51 occurrences in 11 translations

'Bars' in the Bible

And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Verse ConceptsFive Things

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.

Verse ConceptsFive ThingsWest SidesBack Of Things

And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With Gold

The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Verse ConceptsHooksBoardsPillars For The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleSocketsTenons And Bars

And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

Verse ConceptsFive Things

And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward.

Verse ConceptsFive ThingsWest SidesBack Of Things

And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

Verse ConceptsOverlaid With GoldGold Items For The Tabernacl

and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate -- places for bars;

Verse ConceptsFour Supports

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

Verse ConceptsBoardsPillars For The TabernacleSocketsTenons And Bars

And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

Verse ConceptsThe Tabernacle

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to live in freedom.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordCordsYokesBreaking SticksGod Lifting PeopleThe Lord Is GodTenons And BarsGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptslaveryBreaking Chains

And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars.

Verse ConceptsPolesAnimal SkinsTwo AnimalsPriests Possessing

and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the carrying bars.

Verse ConceptsAnimal SkinsBlue Cloth

And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

Verse ConceptsBoards

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Verse ConceptsCityGatesVillagesWallsCitiesOutside The CityWalled TownsUnguarded

Meanwhile, Samson had sex until midnight, then at midnight he got up, grabbed the doors, the two door posts, and the bars of the city gate, and uprooted them. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the mountain opposite Hebron.

Verse ConceptsStrength, SpiritualMidnightLocks And BarsCarrying Other Loads

And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

Verse ConceptsGatesTownShutting GatesGiven Into One's HandsTelling Of Movements

The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

Verse ConceptsFortressesCityLargenessBrassSixtiesCities In IsraelWalled TownsBronze GatesGrandmothers

Their neighbors came from as far away as the territories of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, bringing provisions loaded on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought abundant provisions of meal, fig bars, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, because there was joy in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

Verse ConceptsFortificationsGates

Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

Verse ConceptsGatesTowersWallsprospering

But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gates

The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gates

But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureStairwaysPoolsNamed GatesStepsGardens Attached To Palaces

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Verse ConceptsGatesCreatures Returning To Dust

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Verse ConceptsShutting Doorslimitations

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.

Verse ConceptsBullsCalvesStretching OutWarfare, Nature OfScattering The PeoplesWild Beasts Subdued

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Verse ConceptsGatesBrassBronze GatesBreaking Chainscutting

For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

Verse ConceptsGatesLocks And BarsBlessed By God

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: 'For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And caused bars to descend -- all of them, And the Chaldeans, whose song is in the ships.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

Verse ConceptsBattlesIronCrookednessBrassStraighteningSmoothnessGod Going BeforeIron ObjectsBronze GatesSolar EclipseBreaking Chains

“This is what the Lord said to me: Make chains and yoke bars for yourself and put them on your neck.

Verse ConceptsYokes

Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Even so within two full years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.’” Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

Verse ConceptsTwo Years

Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou hast made in their stead bars of iron.

Verse ConceptsIron, Figurative Use OfWoodIron ObjectsBronze GatesBreaking Chains

Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsNationalismA Solitary PeopleThose At Ease

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

Verse ConceptsGatesPowerlessnessEffeminacyCessationStopping FightingWeak WomenBurning CitiesNo Strength LeftWomen's Strength

Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down

“In Tehaphnehes the day will be darkWhen I break there the yoke bars of Egypt.Then the pride of her power will cease in her;A cloud will cover her,And her daughters will go into captivity.

Verse ConceptsendYokesCessationDarkness During DaytimeGod Freeing CaptivesThings StoppingHer Strength

The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslave them.

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalYokesLand ProducingGod Saving From EnemiesGod Freeing CaptivesGod Will Keep SafeBreaking Chains

And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

Verse ConceptsFortificationsVillagesWalled TownsUnguardedEzekiel Invasion

A sword will whirl through his cities;it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,because of their schemes.

Verse ConceptsGatesLocks And Bars

I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus, and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley, along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir," says the LORD.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Methods Of OtSceptreEdenExiled ForeignersGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesLocks And BarsGod Killing Individualssyriadamascus

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

Verse ConceptsPitsRootsSaved From The PitMan Going DownGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingBase Of ThingsDeath PreventedPits As A Term For Graves

Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessPowerlessnessEffeminacyThe Act Of OpeningOpening GatesWeak WomenLocks And BarsWomen's Strength

After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

Verse ConceptsRopesSandShipsPropellingPutting Things Down

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