19 occurrences in 12 translations

'Describe' in the Bible

Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

Verse ConceptsWritingThree Men

Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.

Verse ConceptsSeven Things

And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

Verse Conceptsexploring

And the men go, and pass over through the land, and describe it by cities, in seven portions, on a book, and they come in unto Joshua, unto the camp, at Shiloh.

Verse ConceptsBooksLiteracySeven ThingsHistorical Books

He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor." They said, "They were like you. Each one looked like a king's son."

Verse ConceptsLike People By NatureWhat Kind?Nature Of Kings

He told them, "Describe the man who met you and told you these things."

Listen to me and I will inform you.I will describe what I have seen,

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Verse ConceptsDiscontentCuriosityBeing UnsatisfiedEvil EyesThe Faculty Of Hearing

“As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure its pattern,

Verse ConceptsShameDesignPlans For A New Temple

And He said: “How can we illustrate the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it?

Verse ConceptsComparingJesus Using ParablesParables Of The Kingdom

“Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.

Verse ConceptsRecognising PeopleBreaking Of Breadrecognition

In His humiliation justice was denied Him.Who will describe His generation?For His life is taken from the earth.

Verse ConceptsForetelling Christ's DeathChrist And ShamingNo Justice

‘Behold, you scoffers, and marvel, and perish;For I am accomplishing a work in your days,A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’”

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceScoffingDespisersScoffersDoubting GodWhat God Doesaccomplishmentmockers

for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

Verse ConceptsEffect Of The LawLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The Law

For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessAbuse, Of Spiritual ThingsLicentiousnessWarnings Against ApostasyPredestination, Of PersonsChrist Is LordThe Grace Of GodThey Committed ImmoralityFalse TeachersExamples Of Ungodly MenProblem PeopleSexual Immorality Brings PunishmentRelationships And DatingcondemnationvulnerabilityUnbelief Toward Christ

Bible Theasaurus

Account (632 instances)
Characterize (3 instances)
Delineate (1 instance)
Describe (19 instances)
Discover (49 instances)
Distinguish (23 instances)
Identify (6 instances)
Report (184 instances)
Trace (12 instances)

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כּתב 
Kathab 
Usage: 223

γράφω 
Grapho 
Usage: 149

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