11 occurrences

'Fly' in the Bible

And God said, "Let the waters swarm [with] swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth across the face of the vaulted dome of heaven.

Verse ConceptsSkyBirds, Features OfAnimals MultiplyingLiving SoulsSea DwellersMany CreaturesExpanse [The Firmament]God SpeakingLiving ThingsThose FlyingExpanse Of The Seasoaring

He will fly away like a dream, and they will not find him, and he will be chased away like a vision of [the] night.

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying

Or does [the] eagle fly high at your command and construct its nest high?

Verse ConceptsNestsCommands, in OTBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglessoaring

And this shall happen: On that day, Yahweh will whistle for the fly that [is] at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.

Verse ConceptsFliesBeesInsectsWhistlingflying

Who [are] these? They fly like cloud, and like doves to their coops.

Verse ConceptsThose Flyingflying

You have increased your merchants more than the stars of heaven; [like] the locust they will shed [their skin] and fly away.

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Your officials [are] like locusts; your commanders [are] like a swarm of locusts. They encamp on the walls on a cold day; when the sun rises, they fly away-- no one knows where they have gone.

Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersHot WeatherCold WeatherUnknown ThingsEvil Fleeing

Their horses [are] more swift than leopards; they are more menacing than wolves [at] dusk. Their horsemen gallop; their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle [that is] swift to devour.

Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

Bible Theasaurus

Alight (4 instances)
Ascend (96 instances)
Elapse (2 instances)
Glide (4 instances)
Hover (2 instances)
Insect (13 instances)