18 occurrences in 6 translations

'Engulfed' in the Bible

Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

Verse ConceptsBefore The Flood

And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

Verse ConceptsSeven Days

The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth.

Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkForty DaysShipsMore Than One MonthThings Lifted UpThings On HighFloods

As dawn was breaking, the angels pressured Lot. "Get going!" they told him. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be engulfed by the devastation that's coming to this city."

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

When the burnt offering was engulfed in flames that sprang up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame that came from the altar. When Manoah and his wife observed this, they collapsed on their faces to the ground.

Verse ConceptsProstrationCreatures Going UpOther Creatures Going Up

For the waves of death engulfed me;the torrents of destruction terrified me.

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFear, Of DeathFear Of DeathFloodsoverwhelmed

For the dreaded thing that I feared has happened to me, what caused me to worry has engulfed me.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeFear And WorryBeing Scaredreality

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;But the sea engulfed their enemies.

Verse ConceptsSafetyFreed From FearThe Sea Stirred Upoverwhelmed

They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.

Verse ConceptsThings SurroundingWater, As A Symbol Of AfflictionFloods

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,And engulfed the company of Abiram.

Verse ConceptsOther References To Mouths

Then the waters would have engulfed us;the torrent would have swept over us;

Verse ConceptsWaters Of AfflictionSwampedFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Surely your sites of ruins and desolate [places] and land of ruins, surely now you will be {too cramped for your} inhabitants, and those who engulfed you will be far away.

Verse ConceptsWaste Places RestoredFar From Here

“The sea has come up over Babylon;She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves.

Verse ConceptsSeaWavesThe Sea Stirred UpSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe Ocean

{He has besieged} and engulfed me with bitterness and hardship.

Verse ConceptsHard TasksNations Attacking Israel

They don't consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own deeds have engulfed them. They are before my face.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleAbsence Of ThoughtSin, And God's CharacterSin, Known To GodExposure Of SinThings SurroundingGod Remembering Sin

You cast me into the deep into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanMonotonySevere AfflictionsThrowing PeopleSinkingIn The Heart Of The SeaSwampedDeep Seaswaterfalls

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;the watery depths overcame me;seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Verse ConceptsHeadsWaters Of AfflictionSwampedWeedjonah

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Absorb (1 instance)
Engulf (6 instances)
Engulfed (18 instances)
Enveloped (13 instances)
Plunge (4 instances)
Steep (12 instances)
Swallowed (48 instances)

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