'Bend' in the Bible
When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer.
And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'
He trains my hands for war;my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
He doth bend his tail as a cedar, The sinews of his thighs are wrapped together,
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, Cause him to bend. Deliver my soul from the wicked, Thy sword,
He trains my hands for war;my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.
Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.
A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.
They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.
I'll consign you to the sword, and all of you will bend down for the slaughter because when I called, you didn't answer, when I spoke, you didn't listen; but you did what was evil in my sight, and chose what I took no pleasure in."
"For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, But you said, "I won't serve you!' Instead, on every high hill and under every green tree, you bend down to commit fornication.
But they did not obey Me or bend their ear [to hear Me], but followed the counsels and the stubbornness of their [own] evil heart (mind), and [they turned and] went backward instead of forward.
Yet they did not listen to Me and obey Me or bend their ear [to hear Me], but stiffened their neck; they did more evil and behaved worse than their fathers.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
{And two of the kings} {will bend their hearts} to evil. And at the {same table} they will speak lies, but [what is discussed] will not succeed, for still an end [is coming] at the appointed time.
For I will bend Judah as My bow;I will fill that bow with Ephraim.I will rouse your sons, Zion,against your sons, Greece.I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
He kept proclaiming, "The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to bend down and untie his sandal straps.
and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,
and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.'
“Let their eyes be darkened to see not,And bend their backs forever.”
On account of this, I bend my knees before the Father,
to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.