12 occurrences in 5 translations

'Brink' in the Bible

And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsRiver BanksThin BodiesRiver Nile

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksRiver Nile

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveCoatsBoatsBitumen and tarLove, And The WorldMineralsPapyrusPlantsUnable To Do Other ThingsRivers

Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.

Verse ConceptsMorningWaitingRodsMeeting PeopleThings Changed

From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackArnonThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesStandingMotionlessnessComing To RestWalking Through WaterIn The JordanPriests In Actionpriests

and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)

Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

"Indeed, he drew you away from the brink of distress to a spacious place without constraints, filling your festive table with bountiful food.

Verse ConceptsMessianic BanquetTablesFat Of Animals

I have come to the brink of utter ruin, in the midst of the gathered assembly."

Verse ConceptsDestructionIn The Congregation

The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

Verse ConceptsBooks

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksLooking And Seeing

Then I, Daniel, looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on the brink of the river on this side, and the other on the brink of the river on that side.

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksTwo Other Men

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Brink (12 instances)
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שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

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