17 occurrences in 12 translations

'Rushes' in the Bible

and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;

Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveCoatsBoatsBitumen and tarLove, And The WorldMineralsPapyrusPlantsUnable To Do Other ThingsRivers

Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?Can the rushes grow without water?

Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

He rushes headlong at Himwith his thick, studded shields.

Verse Conceptsreinforcement

He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

Verse ConceptsGod As A Warrior

“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forthAs from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmokeNostrilsWeedsmokingpotSmoke Used Poetically

The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.

Verse ConceptsThe SunOthers Going DownThings Going UpRising

The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.

Verse ConceptsReedsSmellsCanalsNature DecayingBrooks

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual RenewalGrassPapyrusReedsPoolsMetaphorical Springs

"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Unclean

“I have listened and heard,But they have spoken what is not right;No man repented of his wickedness,Saying, ‘What have I done?’Everyone turns to his [individual] course,As the horse rushes like a torrent into battle.

Verse ConceptsObstinacy Against GodWicked Described As

So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.

Verse ConceptsBanksWhipsTurning Upside DownWhippingChrist Driving Out PeopleIndeterminate Sums Of Moneycatsknots

For as you eat, each of you rushes to eat his own supper, and one person goes hungry while another gets drunk.

Verse ConceptsLord's SupperWaitingcommunionovereating

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Rushes (17 instances)
Rushing (64 instances)
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