9 occurrences

'Contain' in the Bible

And he maketh ten lavers of brass; forty baths doth the one laver contain, four by the cubit is the one laver, one laver on the one base is to the ten bases;

Verse ConceptsWashingWeights And Measures, LiquidTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureMeans Of PurifyingBronze Items For The Tabernacle

But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded!

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod's OmnipresenceGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteHeaven, God's HabitationGod, Presence OfGod's DwellingGod Being Outside Of Creation

On that day hath the king sanctified the middle of the court that is before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for the altar of brass that is before Jehovah is too little to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardFatnessGrainSmall ThingsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFat Of The SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsCourts Of The Temple

and who doth retain strength to build to Him a house, for the heavens, even the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Him? and who am I that I do build to Him a house, except to make perfume before Him?

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteGod's DwellingThe Vastness Of Nature

(for is it true? -- God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

And Solomon sanctifieth the middle of the court that is before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: for the altar of brass that Solomon made hath not been able to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingCourtyardSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The cup of thy sister thou dost drink, The deep and the wide one, (Thou art for laughter and for scorn,) Abundant to contain.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfDeep Things

And the upper chambers are short, for the galleries contain more than these, than the lower, and than the middle one, of the building;

Verse ConceptsNarrownessNarrow Things

Bible Theasaurus

Arrest (38 instances)
Check (14 instances)
Comprise (1 instance)
Contain (24 instances)
Include (21 instances)
Moderate (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּוּל 
Kuwl 
Usage: 38

ἐγκρατεύομαι 
Egkrateuomai 
Usage: 2

περιέχω 
Periecho 
Usage: 3

χωρέω 
Choreo 
Usage: 5