17 occurrences in 7 translations

'Dense' in the Bible

The LORD did this, and dense swarms of insects came into the house of Pharaoh and into the houses of his servants. The land was ruined throughout Egypt because of the swarms of insects.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you and will always believe you.” Then Moses reported the people’s words to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a dense, black cloud.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

In the twilight, in the evening;In the black and dark night.

Verse ConceptsEveningBlacknessSecret SinsTwilightDarkness Of Evil

Behold, the name of the Lord comes from a remote place;Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke;His lips are filled with indignationAnd His tongue is like a consuming fire;

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodLipsSmokeTheophanyFire Emanating From GodGod Has AngerGood Things From Far Away

“Through your servants you have taunted and defied the Lord,And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,To the remotest parts of Lebanon.I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees;And I will go to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and thickest forest.

Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

“For in fact, darkness will cover the earthAnd deep darkness will cover the peoples;But the Lord will rise upon you [Jerusalem]And His glory and brilliance will be seen on you.

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthOvertaken By Darkness

Evil generation,pay attention to the word of the Lord!Have I been a wilderness to Israelor a land of dense darkness?Why do My people claim,“We will go where we want;we will no longer come to You”?

Verse ConceptsGenerationsInfidelity To GodComing To GodDeserts Used FigurativelyNot Seeking God

They will cut down her forest—this is the Lord’s declaration—though it is dense,for they are more numerous than locusts;they cannot be counted.

Verse ConceptsForestsMany CombatantsInsectsLocustsFelling Trees

a day of darkness and gloom,a day of clouds and dense overcast,like the dawn spreading over the mountains;a great and strong people appears,such as never existed in ages pastand never will againin all the generations to come.

Verse ConceptsBlackLargenessDark DaysUnique EventsLarge Armies

And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,

Verse ConceptsFrostCold WeatherDarkness At The End

But if your eye is bad [spiritually blind], your whole body will be full of darkness [devoid of God’s precepts]. So if the [very] light inside you [your inner self, your heart, your conscience] is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness!

Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBlindness, SymbolicSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfTemptation, Sources OfWorldly WisdomDamage To The BodyDarkness Of EvilEvil EyesDarknessEyesSpiritual Darkness

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildPressingNearness Of DeathOnly Child Of PeopleDeath Looms Near

wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved dense darkness of age-long duration.

Verse ConceptsBlackAstronomyRageColors, BlackHopelessnessThe Fate Of The WickedWanderersWavesEternal JudgementFoamsGod KeepsOuter DarknessShame Has Comewandering

Bible Theasaurus

Compact (2 instances)
Crystalline (1 instance)
Dense (17 instances)
Impenetrable (8 instances)
Knotted (3 instances)
Knotty (2 instances)
Massive (20 instances)
Obscure (12 instances)

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