7 occurrences

'Bar' in the Bible

Then Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, and the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his ox, donkey, and sheep, his tent, and all that he had, and brought them up to the Valley of Achor.

But Samson stayed in bed until midnight when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate along with the two gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.

Verse ConceptsStrength, SpiritualMidnightLocks And BarsCarrying Other Loads

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationBreaking Chains

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet:

“Go say to Hananiah: This is what the Lord says, ‘You broke a wooden yoke bar, but in its place you will make an iron yoke bar.’

Verse ConceptsIron, Figurative Use OfWoodIron ObjectsBronze GatesBreaking Chains

Rise up, go up against a nation at ease,one living in security.This is the Lord’s declaration.They have no doors, not even a gate bar;they live alone.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsNationalismA Solitary PeopleThose At Ease

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