36 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

And God created the great sea monsters, and every living soul that moves with which the waters swarm, after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Verse ConceptsAccording To Its KindSeaHeredityAnimals, Types OfWhalesWings Of BirdsLiving SoulsGod Seeing All The EarthMammalsKinds Of Living ThingsLiving ThingsPerfection Of CreationAnimals Having A SoulCreationThe OceanBirdsGod's CreationFishflyingbugs

And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.

Verse ConceptsBearingStrictnessPunishments

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city.

And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Verse ConceptsTransferring Wives

And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving TogetherPeople Providing

And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfSodom And GomorrahCitiesYielding To Temptation

And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSunsetsOvertaken By DarknessThose Frightened Of GodEclipseSolar Eclipse

But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

Verse ConceptsLeaving Egyptpossessions

And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Number TwelveAbraham, Testing And VictoryAnswered PrayerProsperity PromisedGod Multipling PeopleTwelve BeingsBlessed By GodGod Paid Attention To MeSons Being A Blessingfruitfulness

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grievous,

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessOutcry

For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentSodom And GomorrahReprobatesGod Sending ProphetsOutcry

And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What hast thou done to us? And in what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me, and on my kingdom, a great sin? Thou hast done to me deeds that ought not to be done.

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningWe Have SinnedWhat Sin?

And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Events CelebratedWeaningGrowing Upsarah

Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

Verse ConceptsTaking By The Hand

And Jehovah has blessed my master greatly, and he is become great; and he has given him sheep and cattle, and silver and gold, and bondmen and bondwomen, and camels and asses.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCowsGenerosity, God'sGoldSilverAbraham, In SocietyOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesSupplied With MoneyBlessed By GodMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

And the man became great, and he became continually greater, until he was very great.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfOwning LivestockThose Who EnviedPossessing Sheeppossessions

Then Isaac trembled with exceeding great trembling, and said, Who was he, then, that hunted venison and brought it to me? And I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him; also blessed he shall be.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me me also, my father!

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVoicesBeing BitterPeople BlessingBitterness

And he looked, and behold, there was a well in the fields, and behold there, three flocks of sheep were lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks, and a great stone was at the mouth of the well.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsBig ThingsStopping Wells

For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialPeople ProvidingWealthy Peoplepossessions

There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he withheld anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife; and how should I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, Examples OfWhat Sin?

Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPlenty In Egypt

So God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

Verse ConceptsRemnantRescueEscaping EvilSurvivors Of IsraelIndividuals Saving OthersIdentityTaking Care Of The Earthdeliverance

And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down to Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamI Am GodDo Not Fear For God Will Help

But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and the camp was very great.

Verse ConceptsChariotsDealing With Many People

And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan; and there they lamented with a great and very grievous lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father of seven days.

Verse ConceptsFuneralsBereavement, Experience OfLamentingSevenWeeksSeven DaysBeyond JordanMourning The Death Of Others

Bible Theasaurus

Abundant (187 instances)
Ample (6 instances)
Bully (2 instances)
Capital (60 instances)
Considerable (34 instances)
Cracking (3 instances)
Dignified (7 instances)
Eager (70 instances)
Expectant (1 instance)
Grand (3 instances)
Greater (253 instances)
Handsome (22 instances)
Honorable (62 instances)
Intense (52 instances)
Lordly (1 instance)
Outstanding (9 instances)
Smashing (12 instances)
Swell (9 instances)
Zealous (49 instances)