116 occurrences in 13 translations

'Bright' in the Bible

The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

and they saw [a manifestation of] the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, just as clear as the sky itself.

Verse ConceptsFeetSkyTheophanyColors, BluePrecious StonesThose Who Saw GodPavementsClean ObjectsSky, Figurative UseJewellery And GodPurityThe Rainbow

When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtHuman SkinBlemished People

If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days:

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningHealingLonelinessQuarantineSeven DaysShallownessWhite HairWhite SpotsSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSpreadingWashingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekBlemished PeopleClean ClothesDay 7

And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The Body

But if, after looking at it, he sees that there are no white hairs on it, and it is not deeper than the skin, and it is not very bright, then let the priest keep him shut up for seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscessscars

Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The BodyRemoving People From Your Lifescars

Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSeven DaysThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingscars

then the priest shall examine the infection, and {if} its appearance [is] deeper than the skin and in it [is] thin bright red hair, then the priest shall declare it unclean--it [is] a diseased area of skin; it [is] an infectious skin disease of the head or the beard.

Verse ConceptsNarrow ThingsThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrownColorHair

And the priest shall examine the infection on the seventh day, and {if} the diseased area of skin has not spread and it does not have bright red hair in it and the diseased area of the skin's appearance is not deeper than the skin,

Verse ConceptsShallownessSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrownDay 7

then the priest shall examine him, and {if} the diseased area of skin has spread on the skin, the priest shall not inspect [for] bright red hair--he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrown

If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsBlemished Peoplescars

Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean.

Verse ConceptsWhite Spots

And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal Skinsmold

If, when we come into the land, you put this cord of bright red thread in the window from which you let us down; and get your father and mother and your brothers and all your family into the house;

Verse ConceptsCordsRed CordsGathering Friends

And she said, Let it be as you say. Then she sent them away, and they went; and she put the bright red cord in the window.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Making AgreementsCordsRed Cords

Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

Verse ConceptsMorningRising EarlyCrossing Into The Promised LandRiver CrossingsThose Who Rose Early

Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesThose Who Rose Early

Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyPeople Of Judah

Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfMustering TroopsThose Who Rose Early

But Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he put forth the end of his staff which was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStaffHoneyRodsGood EyesPeople Refreshed

And Jonathan saith, 'My father hath troubled the land; see, I pray you, that mine eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

Verse ConceptsHoneyGood EyesPeople Refreshed

He is like dawn's first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.

Verse ConceptsDawnGrassRainLight Of God's PeopleLightSunA New DaySunshineclouds

And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

Verse ConceptsHoly VesselsShovelsSacred VesselsProvision Of Temple UtensilsWeedpot

The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

Verse ConceptsForks

and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

Verse ConceptsCoinageHoly VesselsBrassWeights Of Gold

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplaining

Behold, even the moon isn't bright, and the stars aren't pure in his eyes.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyShiningSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfNorthGlory Of GodOut Of The Northweather

You, O Lord, will be my light; by you, my God, the dark will be made bright for me.

Verse ConceptsComfortingenlightenmentLampsCandlesGod Giving LightDarknessLightmovement

His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningTheophanyTremblingLight In The World

Even the darkness is not dark to You,And the night is as bright as the day.Darkness and light are alike to You.

Verse ConceptsDark DaysGod, All knowingLight And DarknessDarkness

For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.

Verse ConceptsAlternatives To MoneyTrue GainEducation

A bribe is like a bright, precious stone in the eyes of its owner;Wherever he turns, he prospers.

Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesEffect Of BribesBriberymagic

Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholSerpentsNot Drinking WineSparklingColoralcoholism

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

Verse ConceptsRed CordsOther References To Mouths

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Verse ConceptsIvoryWearing Jewellery

Y Who is this who shines like the dawn—as beautiful as the moon,bright as the sun,awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

Verse ConceptsThe Moon

Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence.

Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfGlory, Revelation OfDivine ManifestationsSmokeGod Appearing In FireCloud of glorysmokingzion

And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.

Verse ConceptsNestsCobrasSnakesAnimals, Types OfCrawlingPower Over SnakesChildren And The Kingdombaby

For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the Lord bandages His people’s injuries and heals the wounds He inflicted.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalMoonSevenSevenfoldGod HealsMillennial Kingdom, Christ Restores IsraelSunSunshineThe Moonscars

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfNightShadowsWalkingWalking In DarknessOvertaken By DarknessFar From OneNo Justice

Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceSea DwellersLight Of God's PeoplePlenty Through GodSwellingGetting RichThe SeaSmilingWealth And Prosperity

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, and for bright light the moon shall not give you light, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory.

Verse ConceptsThe SunGod Bestowing GloryLightSunSunshineThe Moon

I will not keep silent because of Zion,and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,until her righteousness shines like a bright lightand her salvation, like a flaming torch.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelRadiancySilenceGod's Salvation Made KnownSalvation, Illustrations OfFervourZealousness, Examples OfRadiant LivesThe SunGod Being SilentA Righteous PeopleFor The Sake Of God's Peoplezionvindication

Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? "It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!"

Verse ConceptsRobesPower Of Christ, ShownMessianic PropheciesSpirit Of ChristDyeingWho Is This?Righteousness Of Christ

Who says, ‘I will build myself a roomy houseWith spacious upper rooms,And cut out its windows,Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofArtHousesPresumptuous PlansCedar WoodSpacious Place

Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsShieldsArchers, In ArmiesDestruction Of BabylonBabylon DestroyedSharpeningGod Executes VengeanceGod's PlansArrowsRevenge

I was amazed to see a wind storm blow in from the north, consisting of a massive cloud and fire that was flashing back and forth, surrounded by bright light. From deep within the cloud, something was shining that appeared to have a color like bronze that had been placed in fire until it glowed.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

and their feet are straight feet, and the sole of their feet is as a sole of a calf's foot, and they are sparkling as the colour of bright brass;

Verse ConceptsFeetBrassStraight ThingsSparklingThings Like BronzeTypes Of FeetColor

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Verse ConceptsAppearances of

And I saw it coloured like electrum, with the look of fire in it and round it, going up from what seemed to be the middle of his body; and going down from what seemed to be the middle of his body I saw what was like fire, and there was a bright light shining round him.

Verse ConceptsGod Is LightSparkling

I looked, and there was a form that had the appearance of a man. From what seemed to be His waist down was fire, and from His waist up was something that looked bright, like the gleam of amber.

Verse ConceptsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureGod Is LightColorRainbow

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Verse ConceptsGatesStanding In The GatewaySparklingLosing CourageGod's Sword

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

Verse ConceptsLiversMagical Arts, Practice OfArrows, Uses OfHousehold GodsPeople Shaking

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red,

Verse ConceptsPortraitsGrowth Of EvilSpiritual Harlotry

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesPerfumePlantsCommerceSteel

See, I am sending against you strange men, feared among the nations: they will let loose their swords against your bright wisdom, they will make your glory a common thing.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSuffering From ForeignersLosing HonourPeople Without Mercy

All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The End

You, O King, were looking, and a great image was there. This image, which was very great, and whose glory was very bright, was placed before you: its form sent fear into the heart.

Verse ConceptsFear Of Other Things

and his body as a beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet as the aspect of bright brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.

Verse ConceptsBodyCrowdsJewelsLegsLight, NaturalLightningBrassHeavenly FacesSoundSparklingEyes In ProphecyThings Like BronzeAppearances ofColorJesus Eyes

Don't you realize the Lord's day of judgment will bring darkness, not light -- gloomy blackness, not bright light?

Verse ConceptsThe SunThe Fact Of That DayAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonColors, ScarletAttacking With ChariotsSparklingRed ClothesSteelColor

The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningTheophanyThe SunSparklingWeapons Of GodControlling Sun Moon And StarsArrowsThe Moon

Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicalPlantsRainSpringStormsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverGifts From God, TemporalAnswered PromisesShowersGod Sending RainspringtimeGod Controls Storms

"At that time, the daylight will be neither bright nor overcast.

Verse ConceptsFrostCold WeatherDarkness At The End

If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

Verse ConceptsLight Of God's PeopleLight Of Lamps

For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningSkyShiningSparklingSimilar ItemsTimes Of The ChristSky, Figurative UseLightning Used Metaphorically

And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking and ridiculing Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.

Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

Verse ConceptsFasting, Examples OfHourSecret Prayer3 PmFour Or Five DaysWhite And Bright ClothesSparklingWhen To PrayFastingFasting And Prayer

"But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalNoonAurasLight In The Worlddamascus

Bible Theasaurus

Blooming (6 instances)
Bright (116 instances)
Brightly (8 instances)
Brilliant (8 instances)
Brilliantly (2 instances)
Burnished (6 instances)
Cheerful (19 instances)
Gorgeous (3 instances)
Hopeful (2 instances)
Intelligent (56 instances)
Intense (52 instances)
Probable (1 instance)
Promising (6 instances)
Shiny (2 instances)
Smart (7 instances)
Vivid (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

בּהיר 
Bahiyr 
Usage: 1

בּהרת 
Bohereth 
Usage: 12

בּרק 
Baraq 
Usage: 21

בּרר 
Barar 
Usage: 17

זהר 
Zohar 
Usage: 2

זיו 
Ziyv (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

חזיז 
Chaziyz 
Usage: 3

יפעה 
Yiph`ah 
Usage: 2

יקר 
Yaqar 
Usage: 36

להב 
Lahab 
Usage: 12

מארה מאורה מאר מאור 
Ma'owr 
Usage: 19

מורט 
Mowrat 
Usage: 2

מרק 
Maraq 
Usage: 3

נגהּ 
Nogahh 
Usage: 19

נגהה 
N@gohah 
Usage: 1

עשׁות 
`ashowth 
Usage: 1

עשׁת 
`esheth 
Usage: 1

ἀπαύγασμα 
Apaugasma 
Usage: 1

ἐπιφάνεια 
Epiphaneia 
Usage: 6

λαμπρός 
Lampros 
Usage: 8

λαμπρότης 
Lamprotes 
Usage: 1

φωτεινός 
Photeinos 
Usage: 1

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