73 occurrences in 13 translations

'Bears' in the Bible

And God said, "Look--I am giving to you every plant [that] bears seed which [is] on the face of the whole earth, and every kind of tree {that bears fruit}. They shall be yours as food."

Verse ConceptsNutritionBearing Bad FruitSeedFood DefinedGod Giving FreelyDinosaursHerbsAntibioticsGod's CreationPlanting SeedsSeedsTaking Care Of The EarthSowing SeedsveganismMarijuana

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?"

Verse ConceptsGrudgesResentment, Against PeopleResponseRepaying Evil For EvilNamed People Angry With Others

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children belong to her master, and the man must leave alone.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtIsolated PersonsMarriage Controlled

“If someone sins and without knowing it violates any of the Lord’s commands concerning anything prohibited, he bears the consequences of his guilt.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Human Aspects OfGuilt OfferingResponsibility, To GodSin BearerBearingIgnorance Of EvilIgnorance of God

"Tell the Israelis that a woman who conceives and bears a son is unclean for seven days. Just like the days of her menstruation, she is unclean.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPurity, Nature OfSevenSeven DaysBleedingBirthSeven Days For Legal Purposes

But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfWeeksTen Or More DaysTwo To Four MonthsBleedingPurifying OneselfHaving A Babychildbearing

Then he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

Verse ConceptsBleedingBirthRegulations For Men And WomenPriests Atoning

‘If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIncurring GuiltSexual Sin, Nature OfSistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMothers And Daughters

Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers?

Verse ConceptsArmsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfNursesThe Promise Of A Baby

The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

the afterbirth that comes out from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you within your gates.

Verse ConceptsCannibalismActing In SecretBirth

so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the [false] gods of these nations; so that there will not be among you a root [of idolatry] bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood (bitterness).

Verse ConceptsHuman WillFamilies, Nature OfFalse ConfidenceHeart, HumanParticipation, In SinPoisonRootsFruits Of SinBitter FoodBitterness

[and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Verse ConceptsBrimstoneCities of the plainMineralsSodom And GomorrahSulphurWasteEcological ConcernsGod Angry With The NationsSourness

Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

He called out and told the king.The king said, “If he’s alone, he bears good news.”As the first runner came closer,

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGood News

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaTwo AnimalsFortiesAnimals KillingCursing The Ungodlyhumorteenager

"Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns?

Verse ConceptsWild GoatWhen?Deer Etc.Deer

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguageMouthsCursingSevering Body PartsThe TongueTogethernesscutting

The wicked covets the proceeds of evil, but the root of the righteous {bears fruit}.

Verse ConceptsRoots

A person with great anger bears the penalty;if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.

Verse ConceptsAnger ManagementQuick TemperedPunishmentPunishmentsconsequences

The expression of their faces bears witness against them,And they display their sin like Sodom;They do not even conceal it.Woe to them!For they have brought evil on themselves.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahFruits Of SinDisfigurement Of SinCountenanceExpressions On FacesSin Made KnownHarming OneselfWoe To Israel And JerusalemAppearances of

At that time tribute will be brought to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies from a tall and smooth-skinned people, from a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place that bears the name of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGiftsGiving To GodDivision Of WatersTall PeopleWaters DividingFearing Other PeopleAmerica

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

For I heard a voice like an ill woman, anxiety like [a woman who] bears her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion. She is gasping for breath, she is spreading out her hands: "Woe is me, for I am becoming tired before killers."

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature OfVoicesLabour PainsHaving No BreathFaintingJudged As Murderers

For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

Verse ConceptsCityGod Will Bring HarmA Place For God's Name

Even the jackal bears the beast and nurses their cubs; [but] the daughter of my people has become ruthless, like ostriches in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersNursesBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals SucklingOstrichesStrictnessDeserts Used Figuratively

"Israel, the overgrown vine, bears fruit like itself; the more fruitful they become, the more altars they build. The better the land, the more ornate the stone idols.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit

Do not be afraid, you animals of the field,For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green;The tree has produced its fruit,And the fig tree and the vine have yielded in full.

Verse ConceptsSpringVinesAnimals, Care ForGreenBearing FruitFear And Animals

But he that is sown upon the good ground this is he who hears and understands the word, who bears fruit also, and produces, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return

for which reason that piece of ground received the name, which it still bears, of 'the Field of Blood.'

Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With BloodGiven Names To This DayPeople Naming Things

The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity

They said to her, "But none of your relatives bears this name."

Verse ConceptsPeople Naming PeopleRelativesFamily And Friends

"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsFood DecayingBad Items

and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’”

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesBearing FruitOlive Treescutting

What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

Verse ConceptsThe Witness Of ChristNot Believing In JesusNot Receivingtestimony

It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

Verse ConceptsTruthDivinity Of ChristThe Witness Of GodGod Bearing Witness To ChristGod's Word Is Truetestifying

And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfReliabilityContemporary Witness To ChristTelling The TruthWitnessingtestimonytestifying

This is the disciple who bears witness concerning these things, and who has written these things; and we know that his witness is true.

Verse ConceptsCertaintyGospel, Confirmation OfGospel, Transmission OfScripture, Purpose OfWitness To The GospelWriting The New TestamentWitnessingtestifying

as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received letters to the brethren, I went to Damascus to bring those also who were there, bound, to Jerusalem, to be punished.

Verse ConceptsLettersSanhedrin

They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughtWritingThoughts Of The WickedWriting On PeopleJustified By WorksKnowing Right And WrongTaking The Law To HeartThings As WitnessesHeart, HumanEthicsMoralityconscienceaccusations

In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words.

Verse ConceptsPraying QuietlyBaptism Of The Holy SpiritAttitudes Of PrayerfulnessSuffering, Encouragements InWeakness, SpiritualHoly Spirit, Personhood OfHoly Spirit, Activities OfAnswered PromisesInfirmitiesThe Holy Spirit As CounsellorWithout SpeechEating DisordersPrayer LanguageGod's InterventionWeaknessPrayinghelpFinding Comfort In The Spirit

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive [because it does not understand what my spirit is praying].

Verse ConceptsAbsence Of ThoughtThe TongueThe Mind

These things are illustrations, for the women represent the two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery—this is Hagar.

Verse ConceptsFigures Of SpeechTwoOld Testament ParablesMaking SlavesTwo WomenCovenant Made At SinaiSchool

but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Verse ConceptsChrist, The High PriestChrist Like People

And the Holy Spirit also bears us witness of it; for after what was said:

Verse ConceptsThe Witness Of The SpiritTaught By The Spirit

For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly.

Verse ConceptsGriefInjurySuffering, Of BelieversSuffering, HardshipChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringSufferingFavorHardshipmindfulness

But whoever habitually keeps His word and obeys His precepts [and treasures His message in its entirety], in him the love of God has truly been perfected [it is completed and has reached maturity]. By this we know [for certain] that we are in Him:

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanLove For GodAgape LoveDistinguishingThe Need To Love GodUs In GodKeeping Christ's CommandsObedienceLove to ChristGod's Love For UsGods LoveObeying Godobeying

This is he that came by water and blood, Jesus the Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, for the Spirit is the truth.

Verse ConceptsBlood, of Jesus ChristGospel, Transmission OfRevelation, In NtThe Witness Of The Holy SpiritWater For BaptismSymbols of the Holy SpiritThe Spirit Of TruthThe Blood Of Jesustestifying

and that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Verse ConceptsThe False ProphetMark Of The Beast On ForeheadMark Of The BeastSaving Money

Bible Theasaurus

Conduct (150 instances)
Contain (24 instances)
Deliver (542 instances)
Deport (7 instances)
Digest (1 instance)
Endure (180 instances)
Expect (43 instances)
Stomach (57 instances)
Suffer (240 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)
Yield (94 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μαρτυρέω 
Martureo 
Usage: 58

συμμαρτυρέω 
Summartureo 
Usage: 4

דּוב דּב 
Dob 
Usage: 12

דּב 
Dob (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

זקן 
Zaqan 
Usage: 19

זרע 
Zara` 
Usage: 56

ילד 
Yalad 
Usage: 497

כּוּל 
Kuwl 
Usage: 38

נטיל 
N@tiyl 
Usage: 1

נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

סבל 
Cabal 
Usage: 9

סבּל 
Cabbal 
Usage: 5

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

פּרה 
Parah 
Usage: 29

צמח 
Tsamach 
Usage: 33

שׂפם 
Sapham 
Usage: 5

תּאם 
Ta'am 
Usage: 6

αἴρω 
Airo 
take up , take away , take , away with , lift up , bear ,
Usage: 52

ἀναφέρω 
Anaphero 
offer up , bear , offer , bring up , lead up , carry up
Usage: 10

ἀνέχομαι 
Anechomai 
suffer , bear with , forbear , endure
Usage: 12

ἀντοφθαλμέω 
Antophthalmeo 
bear up into
Usage: 1

ἄρκτος 
Arktos 
Usage: 1

βαστάζω 
Bastazo 
bear , carry , take up
Usage: 18

γεννάω 
Gennao 
begat , be born , bear , gender , bring forth , be delivered ,
Usage: 84

ἐκφέρω 
Ekphero 
Usage: 6

καρποφορέω 
Karpophoreo 
Usage: 4

μακροθυμέω 
Makrothumeo 
Usage: 7

περιφέρω 
Periphero 
Usage: 5

ποιέω 
Poieo 
do , make , bring forth , commit , cause , work , show , bear , keep , fulfil , deal , perform , not tr , , vr do
Usage: 372

στέγω 
Stego 
Usage: 4

συνεπιμαρτυρέω 
sunepimartureo 
Usage: 1

τεκνογονέω 
Teknogoneo 
Usage: 1

τίκτω 
Tikto 
bring forth , be delivered , be born , be in travail , bear
Usage: 18

ὑποφέρω 
Hupophero 
Usage: 3

φέρω 
Phero 
Usage: 45

φορέω 
Phoreo 
Usage: 5

ψευδομαρτυρέω 
Pseudomartureo 
Usage: 3

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