17 occurrences

'Thigh' in the Bible

And Abraham said to his servant, the eldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put thy hand, I pray thee, under my thigh,

Verse ConceptsThighsinvesting

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore unto him concerning that matter.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodThighsSwearing Oaths

And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the joint of his thigh; and the joint of Jacob's thigh was dislocated as he wrestled with him.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesInjuryTouchWeakness, PhysicalDislocatingThighsTouching To HarmWrestlingmuscles

Therefore the children of Israel do not eat of the sinew that is over the joint of the thigh, to this day; because he touched the joint of Jacob's thigh the sinew.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalThighsTouching To HarmForbidden FoodStatutes To This Daymuscles

And the days of Israel approached that he should die. And he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

then the priest shall adjure the woman with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman: Jehovah make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to shrink, and thy belly to swell;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

And Ehud made for himself a sword with two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothes.

Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly;

Verse ConceptsMurderStomachsThighsOther Right Parts

And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Verse ConceptsCavesThighs

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;

Verse ConceptsSwordsThighsChrist's Own GloryWeapons Of Christ

They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after I knew myself, I smote upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, for I bear the reproach of my youth.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf RespectExamining YourselfThighsBeating OneselfRepentanceShame Has Come

Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be against my people, it shall be against all the princes of Israel: they are given up to the sword along with my people: smite therefore upon the thigh.

Verse ConceptsPrincesWar As God's JudgmentThighsBeating OneselfKilled With The Sword

Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:

Verse ConceptsBonesThighs Of Animalscookingpot

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μηρός 
meros 
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