46 occurrences in 13 translations

'Roots' in the Bible

For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsHell, Punishment OfAfterlifeHell, As An ExperienceEarth, Judgment OfMountains RemovedEarth's FoundationFire Emanating From GodGod Has AngerState Of The Dead

Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim;Benjamin came with your people after you.The leaders came down from Machir,and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

Those who survive from Judah's household will again put down deep roots and bear fruit extensively,

Verse ConceptsRootsSurvivors FavouredPotential Of FruitGod's People Planted

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Verse Conceptsculture

And puttest in the stocks my feet, And observest all my paths, On the roots of my feet Thou settest a print,

Verse ConceptsPaths Of BelieversGod Seeing All PeoplePathsfootprints

If its roots grow old in the groundand its stump starts to die in the soil,

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Verse ConceptsPeople Withered

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;As bread for their children in the desert.

Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Verse ConceptsFlintMineralsRootsMountains RemovedTurning Upside Down

My roots will have access to water,and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesdewMetaphorical Watering

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness

Lo, He hath spread over it His light, And the roots of the sea He hath covered,

Verse ConceptsOceansCreation Of The Seas

The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesMountainsEarth's FoundationGod Has Anger

You cleared the ground so that its roots grew and filled the land.

Verse ConceptsFilling PlacesGod's People Plantedspace

Then singers, as they play their instruments, will declare, "All my roots are in you." A song. A psalm by the descendants of Korah. According to . An instruction by Heman the Ezrahite.

Verse ConceptsFountainsMusicFountains Of LifeMetaphorical SpringsSingersFountains Used Figurativelyinstruments

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejectedthe instruction of the Lord of Hosts,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRejecting God's WordDecayGrassRejection Of GodStrawRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRootsPeople RottingBurning Plants

And the remnant of the house of Judah that remain shall {grow} roots downwards and make fruit upwards.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors FavouredPotential Of FruitGod's People Planted

You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.

Verse ConceptsLipsNominal ReligionRootsMetaphorical PlantingLack Of Meaning

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenSpring Of WaterUnfading LifeThe Source Of FruitRiver BanksWater For PlantsHot WeatherGreenWater, As A Symbol Of LifeRiversOlive TreesAnxiety And FearWorrying

And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingSprouting PlantsSmall ThingsSproutingThose Subjected To People

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Verse ConceptsRootsUnfruitfulnessMany EnemiesPlants Growing UpEasy For People

It was beautiful in its greatness,in the length of its limbs,for its roots extended to abundant water.

Verse ConceptsWater For PlantsBeauty Of Thingsgreatness

Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:

Verse ConceptsIronStumps Of A TreeIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To Man

And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

Verse ConceptsStumps Of A TreeFelling TreesSeven YearsIron ObjectsRelation Of Animals To ManSpecific Holy Individuals

And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStumps Of A TreeThe Kingdom Of Others

I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Verse ConceptsAntichristIrreverenceSuperiorityAntichrist, Names ForHorns In AllegoryPlucking OutEyes In ProphecyHorns BrokenThree Other ThingsLike MenSpeaking With The Mouth

But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

Verse ConceptsForts

Ephraim is struck down;their roots are withered;they cannot bear fruit.Even if they bear children,I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.

Verse ConceptsBlightdrynessPeople WitheredKilling Sons And Daughters

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Verse ConceptsdewPlantsHoly Spirit, Types OfRosesChange And Growthfriendliness

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Verse ConceptsAmoritesCedarRootsGiantsOaks

I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!

Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitFruitAxesRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsFelling TreesBurning PlantsBad Items

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

He replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be pulled up by the roots.

Verse ConceptsRootsPlucking OutOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonPlanting Seeds

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they didn't have any roots, they dried up.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingShallownessFor The Sake Of ThingsPersecutionpressure

And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree not producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into a fire."

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsUnfruitfulnessFelling TreesBurning PlantsHarming Trees

The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyHeart, Fallen And RedeemedTemptation, Universality OfEnticementHearing God's WordBeing TemptedBelief In GodRejoicing In God's Wordtrailsimpulsiveness

So the Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

Verse ConceptsFaith, And Blessings Of GodSmallnessSmall ThingsPlucking OutLiteral PlantingHarming TreesIn The Heart Of The SeaObeying PeopleFaith Moving MountainsSeeds

These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseRootsAgape LovePlucking OutThe Second DeathLove Exists Between PeopleLove Feast

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתשׁ 
Nathash 
Usage: 21

שׁרשׁ 
Sharash 
...root , root out
Usage: 8

ἐκριζόω 
Ekrizoo 
root up , pluck up by the root
Usage: 1

נסח 
Nacach 
Usage: 4

נתק 
Nathaq 
Usage: 27

עקר 
`aqar 
hough , pluck up , rooted up , digged down
Usage: 7

עקר 
`aqar (Aramaic) 
plucked up by the roots
Usage: 1

שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

שׁרשׁ 
Shoresh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

ῥίζα 
Rhiza 
Usage: 11

ῥιζόω 
Rhizoo 
Usage: 2

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