5 occurrences

'Swept' in the Bible

The torrent Kishon swept them away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. March on, my soul, with might!

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

Therefore give up their children to the famine, and deliver them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of children and be widows; and let their men be swept off by death, their young men be smitten by the sword in battle.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfFamine KillingApproval To Kill

Why are thy valiants swept away? They stood not, for Jehovah did thrust them down.

Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds it unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

Verse ConceptsPutting In OrderEmpty PeopleMetaphorical HousesSoliloquySweepingIndividuals going homespaceorderDemonic Influence

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Broom (5 instances)
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