21 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sank' in the Bible

And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahMemoriesWindAnimals, Care ForDivine RemembranceGod Dispensing WindGod Remembering His PeopleWaters SubsidingNoah's Flood

He said to his brothers, “My money has been returned! It’s here in my bag.” Their hearts sank. Trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionIndividuals TremblingWhat Does God Do?Indeterminate Sums Of MoneyOther Sad People

"Pharaoh's chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea; his best officers sank in the Reed Sea.

Verse ConceptsOfficersAbaseAbasement, Examples OfDestroying ChariotsDeath Of Other GroupsThe Seaarmy

The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

Verse ConceptsdepthMan Going DownPeople As RocksDeep Seas

Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodLeadSinkingGod Dispensing Wind

“The well, which the leaders sank,Which the nobles of the people dug,With the scepter and with their staffs.”And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet; at her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell dead.

Verse ConceptsPeople Tumbling

David put his hand in the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and hit the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

And Jehu took his bow in his hand, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out through his heart; and he sank down in his chariot.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Described AsHeart, HumanArchers, Men Shot ByKilling KingsOther References To The Heart

The stouthearted were plundered,They sank into sleep;And none of the warriors could use his hands.

Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

Many times He would deliver them;They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,And so sank down in their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfWasteHumbling The ProudGod Saving From Enemies

I opened myself to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone; my heart sank when he turned away. I sought him, but I did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me.

Verse ConceptsGone AwayOthers Not AnsweringSeeking But Not Finding People

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the guard’s courtyard, lowering Jeremiah with ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

‘All the women who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say:Your trusted friends misled youand overcame you.Your feet sank into the mire,and they deserted you.

Verse ConceptsMarshesMen DeceivingFriends Failing

Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.

Verse ConceptsTouchGod Lifting Peoplegabriel

I sank to the foundations of the mountains;the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

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

And He got up and [sternly] rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still (muzzled)!” And the wind died down [as if it had grown weary] and there was [at once] a great calm [a perfect peacefulness].

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfSilenceStormsDivine Power Over NatureCessationMaking StillNo WindsChrist Waking UpReproving ThingsThe Sea StilledThings StoppingrebukingGod Controls Storms

Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased [as if exhausted by its own activity]; and they were completely overwhelmed,

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesCessationBoatsThings Stopping

So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came, and they filled both the boats so that they almost sank.

Verse ConceptsSinkingGroups Helpingpartnership

and a young man named Eutychus was sitting on a window sill and sank into a deep sleep as Paul kept on speaking. When he was overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfSleep, PhysicalPeople Falling From A HeightThree Parts Of ConstructionsBad LuckteenagerFalling Backwards

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ירד 
Yarad 
Usage: 378

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