571 occurrences in 12 translations

'Laid' in the Bible

Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not TellMen's OrdersIdentity

Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.

Verse ConceptsChildren, Good KidsChildren, Good Examples OfThose Who Did Not TellMen's OrdersObeying People

Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

Verse ConceptsJews Under ThreatPeople Hung To Death

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

Verse ConceptsTen People

For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

Verse ConceptsThree To Four HundredMonth 12Three Hundred And AboveNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

Verse ConceptsFifty To Ninety ThousandJews Under ThreatHating PeoplesNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Verse ConceptsCoastlands

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;I would be asleep.Then I would be at rest

Verse ConceptsSleeping Peacefully

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBalances, Metaphorical Usebalance

And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.

Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineGod's Things Concealed

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Verse ConceptsCondition Of The Spirit

'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedMiseryPhysical PainPleasurableness

“But now He has exhausted me;You have laid waste all my company.

Verse ConceptsTirednessWeary Of God

And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfPeople WitheredThin Bodies

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsTargetsThose At Ease

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

Verse ConceptsLoyaltySteadfastness, Examples OffootstepsfootprintsExamples Of Following God

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of The InnocentGod, All knowingCourt SessionsJudgement DayPurgatory

They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Verse ConceptsAbhorWorldly AmbitionHumbling The Proud

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman DesiresEnticementAvoid AdulteryThe Love Of Women

“Who gave Him authority over the earth?And who has laid on Him the whole world?

Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Verse Conceptsmeasurement

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Verse ConceptsMasonsEarth's Foundation

“Behold, your expectation is false;Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

Verse ConceptsVisionWithout Hope

Then the channels of water appeared,And the foundations of the world were laid bareAt Your rebuke, O Lord,At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodNosesEarth's FoundationCreation Of The SeasReproving ThingsGod Requite Them!breathing

His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfSource Of Honour

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and thou hast laid me in the dust of death.

Verse ConceptsTongueFeverThings Stuck TogetherCreatures Returning To DustGod KillingGod Killing Individuals

for He laid its foundation on the seasand established it on the rivers.

Verse ConceptsContinentsRiversThe OceanThe SeaFloods

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Verse ConceptsAbundant LifeReverence, And BlessingFear Of God, Results OfTrusting In GodGod's StorehousesGoodness

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

Verse ConceptsNetsSnares Laid for PeopleDigging PitsMan Trapping

A thing of Belial cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he is laid down, he will rise up no more.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

Verse ConceptsFeedingGrave, TheSheolSheepInadequate ShepherdingDeath Of The WickedBeauty, Temporal Nature OfUprightnessHow Death Is InevitableThe Fact Of DeathDeath Of Loved One

There the Israelis were seized with terror, when there was nothing to fear. For God scattered the bones of those who laid siege against you you put them to shame, for God rejected them.

Verse ConceptsBones BrokenGuilty FearBonesTerror Of GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsOffenceWaitingAmbushNo SinWaiting On The LordEnemy Attacksgathering

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends

You brought us into the net;You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.

Verse ConceptsBackMonotonyGod Appointed AfflictionsGod Trappingpressure

{A Psalm of Asaph.} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsIrreverenceDestruction Of JerusalemPolluting Holy PlacesNations Attacking Israel

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

Verse ConceptsdepthPitsDark DaysPits Symbolizing Grief

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

Verse ConceptsVisions From God

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessState Of The DeadGod HelpsSupporthelpsoulhelping

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfFoundationsCreation, Origin OfBeginningPower Of God, ShownGod Acting Of Old

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Verse ConceptsIronHurthurting

The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;I found distress and sorrow.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadAgony, DeathdefeatRopesCordsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfAnxiety, Examples OfAfflicted To Death

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysChoosing God's WayMaking Decisions

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

Verse ConceptsHuntingTrapSnares Laid for PeopleMan Trapping

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersCondemnation Of BabylonRejoicing Over JusticeRepaying Evil For EvilLet Evil Rebound

The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

Verse ConceptsHuntingNetsPride, Results OfTrapSnares Laid for PeopleHidden ThingsMan TrappingPsalm Interjections

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

Verse ConceptsMan's WaysTrapSnares Laid for PeopleGod, All knowingMan TrappingBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, and by understanding he set the heavens in place.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyGod, The CreatorUnderstandingGod, WiseGod Has UnderstandingTrinityThe EarthGod's Creation

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Verse ConceptsEvil KissingKissing

For many slain she has laid low, and countless [are] all of her killings.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleA Good Woman

I was there when He established the heavens,when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

Verse ConceptsCreation Of The Physical HeavensCirclesCreation Of The Seas

when He set a limit for the seaso that the waters would not violate His command,when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesChaosDivine Power Over NatureEarth's FoundationLimits For The SeaCreation Of The SeasThe OceanThe Seabalancelimitations

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceDenying GodProfaning God's NameShortagesWho Is God?The poorBeing Contentdenial

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they may be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he is not respected and is not given a proper burial [he is not laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,

Verse ConceptsUnburied BodiesOne HundredNo BurialsLiving LongMiscarriages And StillbornLack Of A Proper BurialThe More Children The BetterDadsDeath Of A ChildRaising ChildrenLiveBeing A Good FatherDeath Of A FatherHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeHaving A BabyLeaving Parents For Spousefatherhood

But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandHateGodly ManEverything Happening For A Reasonaccomplishmentsaccomplishment

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Verse ConceptsGuilt, Removal OfLipsSin, Deliverance From GodTouchCoal, Uses OfPurgingTouching For HealingOther References To Mouths

Now as to the yoke that has been his burden, and the bar laid on his shoulder the rod of his oppressor you have broken it as on the day of Midian.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toCivil LibertyYokesRemoving BurdensGod Freeing Captives

He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

Verse ConceptsStoring

Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

Verse ConceptsCedarFir TreesFelling Trees

"How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star, son of the Dawn! How you have been thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation!

Verse ConceptsSatanticWeakness, PhysicalThe Morning StarFalling From HeavenAffecting Sun Moon And StarsRebellion of Satan and AngelsSatan as DestroyerLucifersoaring

The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InDisastersDuring One Night

Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.

The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShips

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Verse ConceptsMerchandiseStoring Treasure On EarthWages Of A Prostitute

The earth will be utterly depopulated and completely laid waste for the LORD has spoken this message.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodDestruction Of The World

And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee -- a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

Then you [Jerusalem] will be brought low,You will speak from the earth,And from the dust where you lie face downYour muffled words will come.Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the earth [like one produced by a medium],And your speech will whisper and squeak from the dust.

Verse ConceptsNecromancyAbasing PeopleSpeechghostsdust

For Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready;Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king.He has made it deep and wide,A pit of fire with plenty of wood;The breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it.

Verse ConceptsPitsTheophanyBrimstonePreparation For BurialSulphurA Place Prepared

And it will hail when the forest comes down,And the city will be utterly laid low.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Cities

Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,

Verse ConceptsPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Taken To Babylon

Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedChastisementSensitivityInsensibilityBurning PeopleStrength In Battle

That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFoundationselection, responsibilities ofRulersShepherds, As Kings And LeadersFoundations Of BuildingsRebuilding JerusalemShepherdsProphecies concerningrebuilding

Bel is bowed down, Nebo bendeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: the things ye carried are laid on, a burden to the weary beast.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, History OfFalse GodsCarrying IdolsCrouching

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἔγκλημα 
Egklema 
Usage: 2

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

κεῖμαι 
Keimai 
lie , be laid , be set , be appointed , be , be made , laid up , there
Usage: 23

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