3 occurrences in 12 translations

'Close' in the Bible

Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it."

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsPraying Behind Closed Doors

Now Elisha [was] sitting in his house and the elders [were] sitting with him, and [the king] dispatched a man from before him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Did you see that this son of a murderer has sent to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, close the door; and you must {hold the door closed against him}. [Is] not the sound of the feet of his master behind him?"

Verse ConceptsMessengerRemoving HeadsShutting DoorsKilling ProphetsSkullsSoundThe Elders Gathered

So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel—all his great men, close friends, and priests—leaving him no survivors.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsNo SurvivorsKilling Whole Families

Bible Theasaurus

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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