15 occurrences

'Swarm' in the Bible

Every creature perished—those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples Of

The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsBakingPalacesBedsMany CreaturesHouses Under AttackPots For Cooking And EatingPrivate Rooms

But if you will not let My people go, then I will send swarms of flies against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians’ houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.

Verse ConceptsFliesbugs

“These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you:the weasel, the mouse,any kind of large lizard,

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

“All the creatures that swarm on the earth are detestable; they must not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsMany CreaturesForbidden FoodGod Hating Things

Do not eat any of the creatures that swarm on the earth, anything that moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet, for they are detestable.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCrawlingUnclean SpiritsFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanClean AnimalsForbidden FoodUnclean AnimalsEating Meatbugsworms

“This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,

Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

Verse ConceptsBeesInsects

For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to waste it.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the Qedemites had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

After some time, when he returned to get her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and there was a swarm of bees with honey in the carcass.

Verse ConceptsCarcass, Literal UseBeesInsectsHoneyCorpses Of Animals

Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

Raise a signal flag in the land;blow a ram’s horn among the nations;set apart the nations against her.Summon kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.Appoint a marshal against her;bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

The Lord God showed me this: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the time the spring crop first began to sprout—after the cutting of the king’s hay.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsCropsLocustsMowingDestruction Of PlantsAttitudes Towards Kings

Bible Theasaurus

Horde (14 instances)
Stream (114 instances)
Swarm (32 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 149

ערב 
`arob 
Usage: 9

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