35 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

Turn [now] and {move on}, and go [into] the hill of the Amorites and to all [of] the neighboring regions in the Jordan {Valley} in the hill country and in the Negev and in the coastal area along the sea, [into] the land of the Canaanites and [into] the Lebanon, as far as the great river Euphrates.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsSeashoresRiver EuphratesAs Far As The EuphratesThe ShephelahMoving To A New Place

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

"Then we set out from Horeb, and we went [through] the whole [of] that great and terrible desert that you saw [on] the way [to] the hill country of the Amorites as Yahweh our God had commanded us, and [so] we came up to Kadesh Barnea.

Verse ConceptsMonotony

Where [can] we go up? Our brothers have {made our hearts melt}, {saying}, "The people are greater and taller than we are, [and there are] great fortified cities [reaching] up to heaven, and we saw the sons of the Anakites [living] there." '

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCitydoubt, results ofdiscouragementHeart, HumanLargenessPessimismSkyHuman EmotionFaint HeartednessGiantsLosing CourageWhere To?Sky, Figurative Use

The fact of the matter is, Yahweh your God has blessed you in {all the work you have done}; he knows {your travels} [with respect to] this great wilderness; forty years Yahweh your God [has been] with you; you have not lacked a thing." '

Verse ConceptsLackDesertsGod, The ProviderJourneyThe Number FortyWatchfulness, DivineDivine SuppliesanniversariesGod, All knowing40 To 50 YearsPlenty In The WildernessGod Has Been With YouBlessings From Godwandering

a people great and numerous and as tall as the Anakites; Yahweh destroyed them from before them, and they dispossessed them and settled in place of them,

And {you must observe them diligently}, for that [is] your wisdom and your insight before the eyes of the people, who will hear all [of] these rules, and they will say, 'Surely this great nation [is] a wise and discerning people.'

Verse ConceptsNationalismUnderstandingWisdom, Human NatureDealing With The NationsGod's Word Gives WisdomKeep The Commandments!Discernmentwise

For what great nation [has] for it a god near to it as Yahweh our God, whenever we call [upon] him?

Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesClosenessUnique Israel

And what [other] great nation has for it just rules and regulations just like {this whole} law that I [am] setting {before} you {today}?

Verse ConceptsBodyGod, Righteousness OfMind, Of GodUnique IsraelExcellent LawGod's Word Is RighteousDecision Makinglawstatues

"Yes, ask, please, about former days that {preceded you} from the day that God created humankind on the earth; [ask even] from [one] end of the heaven up to the [other] end of heaven {whether anything ever happened} like this great thing or {whether anything like it was ever heard}.

Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days

Or has a god [ever] attempted to go to take for himself a nation from the midst of a nation, [using] trials and signs and wonders and war, with an outstretched arm and with great and awesome deeds, like all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivineArm Of God

From heaven he made you hear his voice to teach you, and on the earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.

Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divinePunishment, By GodGod As Our TeacherGod Appearing In FireHearing God's VoiceGod Speaks From Heaven

And because he loved your ancestors he chose their {descendants} after them. And he brought you forth from Egypt {with his own presence}, by his great strength,

Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In OtGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's Love For IsraelDadsFathers Love

And so then why shall we die, for this great fire will consume us if {we continue} to hear the voice of Yahweh our God [any] longer, and [so] we shall die?

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From Godrisk

And Yahweh gave great and awesome signs and wonders in Egypt against Pharaoh and against his entire household {in our presence}.

"Yahweh loved you and chose you not {because of your great number} exceeding all [other] peoples, for you [are] fewer than all of the peoples,

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofFew PeopleMany In IsraelGod's Love For IsraelAffection

the great trials that your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the [workings of] the strong hand and the outstretched arm [by] which Yahweh your God brought you out; so Yahweh your God will do to all [of] the peoples {because of whom} you [are] in fear {before them}.

Verse ConceptsArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

You must not [be in dread] from the presence of them, because Yahweh your God, [who is] in your midst, [is] a great and awesome God.

Verse ConceptsThe Most HighGod Is Among YouDo Not Fear MenGod Is To Be Feared

But Yahweh your God will {give them to you}, and he will throw them into great panic {until they are destroyed}.

Verse ConceptsConfusionDisorder Among The Nations

the one leading you in the great and terrible desert [infested] with {dangerous} snakes and scorpions and parched ground, where there is no water, [and] the one bringing out water for you from flint rock,

Verse ConceptsFlintClimates, Typesdrought, physicalSnakesSuffering, HardshipThirstAnimals, Types OfGod Providing WaterDry PlacesProvision From RocksScorpions

"Hear, Israel, you [are] about to cross the Jordan today to go to dispossess nations larger and more numerous than you, great cities fortified {with high walls},

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortified CitiesExaggerationsCityLargenessComparisonsCrossing Into The Promised Landisrael

a great and tall people, the sons of [the] Anakites, whom you know and [of whom you] have heard [it said], 'Who could stand before the sons of Anak?'

Verse ConceptsGiants

For they [are] your people and your inheritance whom you brought with your great power and with your outstretched arm.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfArmsGod, Power OfStrength Of GodPeople Belong To God

He [is] your praise, and he [is] your God, who has done with you these great and awesome [things] that your eyes have seen.

Verse ConceptsPraisePraise, Reasons ForAwePraise To God Is FittingHe Is Our God

The fact of the matter is, {your own eyes have seen} all [of] the great deeds of Yahweh that he did.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's Works

the little owl and the great owl and the barn owl,

Verse ConceptsOwls

But if {the distance is too great for you}, [so] that you are not able to transport it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose to set his name there, it is [too] far from you, when Yahweh your God will bless you,

Verse ConceptsFar From HereTithes And OfferingMoney Blessingsdistancefriendliness

[This is] {according to all that you asked} from Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, {saying}, '{I do not want again to hear} the voice of Yahweh my God, [and] I do not want to see again this great fire, so that I may not die!'

Verse ConceptsAskingDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From GodRefusing To HearUnhearing

And {you shall declare} and you shall say {before} your God, 'My ancestor [was] a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt, and there he dwelt as an alien {few in number}, and there he became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Verse ConceptsNationalismNomadsWanderersPeople MultiplyingFew Peoplesyriawandering

And Yahweh brought us [out] from Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and with wonders.

Verse ConceptsArm Of GodGod's HandStrength Of GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

[that is], the great trials that your eyes saw, [and] those great signs and wonders.

And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'

Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?Will God Be Angry?

and Yahweh uprooted them from their land in anger and in wrath and in great fury, and he cast them into another land, {just as it is today}.'

Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationAs At This Day

and as far as all of {the mighty deeds} and as far as {the great awesome wonders} Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanAweSpectators

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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)