235 occurrences

'Overcome' in the Bible

And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.

Verse ConceptsBenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationRequesting FoodRed BodiesPeople With Apt Names

And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsWeepingOthers MourningPeople Blessing

And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWrestlingPeople With Apt Names

But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesInjuryTouchWeakness, PhysicalDislocatingThighsTouching To HarmWrestlingmuscles

And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome.

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

Then Esau came running up to him, and folding him in his arms, gave him a kiss: and the two of them were overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingGreetingsKissingLove, For One AnotherReconciliation, Between BelieversKissesSalutationsIndividuals Runninghugs

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessTying Up

Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsHousesPrivacySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfPartialityBowelsHasty ActionPrivate Rooms

And they said to him, Joseph is living, and is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And at this word Jacob was quite overcome, for he had no faith in it.

Verse ConceptsFaintingNot Believing PeopleLiving On

You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandStrength Of GodGod's Hands Stretched Out

Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfArrogance, Punishment OfProud PeopleKnowing God's Character

Do not go down on your faces and give worship to their gods, or do as they do; but overcome them completely, and let their pillars be broken down.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionServanthood, And Worship Of GodStonesNot Imitating EvilDestruction Of Satan's WorksObelisksDo Not Have Other godsHow Not To Worshipstatues

And Moses said, It is not the voice of men who are overcoming in the fight, or the cry of those who have been overcome; it is the sound of songs which comes to my ear.

Verse ConceptsGroups ShoutingMusic To CelebratePeople OvercomingNot DefeatedOvercoming

And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

Verse ConceptsMixed MultitudeWhat Foreigners DoMourning In RegretGreedComplaining

Then Caleb made signs to the people to keep quiet, and said to Moses, Let us go up straight away and take this land; for we are well able to overcome it.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfHesitationManlinessPeople OvercomingOvercomingOvercoming Obstaclesexploring

Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

Verse ConceptsImpatienceComing To The Red SeaFalling

Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

Verse ConceptsHuntingDeterminationCreatures Drinking BloodLike CreaturesAnimals Eating

Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

Verse ConceptsRiver CrossingsExemptThe Lord Will Drive Them Out

After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:

Verse Conceptsdefeat

And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

Verse ConceptsdefeatGod ForbiddingEnemy Attacks

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

Verse ConceptsMercy, HumanForbidden AlliancesFellowship With WickedExterminationGod Without MercyThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

Verse ConceptsBattlesAnxiety, Examples OfDo Not Fear Men

By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

Verse ConceptsBlessings, To IsraelSevenInvincibilitySevenfoldEnemiesRisingDirectionEnemy Attacks

The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtdefeatCarcass, Literal UseKingdomsSevenfoldDirectionfootball

They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

Verse ConceptsDecayPoisonTeethWasteFamine ComingFamine Will Comehunger

How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRocksPursuing PeopleA Thousand PeopleTens Of Thousands

Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

Verse ConceptsPretendingIsrael Fleeing

All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who was ruling in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he was one of the last of the Rephaim); these did Moses overcome, driving them out of their country.

Verse ConceptsGiantsSole Survivors

Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfOnly One PersonGod With Specific PeopleOvercominggideon

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

And when he saw her he was overcome with grief, and said, Ah! my daughter! I am crushed with sorrow, and it is you who are the chief cause of my trouble; for I have made an oath to the Lord and I may not take it back.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore Clothes

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityTrusting Other People

The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

Verse ConceptsThirtyKilling Within Israel

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

For Hannah's prayer came from her heart, and though her lips were moving she made no sound: so it seemed to Eli that she was overcome with wine.

Verse ConceptsPraying QuietlyThe Lips Of The RighteousHeart, And Holy SpiritLipsRenewed HeartMoving OnPrayingdrunkardsHeartfelt Prayer To God

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

Verse ConceptsAbilityFeetdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardsSaintsSilenceLimitations Of StrengthThe Outer DarknessFeet SecureOuter Darknesstoughness

And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and Israel was overcome by the Philistines, who put to the sword about four thousand of their army in the field.

Verse ConceptsFour ThousandKilling Within Israel

And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

Verse ConceptsWhy Does God Do This?

So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsTentsCarnageThirty Thousand And UpIsrael FleeingKilling Within IsraelDefeat Of God's People

And while Samuel was offering the burned offering, the Philistines came near for the attack on Israel; but at the thunder of the Lord's voice that day the Philistines were overcome with fear, and they gave way before Israel.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfdefeatThunderAnger Of God, Examples OfGod OvercomingThunder Expressing God's Judgment

So the Philistines were overcome, and did not come into the country of Israel again: and all the days of Samuel the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsGod Opposing

If he is able to have a fight with me and overcome me, then we will be your servants: but if I am able to overcome him, then you will be our servants and do work for us.

Verse ConceptsSubstitutionThose Subjected To People

Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

This day the Lord will give you up into my hands, and I will overcome you, and take your head off you; and I will give the bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth today, so that all the earth may see that Israel has a God;

Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfBirds, Types Of BirdsBeheadingAnimals Eating PeopleEating CorpsesSkullsWild Animals DevouringMammalsTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsVoicesIs It Really?

Then Saul said to David, May a blessing be on you, David, my son; you will do great things and without doubt you will overcome. Then David went on his way, and Saul went back to his place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfSons Being A Blessingsaul

Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;

Verse ConceptsConflagrationsBurning Cities

And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTired In Pursuittired

Then at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go forward quickly, for the Lord has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsGod Going BeforeHearing ThingsMoving Onmovementfootprintsarmy

And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Reign OfFortificationsGiving To OthersTaxationTributesGarrisonsSustaining ProvidenceThose Subjected To PeopleEarthly Armiesdamascus

And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

Verse ConceptsGoldSilver

And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGarrisonsThose Subjected To PeopleEarthly Armiespreservation

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father by sending comforters to you? has he not sent his servants to go through the town and make secret observation of it, and overcome it?

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPrejudiceSpiesAccusations, False ExamplesSpying

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.

And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Society

And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreachery

And David said to Ziba, What is your reason for this? And Ziba said, The asses are for the use of the king's people, and the bread and the fruit are food for the young men; and the wine is for drink for those who are overcome by weariness in the waste land.

Verse ConceptsSummerRiding DonkeysSummer FruitTired In Flight

But he will certainly have taken cover now in some hole or secret place; and if some of our people, at the first attack, are overcome, then any hearing of it will say, There is destruction among the people who are on Absalom's side.

Verse ConceptsCavesPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleKilling Will HappenCaves As Places Of Refuge

And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And UpKilling IsraelitesDefeat Of God's People

I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEnemiescrushes

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

Verse ConceptsdefeatSin Brings Impoverishment

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The TempleWhy Does God Do This?

And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God was overcome with weeping.

Verse ConceptsembarrassmentWeeping

Then he said; Let the window be open to the east: and he got it open. Then Elisha said, Let the arrow go; and he let it go. And he said, The Lord's arrow of salvation, of salvation over Aram; for you will overcome the Aramaeans in Aphek and put an end to them.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of Openingdeliverancesyria

Then the man of God was angry with him and said, If you had done it five or six times, then you would have overcome Aram completely; but now you will only overcome them three times.

Verse ConceptsHalf HeartednessActing Three TimesOvercoming Hard Timessyria

It is true that you have overcome Edom and your heart is uplifted; let that glory be enough for you, and keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedBusybodiesProud People

And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingDefeat Of God's People

Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

Verse ConceptsActual Attacks On JerusalemList Of Kings Of Israelsyria

And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

Verse ConceptsCommander

And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

Verse ConceptsSoundThe Environmentfootstepsmovementarmy

From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsTaxationTributes

Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,

He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Verse ConceptsGarrisons

But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?

Verse ConceptsSpiesSpying

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Society

Now after this there was war with the Philistines at Gezer; then Sibbecai the Hushathite put to death Sippai, one of the offspring of the Rephaim; and they were overcome.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGiants

Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

Verse ConceptsGod With You

And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

Verse Conceptsdefeat

And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Verse ConceptsdefeatReliability

And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

Verse ConceptsAliancesarmysurprises

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

Verse ConceptsSuccessArrogance, Characterizes The WickedTwelve Beings

And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

Verse ConceptsecstasyRejoicing In God's WorksThe First Temple

Bible Theasaurus

Dashed (24 instances)
Downtrodden (6 instances)
Master (460 instances)
Overcome (324 instances)
Overpower (17 instances)
Overtake (129 instances)
Overwhelm (38 instances)
Subdue (32 instances)

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