7 occurrences in 13 translations

'Over running' in the Bible

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Verse ConceptsClayBasinsKilling Sacrifices

And he made an attack on them from Aroer all the way to Minnith, overrunning twenty towns, as far as Abel-cheramim, and put great numbers to the sword. So the children of Ammon were crushed before the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsConquestTwentyThose Subjected To People

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.

Verse ConceptsSpringInvasions

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentOvertaken By DarknessEnd Of ActionsFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Therefore, I live, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Surely, Moab is as Sodom, And the sons of Ammon as Gomorrah, An overrunning of nettles and salt-pits, And a desolation -- unto the age. A residue of My people do seize them, And a remnant of My nation inherit them.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingSaltWeedsAmmonitesSurvivors FavouredSournessPets

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Invade (38 instances)
Over-Running (7 instances)
Overflow (58 instances)
Overrun (12 instances)

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