19 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

Then the king said to his servants, "Did you not realize that a prince and a great man has fallen today in Israel?

Verse ConceptsPrincesRankGreat Individuals

and I have been with you {everywhere you went}. I have cut off all of your enemies from in front of you, and I will make a great name for you, as the name of the great [ones] who [are] on the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleSource Of HonourLeadership Qualities

Because of your word and according to your heart, you have done all of this great thing, [in order] to let your servant know.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfKnowing God, Nature Ofgreatness

Therefore you [are] great, my lord Yahweh, for there is no one like you, and there [is] no god except you, in all that we have heard with our ears.

Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfMonotheismOne GodNo One Is Like GodNo Other Is God

Who [is] like your people, like Israel? [Israel is] the one nation on earth whose God {led them}, [in order] to redeem a people for himself, and to make a name for himself, and to do for you the great and awesome things for your land in the presence of your people whom he redeemed for himself from Egypt, [from the] nations and their gods.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerMiracles, Nature OfNationalismUnique Israel

Your name shall be great forever, {and they will say}, 'Yahweh of hosts [is] God over Israel'; and the house of your servant David shall be established before you.

Verse ConceptsGod As A Warrior

He took the crown of their king from his head. (Now its weight [was] a talent of gold, and there [was] a precious stone [in it] and it [was] put on David's head.) He brought out the plunder of the city {in great abundance}.

Verse ConceptsCrowns, Worn ByGoldJewelsJewelleryWeights Of GoldTalentsweight

When he finished speaking, look, the sons of the king came and they lifted up their voice and wept. Also, the king and all his servants wept a very great weeping.

Verse ConceptsMourning The Death Of Others

The army of Israel [was] defeated there before the servants of David, and the defeat there was great on that day: twenty thousand.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And UpKilling IsraelitesDefeat Of God's People

Absalom was found in the presence of the servants of David [as he was] riding on the mule. The mule went under the thicket of the great oak tree, and his head [was] caught in the tree. He [was] left hanging between heaven and earth, and the mule which [was] under him went on.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

They took Absalom and they threw him into the large pit in the forest and raised a very great heap of stones over him. Then all of Israel fled, each to his tent.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

The king said, "[Is] it peace for the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz said, "I saw the great commotion when Joab the servant of the king sent your servant, but I do not know what [it was all about]."

Verse ConceptsConfusionCareServanthood, In Society

Once again there [was] battle at Gath, and there [was] {a man of great size}. The fingers of his hand and the toes of his feet [were] six and six, twenty-four in number. He [was] also born to the Raphah.

Verse ConceptsFingersGiantsDefectivenessToesSix ThingsFingers Of PeopleTwenty Some

You have given me the shield of your salvation; your willingness to help has made me great.

Verse ConceptsShieldsSalvation, Illustrations OfGod's GentlenessGod Helps

He makes great salvation [for] his king and shows loyal love to his anointed one, David and to his descendants forever."

Verse ConceptsKindnessSalvation, Illustrations OfThe Lord's AnointedGod Showed His LovingkindnessDavidic CovenantThrone Of Davidcrusades

He stood up and struck down the Philistines until his hand grew tired and his hand clung to the sword, and Yahweh brought about a great victory on that day. Then the army returned back to him only for stripping [the dead].

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFatigueSwordsThings Stuck TogetherPeople Stripping PeopleTired In Activity

But he took a stand in the middle of the plot of land and defended it. He killed [the] Philistines, and Yahweh brought about a great victory.

Verse ConceptsSwords

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of Ish-Hai, [was] a great [man] of deeds from Kabzeel. He struck down two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.

Verse ConceptsPitsSnowStrength, HumanChampionsKilling Wild AnimalsDeliverance From LionsCold WeatherHoles In The Ground

Then David said to Gad, "I [am] greatly distressed. Please let us fall into the hand of Yahweh, because he [is] great in his compassion; but into the hand of man don't let me fall."

Verse ConceptsMercifulnessRegretDanger From MenMercyMaking DecisionsDecision Making

Bible Theasaurus

Abundant (187 instances)
Ample (6 instances)
Bully (2 instances)
Capital (60 instances)
Considerable (34 instances)
Cracking (3 instances)
Dignified (7 instances)
Eager (70 instances)
Expectant (1 instance)
Grand (3 instances)
Greater (253 instances)
Handsome (22 instances)
Honorable (62 instances)
Intense (52 instances)
Lordly (1 instance)
Outstanding (9 instances)
Smashing (12 instances)
Swell (9 instances)
Zealous (49 instances)