14 occurrences

'Suck' in the Bible

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFoodFlintHigh PlacesOilHoneyProvision From RocksProvision Of Oil

They shall invite the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they will suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand.

Verse ConceptsSea Dwellers

And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what is good in thy sight: abide until thou hast weaned him; only, may Jehovah fulfil his word. And the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing Mothers

And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; and I considered it in the morning, and behold, it was not my son, whom I bore.

Verse ConceptsMorningNursesWho Is This?Not The OneDeath Of A Childsisterhood

Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersKneesbreasts

He shall suck the poison of asps; the viper's tongue shall kill him.

Verse ConceptsTeeth

And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Drinking BloodEating Corpses

And thou shalt suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAssurance, basis ofGod, Power OfKnowing God, Nature OfMilkNames And Titles For ChristMighty Onebreastsroyalty

because ye shall suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; because ye shall drink out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionAfflictions, Consolation DuringmomsMotherhoodbreasts

For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing torrent; and ye shall suck, ye shall be carried upon the side, and be dandled upon the knees.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceKneelingPeace, Promised ToKneesJerusalem In Millennial KingdomRiversHealing And ComfortPeace And ComfortPeace And StrengthFloodsBlessings And ProsperityWealth And Prosperitybreasts

Even the jackals offer the breast, they give suck to their young; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersNursesBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals SucklingOstrichesStrictnessDeserts Used Figuratively

thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt gnaw the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGashing Bodiesbreasts

gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.

Verse ConceptsBridegroomBridesBreasts, Nursing MothersClosetsWeddingsGod Is GraciousAssembling IsraelGoing OutsideDealing With Young PeopleMaking People HolySanctificationThe Elderlyelderscouplesbreastsgathering

Bible Theasaurus

Absorb (1 instance)
Imbibe (1 instance)
Nurse (29 instances)
Sucking (7 instances)
Suckle (4 instances)
Wet-Nurse (1 instance)