29 occurrences in 11 translations

'Nest' in the Bible

And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen.

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand.

For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.

"But hawks and hedgehogs will possess it; owls and ravens will nest in it. God will stretch out over it a measuring line, and chaos, and plumb lines of emptiness, and its nobles.

Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest.

There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.

O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.

Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

I will plant it on Israel’s high mountainso that it may bear branches, produce fruit,and become a majestic cedar.Birds of every kind will nest under it,taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

The Babylonians came to her love nest and defiled her with their sexual immorality. As a result, she was defiled by them. Even so, she turned away from them in disgust.

In his boughs made a nest hath every fowl of the heavens, And under his branches brought forth hath every beast of the field, And in his shade dwell do all great nations.

Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it.

whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest --

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Flocks will lie down in her midst, along with animals of every kind. Desert owls and screeching owls will nest at the top of the pillars, hooting through the vacant windows, "Ruin sits at these doorsills,' for he will expose even the cedar framework.

It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

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.”

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
לוּלי לוּלא 
Luwle' 
except , unless , If , had not , were it not , were it not that
Usage: 14

צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

שׁאר 
Sh@'er 
Usage: 16

ἤδη 
Ede 
Usage: 45

μήποτε μήποτε 
mepote 
lest , lest at any time , whether or not , lest haply , if peradventure , no ... not at all , not tr
Usage: 12

πώποτε 
Popote 
Usage: 3

אני 
'oniy 
Usage: 7

בּלעדי בּלעדי 
Bil`adey 
beside , save , without , not in me , not
Usage: 17

חדשׁ 
Chadash 
Usage: 53

חנּם 
Chinnam 
Usage: 32

כּען 
K@`an (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

מחרתם מחרת 
Mochorath 
Usage: 32

נפישׁ 
Naphiysh 
Usage: 3

נצח נצח 
Netsach 
Usage: 43

עלם עולם 
`owlam 
Usage: 438

ערוה 
`ervah 
Usage: 54

ערף 
`araph 
Usage: 5

פּרע 
Para` 
Usage: 16

קרב 
Q@reb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

קרב 
Qareb 
Usage: 12

ריע רע 
Rea` 
Usage: 187

רקם 
Raqam 
Usage: 9

תּחתּי 
Tachtiy 
Usage: 19

G50
ἀγνοέω 
Agnoeo 
Usage: 22

ἀδύνατος 
Adunatos 
impossible , impotent , could not do , weak , not possible
Usage: 7

ἀνατρέφω 
Anatrepho 
nourish , nourish up , bring up
Usage: 3

ἀπειθέω 
Apeitheo 
Usage: 16

ἄπιστος 
Apistos 
Usage: 17

ἐγγίζω 
Eggizo 
draw nigh , be at hand , come nigh , come near , draw near ,
Usage: 28

ἑξῆς 
hexes 
Usage: 5

ἐπαύριον 
Epaurion 
Usage: 17

ἐπιοῦσα 
Epiousa 
Usage: 5

εὐγένης 
Eugenes 
Usage: 2

καλέω 
Kaleo 
call , bid , be so named , named ,
Usage: 106

μήτι 
meti 
not , not tr
Usage: 2

νέος νεώτερος 
Neos 
Usage: 11

οὐδέπω 
Oudepo 
never before , never yet , nothing yet , not yet , as yet not
Usage: 5

οὔπω 
Oupo 
not yet , hitherto ... not , as yet , no ... as yet
Usage: 13

ὄχλος 
Ochlos 
Usage: 172

χρῄζω 
Chrezo 
Usage: 2

H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

H61
אבל 
'abal 
Usage: 11

H93
אגוז 
'egowz 
Usage: 1

אדין 
'edayin (Aramaic) 
then , now , time
Usage: 57

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

או או 
'ow 
Usage: 320

אוּלם 
'uwlam 
but , but truly , surely , very deed , howbeit , wherefore , truly , not translated
Usage: 18

און 
'aven 
Usage: 79

אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

אז 
'az 
Usage: 141

אזרח 
'ezrach 
Usage: 17

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

אטם 
'atam 
Usage: 8

אין 
'iyn 
there not
Usage: 1

אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

אל 
'al (Aramaic) 
not
Usage: 4

אליל 
'eliyl 
idol , image , no value , things of nought
Usage: 19

אם 
'im 
Usage: 999

אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

אמּה 
'ummah 
Usage: 3

אמּה 
'ummah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 276

אפוא אפו 
'ephow 
now , where , here
Usage: 15

אפס 
'aphec 
Usage: 5

אפס 
'ephec 
ends , no , none , not , nothing , without , else , beside , but , cause , howbeit , .
Usage: 43

אפע 
'epha` 
of nought
Usage: 1

אציל 
'atsiyl 
Usage: 2

אצל 
'etsel 
by , beside , by ... , near , at , with ... , from ... , against , close , to , toward , unto , with
Usage: 61

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

אשׁמרת אשׁמוּרה אשׁמרה 
'ashmurah 
Usage: 7

את 
'eth 
Usage: 1

בּאר 
@'er 
Usage: 37

בּוּת 
Buwth (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
young man , the chosen , young , not translated
Usage: 46

בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

בּטן 
Boten 
Usage: 1

בּית־אל 
Beyth-'El 
Usage: 71

בּית עקד 
Beyth `Eqed 
Usage: 2

בּכר 
Bakar 
Usage: 5

בּל 
Bal 
none, not, nor, lest, nothing, not, neither, no
Usage: 69

בּלה 
Balah 
Usage: 15

בּלי 
B@liy 
not, without, un..., lack of, so that no, corruption
Usage: 56

בּליּעל 
B@liya`al 
Usage: 27

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