125 occurrences in 12 translations

'Large' in the Bible

Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley--

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

When Jesus saw large crowds around Him, He gave the order to go to the other side of the sea.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusCrowds AvoidedCrossing To The Other Side

And while He was reclining at table, a large number of tax-gathers and notorious sinners were of the party with Jesus and His disciples.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHospitality, Examples OfTax CollectorsHospitality Towards ChristServing JesusReclining To EatReceiving Jesus As A GuestJesus Eating

Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsBoatsPopularitySittingPopularity Of ChristBeachesSitting To Teachgathering

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a large net thrown into the sea. It collected every kind of fish,

Verse ConceptsNetsMixed MultitudeFishingParables Of The KingdomFishPatience In Relationshipsgatheringlakes

and large crowds came to Him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, those unable to speak, and many others. They put them at His feet, and He healed them.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsFeetdisabilitiesPopularityMiracles Of ChristPopularity Of ChristCrowds SeekingDumbnessDumbJesus HealingHealing Sickness

They all ate and were filled. Then they collected the leftover pieces—seven large baskets full.

Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfFrugalitySevenSeven ThingsPeople EatingPlenty Through ChristRemaining Food

Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected?

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsFour Thousand

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

Verse ConceptsLargenessCrowds Around Jesus

A very large crowd spread their robes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCutting Off BranchesCrowds Around JesusFoliageUsing Roads

And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,

Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

For this perfume might have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.”

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfExpensiveGiving To The Poor

While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob, with swords and clubs, was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Then he placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. After rolling a large stone across the door of the tomb, he left,

Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyMan's Counselelders

Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them

Verse ConceptsPopularityWordsPopularity Of ChristChrist TeachingDisadvantages Of CrowdsNo Room

When He was sitting at table in Levi's house, a large number of tax-gatherers and notorious sinners were at table with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many such who habitually followed Him.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristGuestsHospitality, Examples OfTax CollectorsServing JesusReclining To EatReceiving Jesus As A GuestJesus Eating

So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Verse ConceptsCrowdsFollowing Jesus ChristDisciples' Movementslakes

Then he went home. Such a large crowd gathered again that Jesus and his disciples couldn't even eat.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPopularity Of ChristPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsUnable To Do Other ThingsOpportunitypressure

Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsLargenessBoatsSitting To TeachChrist Teachinglakes

And when sown, it comes up and grows taller than all the vegetables, and produces large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.”

Verse ConceptsShadowsBig ThingsPlants Growing Up

Now a large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.

Verse ConceptsPigsAnimals Eating

When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsThe Attractiveness Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBoatsCrossing To The Other Sidelakes

In those days there was again a large crowd, and they had nothing to eat. He summoned the disciples and said to them,

Verse ConceptsNo FoodChrist SummoningChrist With His Disciples

They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.

Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfSeven ThingsPeople EatingPlenty Through ChristRemaining Food

“When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets full of pieces of bread did you collect?”“Seven,” they said.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsFour ThousandRemaining Food

When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes disputing with them.

Verse ConceptsJudaismCrowds Around JesusChrist With His Disciples

They came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsLargenessBeggingCrowds Around JesusUsing RoadsDisciples' Movements

David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.

Verse ConceptseagernessCrowdsPopularity Of Christ

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

Verse ConceptsTreasuriesBrassOpposite SidesPeople Sitting DownRight Use Of WealthSeeing SituationsMoney For The TempleMoney Box

As Jesus was leaving the Temple, one of his disciples told him, "Look, Teacher, what large stones and what beautiful buildings!"

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesProphecies Said By JesusThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The Temple

"Do you see these large buildings?" Jesus responded. "Not one stone here will be left on another that will not be torn down."

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things Down

And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

Verse ConceptsPreparing For ActionUpper Rooms

So Joseph purchased a [fine] linen cloth [for wrapping the body], and after taking Jesus down [from the cross], he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a [large, wheel-shaped] stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

Verse ConceptsBarriersBig ThingsRolling

And [when they] did this, they caught a very large number of fish, and their nets began to tear.

Verse ConceptsFishingNets TornCatch Of FishFish

But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

Verse ConceptsHealingFameInfirmitiesSecret PrayerHearing ChristJesus HealingTelling Of JesusComing Together

Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsFeastingevangelism, kinds ofCelebrationsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHospitality, Examples OfLargenessTax CollectorsDinnerReceiving Jesus As A Guest

After coming down with them, He stood on a level place with a large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

Verse ConceptsSermon On The MountCoastlandsChrist Going DownHearing ChristJesus HealingOther References To The Disciples

Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you'll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others."

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsGenerosity, HumanAbundant LifeBad LeadershipEquality In PaymentGiving To OthersBeing BlessedGod, The ProviderProfitsStewardshipPressingPeople ShakingPlenty Through GodGood ReboundingRight MeasuresEconomicsGivingTreating OthersGiving Backmeasurement

Soon afterward He was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

As a large crowd was gathering, and people were flocking to Him from every town, He said in a parable:

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside. The demons begged Him to permit them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsAnimals Eating

The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him.

Verse ConceptsThe Attractiveness Of ChristCrowds SeekingThe Next DayMan Going Down

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureParables Of ChristSmall ThingsPlants Growing Up

Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus. He turned and told them,

Verse ConceptsCrowdsTravelCrowds Around Jesus

A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.

Verse ConceptsLamentingLargenessTearsCrowds Around JesusMourning The Death Of Christ

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMoving OnThose Loving GodMoving To A New Placemovement

When Jesus looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming toward him, he asked Philip, "Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?"

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfChrist SeeingPeople Providing Foodautonomy

But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Responses ToSigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In Christ

Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."

Verse ConceptsTruthJohn The BaptistSpeaking TruthNo SignsMiracles

Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.

Verse ConceptsLargenessLiving WitnessesCuriosityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Seekinglazarus

The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsVisitingThe Next Day

The large number of people, however, who had been present when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and brought him back to life, related what they had witnessed.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsContemporary Witness To ChristWitnessingtestifyinglazarus

“Cast the net on the right side of the boat,” He told them, “and you’ll find some.” So they did, and they were unable to haul it in because of the large number of fish.

Verse ConceptsNetsMiracles Of ChristRight SidesCatch Of FishFish

So Simon Peter got up and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish—153 of them. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Verse ConceptsPulling ThingsNets TornA Hundred And SomeFishingFish

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

Verse ConceptsFour CornersThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenFour SidesPutting Animals DownHeavenly Visionporksailing

As Peter talked with him, he entered [the house] and found a large group of people assembled.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Many PeopleWhile Still Speaking

“I was in the town of Joppa praying, and I saw, in a visionary state, an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners from heaven, and it came to me.

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

When Peter realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a large number of people had gathered and were praying.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodHousesPrayer, In The ChurchSleeplessnessPrayer MeetingsChurch GatheringsPraying TogetherPrayer During PersecutionIdentity

Now the people of Tyre and Sidon had incurred Herod's violent displeasure. So they sent a large deputation to wait on him; and having secured the good will of Blastus, his treasurer, they begged the king to be friendly with them again, because their country was dependent on his for its food supply.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.

Verse ConceptsCongregationevangelists, ministry ofevangelism, kinds ofGrowthHabitsPaul, Life OfMany In The ChurchAntagonism From Jew And Gentile

As they were proclaiming the good news in that city, they discipled a large number of people. Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Verse ConceptsNewsMany In The ChurchMinistering To The UnsavedevangelizingChristians Are Called Disciples

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

Some of them were persuaded and began to be associated with Paul and Silas, especially a large crowd of devout Greeks and the wives of many prominent men.

Verse ConceptsDevout MenGreeksReverence, And ObedienceConverts To ChristianityProselytesJoined To The ChurchThose Who Believed In Christ

Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

Verse ConceptsMany In The ChurchThose Who Believed In Christ

Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice OfCoinageSorcery And MagicOccultismSorceryWorthValuemagicwitchesartistsOccultism Being Forbidden

By making silver shrines of Artemis, a silversmith named Demetrius provided a large income for skilled workers.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionPolytheism

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

Verse ConceptsInciting To EvilSeven DaysDisciples In The TempleSeven Days For Legal Purposes

The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyExpensiveCitizensReligious Freedomserenity

The ship's crew pulled it up on deck and used ropes to brace the ship. Fearing that they would hit the large sandbank near Libya, they lowered the sail and drifted along.

Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

And [when] Paul had gathered a large number of sticks and was placing [them] on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat [and] fastened itself on his hand.

Verse ConceptsHeatHot ThingsFirewoodjumping

Bible Theasaurus

Ample (6 instances)
Boastfully (8 instances)
Bombastic (2 instances)
Comprehensive (7 instances)
Considerable (34 instances)
Expectant (1 instance)
Magnificent (46 instances)
Massive (20 instances)
Mighty (576 instances)
Prominent (37 instances)

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