19 occurrences in 13 translations

'Long' in the Bible

Now while she was a long time in prayer before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.

Verse ConceptsDo Not Get Drunkalcoholismdrunkards

But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “I will not go up until the child is weaned; and then I will bring him, so that he may appear before the Lord and remain there as long as he lives.”

Verse ConceptsGodly AncestryLeaving Parents For Spouse

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

Verse ConceptsDedicationBeing Devoted to GodGiving Backlent

And a man of Benjamin runneth out of the ranks, and cometh into Shiloh, on that day, and his long robes are rent, and earth on his head;

Verse ConceptsHeadsRunning With NewsThose Who Tore Clothes

And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.

Verse Concepts20 To 30 YearsStaying A Long Time

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among the entire population.”And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

Verse ConceptsVoicesGroups ShoutingUnique Individuals

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesHornsLeaders, PoliticalMissionaries, Task OfRejection Of God, Results OfHorns Of AnimalsAnointing KingsGod Abandoning IndividualsBefore People ActMourning In RegretSaul And DavidRejectionLeadership Qualitiesgrievingsaul

The stem of his spear was as long as a cloth-worker's rod, and its head was made of six hundred shekels' weight of iron: and one went before him with his body-cover.

Verse ConceptsArmourCraftsmenIronShieldsSpearsSpinning And WeavingArmor ProtectionArmorbearerBeamsIron ObjectsWeights Of Other Things

And Saul clotheth David with his long robe, and hath put a helmet of brass on his head, and doth clothe him with a coat of mail.

Verse ConceptsArmourArmor ProtectionHelmetsBronze Armourarmor

And David girded his sword above his long robe, and beginneth to go, for he hath not tried it; and David saith unto Saul, 'I am not able to go with these, for I had not tried;' and David turneth them aside from off him.

Verse ConceptsUnable To Do Other Thingsarmor

and Jonathan strippeth himself of the upper robe which is upon him, and giveth it to David, and his long robe, even unto his sword, and unto his bow, and unto his girdle.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourBeltsRobesArmor ProtectionDressPeople Giving ClothesPeople Stripping Offarmor

For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

Verse ConceptsRivalrySaul And David

Then say this: ‘Long life to you, and peace to you, to your family, and to all that is yours.

Verse ConceptsHealthSalutationsFamily First

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Occupations

Please forgive the transgression of your female servant, because Yahweh will certainly make a lasting house for my lord, because my lord [is] fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you {as long as you live}.

Verse ConceptsForgive One AnotherFighting EnemiesForgiving Others Who Hurt You

Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesHistory Of NationsFighting Enemies

And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, for he said, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David. And such was his custom as long as he abode in the country of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsCustomExterminationDo Not Tell

And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?

Bible Theasaurus

Interminable (1 instance)
Lengthened (4 instances)
Lengthy (7 instances)
Yearn (23 instances)

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