suntithemai 
Usage: 4

ὑποζύγιον 
Hupozugion 
ass
Usage: 2

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