19 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

They took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great victory.

Verse ConceptsRescue

He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

Verse ConceptsBeamsCraftsmenSpearsWeights And Measures, LinearGiants

For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God.

Verse ConceptsSupporthelpingarmy

Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.

Verse ConceptsMulesFruitFoodFig treeRaisinsOilSheepWine

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

Verse ConceptsFuture

O Lord, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfKnowing God, Nature Of

And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerMiracles, Nature OfNationalismgreatness

David took the crown of their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

Verse ConceptsGoldJewelsPrecious StonesJewellery

Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants.

Verse ConceptsFingersToesSix ThingsGiantsFingers Of People

David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfRegretMiseryempathy

But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfSheddingSolomon's Temple

Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

Verse ConceptsBronzeCoinageGoldSilverBrassAmassing SilverAmassing Bronze

They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallAssignment

They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.

Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the Lord God.

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofInexperienceMiddle AgeYouthAmateursApprenticesLimitations Of Youthstructure

So they ate and drank that day before the Lord with great gladness.And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed him as ruler for the Lord and Zadok as priest.

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Performed OnDoing Things TwiceEating Before GodAnointing KingsAnointing Priests

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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