174 occurrences in 13 translations

'Edge' in the Bible

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

Verse ConceptsTaking Other People

and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean in flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsRiver BanksThin BodiesRiver Nile

And Pharaoh speaketh unto Joseph: 'In my dream, lo, I am standing by the edge of the River,

Verse ConceptsRiver BanksRiver Nile

The resting-place of Zebulun will be by the sea, and he will be a harbour for ships; the edge of his land will be by Zidon.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringMediterranean SeaShipsSeashoresLiving In The Land

and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;

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

go unto Pharaoh in the morning, lo, he is going out to the water, and thou hast stood to meet him by the edge of the River, and the rod which was turned to a serpent thou dost take in thy hand,

Verse ConceptsMorningWaitingRodsMeeting PeopleThings Changed

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsCamp, Of IsraelCamping During The Exodus

So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordCivil LibertySeashoresDeath Of Other Groups

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsSwordsBeing Overwhelmed

You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

Verse ConceptsBoundariesDeath As Punishmentborders

If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.

Verse ConceptsCornAgriculture, RestrictionsFieldsAgriculture, TermsThornsWeedsArsonBurning Plants

It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

Verse ConceptsGoldsmithsInside And OutOverlaid With GoldEdge Of Other Things

Plated with the best gold, with a gold edge all round it;

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With GoldEdge Of Other Things

And make a frame all round it, as wide as a man's hand, with a gold edge to the frame.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

Verse ConceptsClothBlue Cords

Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesOpposite Sides

And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

Verse ConceptsFifties

Make two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.

Verse ConceptsGold Items For The Tabernacl

There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn.

Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsOther Openingsreinforcement

Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.

Verse ConceptsRingsAltar Of IncenseCarrying Holy ThingsGold Items For The Tabernacl

And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.

Verse ConceptsBlue Cords

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesOpposite Sides

And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesLoops

Plating it inside and out with the best gold, and putting an edge of gold all round it.

Verse ConceptsInside And OutOverlaid With GoldEdge Of Other Things

Plating it with the best gold and putting a gold edge all round it.

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With GoldEdge Of Other Things

The top and the sides and the horns were all plated with the best gold; and he put an edge of gold all round it.

Verse ConceptsAltar Of IncenseOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The TabernaclEdge Of Other Things

And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.

Verse ConceptsRingsAltar Of IncenseCarrying Holy ThingsGold Items For The Tabernacl

They made two other gold rings and put them at the two other corners of the breastpiece on the edge that is next to the inner border of the ephod.

Verse ConceptsTwo Ornaments

There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn.

Verse ConceptsJoining ThingsOther Openingsreinforcement

“When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, RestrictionsBinding cornHarvestGleaningLaws About Agriculture

And it happened, the people were like those who {complain of hardship} {in the hearing} of Yahweh, and Yahweh {became angry}, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it consumed the edge of the camp.

Verse ConceptsBalaams Donkeydoubt, results ofFireGrudgesHearingProvoking GodResentment, Against GodAnger Of God, Examples OfDivine DispleasureDispleasureComplaintsFire From HeavenGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Will Be AngryProblem PeopleComplaining

But when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsPrayer, Answers ToAngels Going At God's BiddingGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High Priestborders

From there they went on and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon, which is on the waste land at the edge of the land of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the line of division between Moab and the Amorites:

Verse ConceptsBoundariesArnonCamping During The Exodus

The slope of the valleys going down to the tents of Ar and touching the edge of Moab.

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

Verse ConceptsArnon

When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border at the edge of his territory.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyMeeting PeopleArnonSpoken Greetings

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

And they went on from Oboth, and put up their tents in Iye-abarim at the edge of Moab.

Your southern edge will be from the desert of Zin toward the side of Edom, and your southern border will be from the end of the Salt Sea to the east;

Verse ConceptsWilderness Of ZinSouthern Borderborders

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.

Verse ConceptsWestMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

You will measure outside the city the eastern edge two thousand cubits, for the southern edge two thousand cubits, for the western edge two thousand cubits, and for the northern edge two thousand cubits, with the city in the middle; this will be for them the pasturelands of the cities.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesNorth, South, East And West

From Aroer on the edge of Arnon Valley and from the town all the way to Gilead, there was no city that was too strong for us the LORD our God delivered them all to us.

Verse ConceptsCities Under AttackArnonThose God Gave Into Their Hands

“So we took possession of this land at that time. I gave the territory from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, along with half of the hill country of Gilead and its cities to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.

Verse ConceptsHillsHalf Of DistrictsArnonReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

from Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon as far as Mount Sirion, which is also called Hermon,

Verse ConceptsArnon

Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsTownExterminationApproval To KillBoth Men And Animals Killed

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Verse ConceptsDeath Of All MalesMassacres

Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.”

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

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan, their feet touched the water at its edge

Verse ConceptsHarvestWalking Through WaterSwellingFeet In Action

Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelEastern Borders

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsSheepSwordsAnnihilationExterminationBoth Men And Animals Killedgenocide

And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

Verse ConceptsCarnageConquest

And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In IsraelNo SurvivorsExterminationThose God Gave Into Their Hands

And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

Verse ConceptsThe Second Day Of The WeekExterminationDay 2Those God Gave Into Their Hands

And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExtermination

And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

Verse ConceptsVillagesAnnihilationNo SurvivorsExtermination

And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationConquestNo SurvivorsExtermination

And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExterminationBurning Cities

And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

Verse ConceptsAnnihilationExtermination

And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsExtermination

Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is located on the edge of the Arnon River from the middle of the valley, including half of Gilead as far as Wadi Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites,

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsHalf Of DistrictsArnon

From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken to be Canaanite property: the five chiefs of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, as well as the Avvim;

Verse ConceptsRulersFive People

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which is in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dihon,

Verse ConceptsArnon

Their allocation was from the border of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon valley (including the city that is located in the valley, as well as the entire plain next to Medeba),

Verse ConceptsArnonRiver Arnon

And the limit of the children of Reuben was the edge of Jordan. This was the heritage of the children of Reuben by their families, with its towns and its unwalled places.

Verse ConceptsVillages

And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the edge of Debir;

And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityWilderness Of ZinSouthern Border

The border proceeded north to the edge of Ekron, then curved to Shikkeron and on to Mount Baalah, proceeding then to Jabneel, where the boundary ended at the sea.

And the limit on the west is the edge of the Great Sea. This is the line going round the land marked out for the children of Judah, by their families.

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaWestern Borders

from Ekron to the Mediterranean Sea, including everything by the edge of Ashdod, along with their villages,

The land of Tappuah was the property of Manasseh; but Tappuah on the edge of Manasseh was the property of the children of Ephraim.

The south side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border extended westward; it went to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

Verse ConceptsSouthern Border

The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel.

Verse ConceptsValleysLandmarksGiants

And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

Verse ConceptsSwordsFighting EnemiesPeople Naming Things

And the [other] sons of Israel heard it said, “Look, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the edge of the land of Canaan, in the region [west] of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel.”

Verse ConceptsBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

They buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurying places

Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

Verse ConceptsConquestBurning Jerusalem

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

Verse ConceptsChariotsGod Overcoming

But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

Verse ConceptsConquest

Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsSeashoresBeyond JordanReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

He said to them, "Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersGuidance, From Godly Peoplegideon

Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying.

Verse ConceptsBeginningNightOne Hundredgideon

When they blew 300 trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

Verse ConceptsChaosThree To Four HundredTrumpets For BattleThree Hundred And AboveKilling One Another

And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning CitiesMen Of Peace

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBoth Men And Animals Killed

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

He asked her, "Who are you?" She answered, "I'm only Ruth, your servant. Spread the edge of your garment over your servant, because you are my related redeemer."

Verse ConceptsClothingCovering The BodyLoyaltyMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningRedemption, In Everyday LifeRuthWeddingsWho Is This?This Is MeA Time For Love

And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge of Beth-shemesh.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the attendant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I’ll reveal the word of God to you.” So the attendant went on.

Verse ConceptsStillnessPeople Going Before

For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.

Verse ConceptsGoadsCoinageAxesForks

And between the passages where Jonathan sought to pass over unto the station of the Philistines is the edge of a rock on the one side, and the edge of a rock on the other side, and the name of the one is Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Verse ConceptsGarrisonsSharpness

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Adjoin (2 instances)
Border (246 instances)
Boundary (104 instances)
Brink (12 instances)
Chops (2 instances)
Confine (14 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

פּיּה פּיה 
Peyah 
Usage: 1

צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

קהה 
Qahah 
set on edge , blunt
Usage: 4

קצה קצה 
Qatseh 
Usage: 97

קצה 
Qatsah 
Usage: 36

שׂפת שׂפה 
Saphah 
Usage: 176

δίστομος 
Distomos 
twoedged , with two edges
Usage: 2

στόμα 
Stoma 
Usage: 63

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