4 occurrences in 5 translations

'Attackers' in the Bible

O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

Verse ConceptsTurning One's BackDefeat Of God's People

For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.

Verse ConceptsPowerlessnessCursing IsraelUnder The Ban

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been taken away from among you.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodGet Up!Under The BanMaking People Holytomorrow

And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

Bible Theasaurus

Aggressor (3 instances)
Assailant (4 instances)
Attacker (16 instances)
Attackers (45 instances)

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