13 occurrences

'Earthquake' in the Bible

So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by, and a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, [there was] an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

After the earthquake, [there was] a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire, [there was] the sound of a gentle blowing.

Verse ConceptsGentlenessFireSpeech, DivineAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceStillnessGod Appearing In FireGod's VoiceHurricanes

You will be punished by the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise,With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesSuffering, Causes OfThunderGod Dispensing WindFire Of JudgementHurricanesThunder Expressing God's Judgment

The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesOccupationsProphets, Lives OfShepherds, As OccupationsProphetic VisionsTwo YearsThose Who Kept StockAgriculture

You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; and you will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones (believers, angels) with Him.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesAngels AccompanyingThe Fact Of His Coming

Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

Verse ConceptsearthquakesCenturionCrucifixion, Of ChristGuardsMan Keeping WatchWitnessing, Importance OfFear, Of UnknownArmies, RomanMessianic Titles, Son Of GodSaid To Be The ChristWitnessingJesus Deathcrucifixion

And a great earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone [from the opening of the tomb], and sat on it.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordearthquakesTombsRollingAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going Down

suddenly there was a great earthquake, so [powerful] that the very foundations of the prison were shaken and at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesChainsPrisonsSudden EventsIron ChainsFoundations Of BuildingsGod ShakingGod Freeing CaptivesBreaking Chainsjailevangelising

So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder and loud rumblings and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesLightningSymbolsThunderCensersFire From HeavenAltars, In HeavenAstronomical SignsThunder Showing God's Presence

And in that [very] hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell and was destroyed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest [who survived] were overcome with terror, and they glorified the God of heaven [as they recognized His awesome power].

Verse ConceptsGlorifying GodDanger, PhysicalearthquakesHourSuffering, Nature OfFear, Of NaturalSeven ThousandDestruction Of BabylonTerror Of GodA Tenth Of ThingsThe Rapture

And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesHailLightningSymbolsTheophanyThunderArk Of The Covenant, PurposeThe Ark In The TempleThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleThe Temple In HeavenArk Of The CovenantWorship In Heaven During TribulationThe First TempleThunder Showing God's Presence

And there were flashes of lightning and loud rumblings and peals of thunder; and there was a massive earthquake—nothing like it has ever occurred since mankind originated on the earth, so severe and far-reaching was that earthquake.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesLightningThunderCalamityUnique EventsRumblingBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic EventsThunder Expressing God's Judgment

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σεισμός 
Seismos 
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