13 occurrences

'Swarms' in the Bible

For if you do not let My people go, hear this: I will send swarms of [bloodsucking] insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, as well as the ground on which they stand.

Verse ConceptsFliesbugs

But on that day I will separate and set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I, the Lord, am in the midst of the earth.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFliesGod DifferentiatingI Am The Lord

Then the Lord did so. And there came heavy and oppressive swarms of [bloodsucking] insects into the house of Pharaoh and his servants’ houses; in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted and ruined because of the [great invasion of] insects.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

Moses said, “I am going to leave you, and I will urgently petition (pray, entreat) the Lord that the swarms of insects may leave Pharaoh, his servants, and his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitGod's Action TomorrowThose Who Deceived

The Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of [bloodsucking] insects from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronFliesResidueTaking AnimalsGod Answered Prayerbugs

‘Now everything that swarms on the ground is detestable; it is not to be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsMany CreaturesForbidden FoodGod Hating Things

Do not make yourselves loathsome (impure, repulsive) by [eating] any swarming thing; you shall not make yourselves unclean by them so as to defile yourselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

For I am the Lord your God; so consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm or crawls on the ground.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordLaw, OtSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterUnclean SpiritsPeople Polluting ThemselvesThe Lord Is GodBe Holy For I Am Holy

He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them,And frogs which destroyed them.

Verse ConceptsFliesFrogsInsectsbugs

There is the sea, great and broad,In which are swarms without number,Creatures both small and great.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberNatureSeaBroadnessMany CreaturesThe OceanThe Sea

He spoke, and there came swarms of fliesAnd gnats in all their territory.

Verse ConceptsFliesInsectsbugs

It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there so that the waters of the sea are healed and become fresh; so everything will live wherever the river goes.

Verse ConceptsFishesKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfThe Water Of LifeGod Giving LifeSweetnessRiversLiveFish

Your guardsmen are like the swarming locusts.Your marshals are like the hordes of grasshoppersSettling in the stone walls on a cold day.When the sun rises, they fly away,And no one knows the place where they are.

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersHot WeatherCold WeatherUnknown ThingsEvil Fleeing

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עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 149

ערב 
`arob 
Usage: 9