11 occurrences

'Camel' in the Bible

Rebekah also raised her eyes and looked, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.

Verse ConceptsDismountingSeeing People

Nevertheless, you are not to eat these, among those which chew the cud or divide the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is [ceremonially] unclean to you.

Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

However, you are not to eat any of these [animals] among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel, the hare and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.

Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsRock BadgerUnclean Animals

Now go and strike Amalek and completely destroy everything that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenDeath penaltyResponsibility, Examples OfExterminationBoth Men And Animals KilledThe Death Of Babiesgenocide

So Hazael went to meet Elisha and took a gift with him of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, asking, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanPresents

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?Look at your way in the valley;Know [without any doubt] what you have done!You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Unclean

So like this plague [on men] there will be the plague on the horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the livestock in those camps.

Verse ConceptsMulesAnimals, religious role ofLoss Of Donkeys

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth and status] to enter the kingdom of God.”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsHumourNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomEasy For PeopleOther OpeningsKingdom Of GodGoing To HeavenimpossibleThe Narrow Gate

You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!

Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesLack Of DiscriminationSievingflyingbugsknots

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To RichesEasy For PeopleOther OpeningsGoing To Heaven

For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man [who places his faith in wealth or status] to enter the kingdom of God.”

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsProsperityNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be SavedOther Openings

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Camel (18 instances)

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κάμηλος 
Kamelos 
Usage: 2