8 occurrences in 2 translations

'Gripping' in the Bible

And after him, his brother came out, gripping Esau's foot; and he was named Jacob: Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him; and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.

Verse Conceptsarmor

He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gripping his sword: and that day the Lord gave a great salvation, and the people came back after him only to take the goods of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFatigueSwordsThings Stuck TogetherPeople Stripping PeopleTired In Activity

See, O strong man, the Lord will send you violently away, gripping you with force,

Verse ConceptsThrowing People

Put the question and see if it is possible for a man to have birth-pains: why do I see every man with his hands gripping his sides, as a woman does when the pains of birth are on her, and all faces are turned green?

Verse ConceptsLabour PainsBirth Not Being PossibleHaving A Babybaby

Go up, you horses; go rushing on, you carriages of war; go out, you men of war: Cush and Put, gripping the body-cover, and the Ludim, with bent bows.

Verse ConceptsHorsesAttacking With Chariots

Son of man, the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, has been broken by me, and no band has been put round it to make it well, no band has been twisted round it to make it strong for gripping the sword.

Verse ConceptsdoctorsHealingBones BrokenNo HealingHealing A Broken Heart

Taking the child’s hand, He said [tenderly] to her, “Talitha kum!”—which translated [from Aramaic] means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesLanguagesAramaic LanguageTaking By The HandInterpreting LanguageGet Up!

Bible Theasaurus

Absorbing (1 instance)
Gripping (8 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain