'Covered' in the Bible

The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.

The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

She said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master.” Then she took her veil and covered herself.

So she removed her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.

But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh’s entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained.

“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; it has all turned white and he is clean.

When they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning.

It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the Lord appeared.

But when they cried out to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, “Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.

He said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.

Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes.

And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went.

The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, “Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines,

Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm.

So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar.

The covered way for the sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entry of the king, he removed from the house of the Lord because of the king of Assyria.

And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.

Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king’s garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David.

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning, with his head covered.

Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

“For he has covered his face with his fatAnd made his thighs heavy with flesh.

“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

A Psalm of David. A Maskil.How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered!

Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackalsAnd covered us with the shadow of death.

The meadows are clothed with flocksAnd the valleys are covered with grain;They shout for joy, yes, they sing.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds,You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,And its pinions with glistening gold.

Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;Dishonor has covered my face.

Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed;Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me.

The mountains were covered with its shadow,And the cedars of God with its boughs.

You have shortened the days of his youth;You have covered him with shame. Selah.

The waters covered their adversaries;Not one of them was left.

Their heart is covered with fat,But I delight in Your law.

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,You have covered my head in the day of battle.

And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;Its surface was covered with nettles,And its stone wall was broken down.

for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity.

“So when you spread out your hands in prayer,I will hide My eyes from you;Yes, even though you multiply prayers,I will not listen.Your hands are covered with blood.

Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep,He has shut your eyes, the prophets;And He has covered your heads, the seers.

And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.

Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

“Because the ground is cracked,For there has been no rain on the land;The farmers have been put to shame,They have covered their heads.

We are ashamed because we have heard reproach;Disgrace has covered our faces,For aliens have enteredThe holy places of the Lord’s house.

How the Lord has covered the daughter of ZionWith a cloud in His anger!He has cast from heaven to earthThe glory of Israel,And has not remembered His footstoolIn the day of His anger.

You have covered Yourself with angerAnd pursued us;You have slain and have not spared.

You have covered Yourself with a cloudSo that no prayer can pass through.

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the Lord God.

I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them.

“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,I have put her blood on the bare rock,That it may not be covered.”

And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

“Because of violence to your brother Jacob,You will be covered with shame,And you will be cut off forever.

When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.

But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands.

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores,

The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.

But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse.

“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,And whose sins have been covered.

For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;