16 occurrences

'Bent' in the Bible

Then the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

The border proceeded to the slope [of the hill] of Ekron northward, then curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel. Then the border ended at the [Mediterranean] sea.

Then it turned toward the north and went on to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

Verse ConceptsStones As Monuments

If a man does not repent, God will sharpen His sword;He has strung and bent His [mighty] bow and made it ready.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThreateningsSharpening

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;I go about mourning all day long.

Verse ConceptsBowingBent OverOthers MourningMental IllnessDepression

Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are strung and bent;Their horses’ hoofs seem like flint and their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Verse ConceptsFlintArrows, Described AsHorsesWheelsWhirlwindsSharpnessSharp ToolsHardnessGod Dispensing WindArrows

Therefore [continues Isaiah] my loins are filled with anguish;Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in childbirth;I am so bent and bewildered that I cannot hear, I am so terrified that I cannot see.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

For they have fled from the swords,From the drawn sword, from the bent bowAnd from the press of battle and grief of war.

Verse ConceptsHeatPeoples Who Fled

The [captive] exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his food be lacking.

Verse ConceptsPeople Releasing Others

He has bent His bow like an enemy;He has set His right hand like an adversaryAnd slain all that were delightful and pleasing to the eye;In the tent of the Daughter of ZionHe has poured out His wrath like fire.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthRight Hand Of GodArchers, Likened To GodGod KillingFire Of God's AngerPleasing MenGod As EnemyGod Killed His People

He has bent His bowAnd set me as a target for the arrow.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthTargets

“There was [also] another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine (Zedekiah) bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him, away from the beds where it was planted, for him to water.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;And I bent down to them and fed them.

Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

My people are bent on turning from Me;Though the prophets call them to the One on high,None at all exalts Him.

For I will bend Judah as My bow,I will fit the bow with Ephraim [as My arrow].And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece,And will make you [Israel] like the sword of a warrior.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strengthenemies, of Israel and JudahArchers, Likened To God

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