41 occurrences

'Great' in the Bible

I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

Verse ConceptsLight, NaturalLightningNorthTheophanyWhirlwindsCompassesOut Of The NorthFire Emanating From GodGod Is LightColorThe North Wind

When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfNoiseThe AlmightyAngel's WingsThings Like WaterSoundGod's VoiceLike WaterPutting Things Down

Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, [saying], Blessed be the glory of Yahweh from his place.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingGod Lifting PeopleSound

[I heard] the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing.

Verse ConceptsWingsWheelsAngel's WingsTouching Holy ThingsSound

He said to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel do commit here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? But you shall again see yet other great abominations.

Verse ConceptsSanctuarySin, Effects OfGrowth Of EvilGod Far AwayAbominations

He said also to me, You shall again see yet other great abominations which they do.

Verse ConceptsGrowth Of Evil

Then he said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn't see.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPerversionGod, All knowingGod Not SeeingKilling Many PeopleGod's People SinningScoffers

tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.

Verse ConceptsThe Insecurity Of The WickedShowersHailPlasterWhitewashingThings Falling

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.

Verse ConceptsWindGod Sending RainGod Dispensing WindFloods

I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament; your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown; yet you were naked and bare.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseGrowing UpTall PeopleBleedingAppearance Of HairNaked In OriginHairMaturitybreastswomanhood

You have also committed sexual immorality with the Egyptians, your neighbors, great of flesh; and have multiplied your prostitution, to provoke me to anger.

Verse ConceptsProvokingProvoking GodSexual Immorality

and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

Verse ConceptsEaglesBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsFeathersMulti ColouredColorRainbow

There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

Verse ConceptsEaglesWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersThose Subjected To People

Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

Verse ConceptsFortsAttempting To KillSiege MoundsEarthly Armies

You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one who is deadly wounded, which enters into their rooms.

Verse ConceptsClappingDoing Repeatedly

Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

Verse ConceptsBig ThingsResponsibility For Blood ShedWoe To Israel And Jerusalem

She has wearied [herself] with toil; yet her great rust doesn't go forth out of her; her rust doesn't [go forth] by fire.

Verse ConceptsPossessions Decaying

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.

Verse ConceptsGod Executes VengeanceRevenge

For thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and the great waters shall cover you;

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthEmpty CitiesIn The Heart Of The Sea

Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the heart of the seas.

Verse ConceptseastHeart, HumanWindOut Of The EastSea DwellersRowingThe East Wind

by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches --

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of SinRiches, Dangers OfSkillTradeRiches, Can Lead ToSatisfied With RichesWisdom Gives Wealth

Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said, 'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'

Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesPeople Possessing Other Things

Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessBare ArmsThose Who Toiled

I will set a fire in Egypt: Sin shall be in great anguish, and No shall be broken up; and Memphis [shall have] adversaries in the daytime.

Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentMemphisThe Act Of OpeningBurning Cities

All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs; and under its branches did all the animals of the field bring forth their young; and under its shadow lived all great nations.

Verse ConceptsNestsAnimal ReproductionBirds

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.

Verse ConceptsMourning DeathHarming TreesThe Fact Of Death

I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfMission, Of IsraelProfaning God's NameHoliness

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Verse ConceptsPeople Getting UpThe Dead Are Raisedarmy

and I will turn you around, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;

Verse ConceptsHorsesCoercionCausing People To TurnOther References To MouthsEzekiel Invasion

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Have you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?

Verse ConceptsPlunderingTradeAmericaAmerica In Biblical Prophecy

You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;

Verse ConceptsGog and MagogOut Of The North

For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

With pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him, and on his hordes, and on the many peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and sulfur.

Verse ConceptsRainWeather, As God's JudgmentBrimstoneGod KillingFire From HeavenFire Of JudgementSulphurGod Will Kill The PeoplesEzekiel Invasion

You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Drinking BloodEating CorpsesWild Animals DevouringBirds Eating

I saw also that the house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side rooms were a full reed of six great cubits.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsHousesWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of ChambersFoundations Of Buildings

It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.

Verse ConceptsFishesKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfThe Water Of LifeGod Giving LifeSweetnessRiversLiveFish

It shall happen, that fishermen shall stand by it: from En Gedi even to En Eglaim shall be a place for the spreading of nets; their fish shall be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Verse ConceptsNetsSpreadingSeaMediterranean SeaFishingKinds Of Living Things

This shall be the border of the land: On the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad;

Verse ConceptsNorthern Borders

The south side southward shall be from Tamar as far as the waters of Meriboth Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea. This is the south side southward.

Verse ConceptsSouthern Border

The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Hamath. This is the west side.

Verse ConceptsWest Sides

By the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the brook [of Egypt], to the great sea.

Verse ConceptsMediterranean SeaSouthern Border

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)