18 occurrences in 12 translations

'Close' in the Bible

and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close it for him.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTypes Of ChristShutting SecurelyShutting DoorsMale And Female Animals

Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryLove Between RelativesConflictFamily ConflictResolving Conflict

Abraham approached [the Lord] and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous (those who do right) with the wicked (those who do evil)?

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfGod KillingLack Of DiscriminationGod Kills

"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

Look, this town is close enough for me to run to. It is a small place. Please let me go there—it’s only a small place, isn’t it?—so that I can survive.”

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

Ishmael’s sons (descendants) settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled opposite (east) of all his relatives.

Verse ConceptsOpposite Sides

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Verse ConceptsDistinguishingIs It Really?Contact With People

So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Verse ConceptsVoicesContact With PeopleRecognising Thingscheaters

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come close and kiss me, my son.”

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingContact With People

So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he blessed him and said,“See, the smell of my sonIs like the smell of a field which the Lord has blessed;

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingNosesContact With PeopleBlessed By GodPeople Who Blessed Others

When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Verse ConceptsPlottingSeeing At A DistanceAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleSeeing PeopleConspiracySiblingsdistance

Then Judah approached him, and said, “O my lord, please let your servant say a word to you in private, and do not let your anger blaze against your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh [so I speak as if directly to him].

Verse ConceptsEquivalent People

Joseph implored his brothers, "Please come close to me." So they did.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeIdentity

You shall live in the land of Goshen [the best pasture land of Egypt], and you shall be close to me—you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks and your herds and all you have.

Verse ConceptsGrandchildrenLiving In The LandNeighboursImmigrantsland

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will close your eyes.”

Verse ConceptsPreparation For BurialLaying On Hands To HealGod Will Be With YouGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptefficiency

"These are my sons," Joseph replied. "God gave them to me here in Egypt." "Please bring them close to me," Jacob said, "so I can bless them."

Verse ConceptsChildren, attitudes towardsSanctity Of LifeChildren, A Gift From GodPeople Who Blessed Others

Now Israel's eyesight had become poor from age. Because he couldn't see well, Joseph brought them close to him, and Israel kissed them both and embraced them.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingOld Age, DisabilitiesArmsKissingOld Age, Attainment OfVisionDimness Of VisionKissesLimitations Of Old People

Then he brought them both close to his father, placing Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right.

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Blockade (1 instance)
Choke (6 instances)
Closely (88 instances)
Closing (12 instances)
Concise (1 instance)
Conclude (14 instances)
Conclusion (24 instances)
Confining (2 instances)
Dense (17 instances)
Ending (35 instances)
Faithful (341 instances)
Finish (80 instances)
Narrow (25 instances)
Sunny (1 instance)
Tight (14 instances)

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