14 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

"My punishment is too great to bear," Cain told the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBearingStrictnessPunishments

On the seventeenth day of the second month, when Noah was 600 years old, all the springs of the great deep burst open, the floodgates of the heavens were opened,

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

along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMultiplyingAbrahamBlessing Through God's PeopleGod Will BlessSource Of HonourMessianic PropheciesBlessing OthersSons Being A Blessing

And as for Ishmael, I've heard you. I'll bless him, and he'll have many descendants. I will multiply him greatly, he'll father twelve tribal leaders, and I'll cause his descendants to become 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

"since Abraham's descendants will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him?

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsGentiles, In OtConsistencyBlessings, To AbrahamMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristBlessing Through God's People

The LORD also said, "How great is the disapproval of Sodom and Gomorrah! Their sin is so very serious!

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessOutcry

Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked him, "What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such great sin against me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that ought not to have been done."

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

Get up! Pick up the youth and grab his hand, because I will make a great nation of his descendants."

Verse ConceptsTaking By The Hand

But his father refused. "I know," he said. "I know. He's going to produce a large nation, and he's going to be very great. However, his younger brother will become even greater than he, and his descendants will become a multitude of nations."

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildPeople With General KnowledgeRules About Young People

When they arrived at Atad's threshing floor, which is located beyond the Jordan River, they held a great and mournful memorial service, during which Joseph spent seven days mourning for his father.

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)

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