72 occurrences

'Branches' in the Bible

But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsWhiteTreesPolesSkinningBlack And White

Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingWater ContainersPolesSkinning

When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionPolesBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWeak Animals

On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

"This is its meaning," Joseph said to him. "The three branches represent three days.

Verse ConceptsInterpretation Of DreamsThree DaysThree Other Things

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsThree Other Things

Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsThree Other Things

with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Verse ConceptsOne Material ThingGold Items For The Tabernacl

Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it.

Verse ConceptsSix ThingsThree Other Things

Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsSix ThingsThree Other Things

with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

Verse ConceptsOne Material Thing

On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees -- palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook -- and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'

Verse ConceptsCedarShadowsBramblesBurning PlantsPerforming The Truth

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died -- about a thousand men and women.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleBurning CitiesKilling Within IsraelPrivate Rooms

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written."

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlivesFoliageMyrtle

Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesGreen

Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

Verse ConceptsPeople Withered

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesdewMetaphorical Watering

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.

Verse ConceptsAs Far As The Euphrates

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.

Verse ConceptsCutting Off BranchesPutting Things Down

There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten -- two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches," says the Lord God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSmall RemnantsTwo Or ThreeOlive Trees

The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.

Verse ConceptsBlossomFilling PlacesRootsPotential Of FruitGod's People PlantedRoses

For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

Verse ConceptsChaosCities Under AttackEmpty CitiesChaos As JudgmentHomestead

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

Verse ConceptsSympathyDullnessFirewoodGod Without Mercy

The Lord commanded the enemy, "March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDestroying VineyardsBattlementsDestruction Of PlantsNot Destroyed

This is what the Lord who rules over all said to me: "Those who remain in Israel will be like the grapes thoroughly gleaned from a vine. So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester passing your hand over the branches one last time."

Verse ConceptsGleaningGrapesRemnantVinesMetaphorical VineyardsSurvivors DestroyedDoing Repeatedly

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualStormsColors, GreenOaksBurning PlantsBeauty Of ThingsOlive TreesGod Controls Storms

I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops.

Verse ConceptsGrapesVinesSummerVintageSummer Fruit

"Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?

It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingSprouting PlantsSmall ThingsSproutingThose Subjected To People

"'There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.

Verse ConceptsFertile LandWater For PlantsBearing Fruit

I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.

Verse ConceptsBearing Fruit

"'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualRivers And StreamsVineyardAbundance, MaterialWater For PlantsBearing Fruitfruitfulness

Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers' scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches.

Verse ConceptsHeightSceptreThings On High

But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered -- a fire consumed them.

Verse ConceptsRootsWindDestruction Of PlantsOut Of The EastBurning PlantsPutting Things Down

Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfCedarPride, Examples OfTreesThings On High

Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches grew long, because of the plentiful water in its shoots.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThings On High

All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived.

Verse ConceptsNestsAnimal ReproductionBirds

It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters.

Verse ConceptsWater For PlantsBeauty Of Thingsgreatness

The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

Verse ConceptsBeauty Of ThingsEclipsewaterfalls

I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.

Verse ConceptsBeautifulGarden Of Eden, TheEden

Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFelling TreesAbandoning ThingsSuffering From ForeignersThings Falling

On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches.

"'But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon.

Verse ConceptsHomeGroups going homeBearing FruitNear The Time Generally

Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialFoliageBearing Fruit

He called out loudly as follows: 'Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches!

Verse ConceptsFelling TreesThings StrippedFoliageBearing Fruit

whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest --

Verse ConceptsFoliageBearing Fruit

For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSmall Things God UsesBig ThingsSmall ThingsPlants Growing UpHerbsBirdsPlanting SeedsChange And GrowthSeedssoaring

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCutting Off BranchesCrowds Around JesusFoliageUsing Roads

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade."

Verse ConceptsShadowsBig ThingsPlants Growing Up

Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingFoliageUsing Roads

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureParables Of ChristSmall ThingsPlants Growing Up

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

Verse ConceptsPalm TreesPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingPraise, Nature OfMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Is King Of IsraelBless The Lord!Save Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesFullness Of The KingdomBranches Of ChristMetaphorical FirstfruitsFirst fruitsTrinity

Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root,

Verse ConceptsFellowship With ChristFellowship, In The GospelParticipation, In ChristSeparation From GodJoined To The ChurchGentilesOlive TreesJews

do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Be ProudOther SupportingOlive TreesSupportBoasting

Then you will say, "The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in."

Verse ConceptsSeparation From GodJoined To The Church

For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesNot Sparing

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree?

Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesGentiles, In NtCrowdsAn Innumerable NumberBranches, Types OfAudiencesLanguagesNationalismRobesStandingWhiteGlorified SaintsMany In The ChurchWhite And Bright ClothesWhite ClothsAll LanguagesThe Gospel To The NationsEvangelism During The TribulationGreat White Throne JudgmentLanguageColorRaceculture

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Branch (67 instances)
Branches (116 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Offshoot (1 instance)
Outgrowth (1 instance)
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Root Form
Definition
Usage
יונקת 
Yowneqeth 
Usage: 6

צמח 
Tsemach 
Usage: 12

אמיר 
'amiyr 
Usage: 2

בּד 
Bad 
Usage: 202

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

דּליּה 
Daliyah 
Usage: 8

זמר זמרה זמורה 
Z@mowrah 
Usage: 5

זמיר 
Zamiyr 
Usage: 1

כּף 
Kaph 
Usage: 192

כּפּה 
Kippah 
Usage: 3

נטישׁה 
N@tiyshah 
Usage: 3

נצר 
Netser 
Usage: 4

סעיף 
Ca`iyph 
Usage: 6

עבתה עבות עבת 
`aboth 
Usage: 24

עלה 
`aleh 
Usage: 18

ענף ענף 
`anaph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

ענף 
`anaph 
Usage: 7

ענף 
`aneph 
Usage: 1

עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

פּארה פּראה פּארה 
P@'orah 
Usage: 8

צמּרת 
Tsammereth 
Usage: 5

קנה 
Qaneh 
Usage: 62

קציר 
Qatsiyr 
Usage: 54

שׁבּלת שׁבּל 
Shibbol 
Usage: 19

שׁלּחה 
Shilluchah 
Usage: 1

שׂריג 
Sariyg 
Usage: 3

βαΐ́ον 
Baion 
Usage: 1

κλάδος 
Klados 
Usage: 6

κλῆμα 
Klema 
Usage: 0

στοιβάς 
Stoibas 
Usage: 1

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