17 occurrences

'Sweep' in the Bible

But Elijah answered, "I've found you because you sold yourself to do what the LORD considers to be evil! Now pay attention! I'm going to send evil in your direction! I will completely sweep you away and eliminate from Ahab every male, whether indentured servant or free, throughout Israel.

Terror will overtake him like a flood, at night, a tornado will sweep him away.

since I don't know the first thing about how to flatter; and the one who made me would sweep me away as if I were nothing."

Before your clay pots are placed on a fire of burning thorns whether green or ablaze wrath will sweep them away like a storm.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

"It's the king of Assyria and all of his arrogance! He will rise over all of the river's channels and run over all of its banks. He will sweep on into Judah, overflowing as he passes through, like flood waters reaching up to a person's neck. His outstretched wings will flow as wide as your land, O Immanuel!"

The LORD will totally destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. He will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River with a violent wind, breaking it up into seven streams, and making a way for people to cross on foot.

"And I'm going to make it a possession of the hedgehog pools of water and I'll sweep with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

A message concerning the pasture by the Sea. "Like whirlwinds in the Negev sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a distant land.

And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floods will overflow your hiding place.

As often as it sweeps through, it will carry you away, for it will sweep by morning after morning in the day; but understanding this message will bring sheer terror at night,

When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and a mere breath will sweep them all away." "But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.

Watch out! For I am bringing in the Chaldeans, that cruel and impetuous people, who sweep across the earth dispossessing people from homes not their own.

"I'll utterly sweep away everything from the land," declares the LORD.

From its mouth the serpent spewed water like a river behind the woman in order to sweep her away with the flood.

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גּרף 
Garaph 
Usage: 1

טוּא 
Tuw' 
Usage: 1

יעה 
Ya`ah 
Usage: 1

סחף 
Cachaph 
Usage: 2

σαρόω 
Saroo 
Usage: 0

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