10 occurrences

'Wide' in the Bible

But who may have strength enough to make a house for him, seeing that the heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be his resting-place? who am I then to make a house for him? But I am building it only for the burning of perfume before him.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteGod's DwellingThe Vastness Of Nature

And Solomon put the base of the house of God in position; by the older measure it was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthThe First Templeconstructionmeasurement

And the covered way in front of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and a hundred and twenty cubits high, all plated inside with the best gold.

Verse ConceptsPorchesDimensions Of Chambers

And he made the most holy place; it was twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, like the greater house, and was plated all over with the best gold; six hundred talents were used for it.

Verse ConceptsLengthMost Holy PlaceDimensions Of Chambers

Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

Verse ConceptsBreadthSacrifice On The Bronze AltarSetting Up The Bronze Altar

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,

And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

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All-Embracing (1 instance)
Astray (134 instances)
Blanket (6 instances)
Encompassing (6 instances)
Extensive (21 instances)
Spacious (12 instances)
Widely (17 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain