21 occurrences in 4 translations

'Masses' in the Bible

Now in the seven good years the earth gave fruit in masses.

Verse ConceptsSeven YearsFertile LandPlenty In EgyptAbundance

And they put them together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeights And Measures, DistancesWindBirds, Types Of BirdsGod Dispensing WindDimensions Of Other Things

And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.

Verse ConceptsGiftsFruitFoodMale And Female

And the base was of great masses of highly priced stone, some ten cubits and some eight cubits square.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsFoundations Of BuildingsDimensions Of Other Things

And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

Verse ConceptsTwo Of Body Parts

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

Verse ConceptsGod, Purpose OfDestruction Of CitiesGod Planning Of OldUnhearingGod's Plans

And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses.

Verse ConceptsRemnantConsecration

The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete.

Verse ConceptsMonth 3Month 7Starting To BuildEnd Of Actions

And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Houses

When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck Together

Therefore My people will go into exilebecause they lack knowledge;her dignitaries are starving,and her masses are parched with thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceKilled With The SwordBurning PeopleMan's Wisdom

In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsUseless IdolsCairnsSacrificing Cattle

Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesSermon On The MountCrowds AvoidedSitting To TeachChrist SeeingChrist With His DisciplesWork EthicEthicscrusades

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God [concerning eternal salvation through faith in Christ] had also been preached by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPreaching, Effects OfInciting To EvilSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, As Response To GodIsrael Hardened

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Batch (10 instances)
Masses (21 instances)
Plenty (59 instances)
Stack (8 instances)
Volume (9 instances)

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