27 occurrences

'Grown' in the Bible

no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodRainVegetationEmpty PlacesPloughmenMan's FunctionNo One AvailableHerbsGod Controlling The Rain

So she took off her mourning apparel, covered herself with a shawl, and concealed her outward appearance. Then she went out and sat at the entrance of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah, because she knew that even though Shelah had grown up, she wasn't being given to him as his wife.

Verse ConceptsClothing, Kinds OfGrowing UpClothing OneselfPeople Stripping OffSitting In The GatewaydisguisesUsing RoadsDistinctive ClothingGiving In Marriage

After the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, because she said, "I drew him out of the water."

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofMoses, Life OfSonsGrowing UpAdoptionBringing People Out Of Other PlacesPeople With Apt Names

Years later, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people, and took notice of their heavy burdens. He saw an Egyptian beating up a Hebrew, one of his own people.

Verse ConceptsVisitingGrowing UpForced Labourempathymanhood

"Any tithes of the land from grain grown on the land or from fruit grown on the trees belong to the LORD. They are sacred to the LORD.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialCollectionsClaimsGrainLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityLaw, OtSeedTithesAll Things Belong To GodFirst fruitsTithes And Offeringbelongingland

When Joshua had grown old, having lived many years, the LORD told him, "You are old and have lived many years, but much of the land still remains to be possessed.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine GiftInfirmitiesGradual Conquest Of The Land

When Israel had grown strong, they subjected the Canaanites to conscripted labor and never did expel them completely.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtWarfare, Examples OfForced Labour

would you wait for them until they were grown? Would you refrain from marriage for them? No, my daughters! I'm more deeply grieved than you, because the LORD is working against me!"

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

When David had been informed about the incident, he sent word to them, since the men had been deeply humiliated. The king told them, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return."

Verse ConceptsFacial HairHair GrowingWaiting Till Marriage

"I'm headed down the road that everyone who lives on earth travels, so be strong and demonstrate that you're a grown man

Verse ConceptsSpiritual VitalityStrength Of PeopleNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenBe Strong!MasculinityBeing Yourself

But Rehoboam ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and who worked for him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceImmaturityThe Elders GatheredMan's CounselRejectionBad Counsel

After the child had grown up a bit, one day he went out to visit his father, who was with the harvesters.

Verse ConceptsReapers

After they had departed, David was informed about the men, so he sent word to them, since they had been deeply humiliated. He told them, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return."

Verse ConceptsCutting HairTrimming Facial HairHair Growing

But Rehoboam ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and worked for him.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting Good AdviceThe Elderly

"This is what you should tell the people who asked you: "Your father made our burden heavy, but you must make it lighter for us!'" the young men who had grown up with Rehoboam replied. "Tell them "My little finger will be thicker than my father's whole body!

Verse ConceptsFingersDagon

"My God, I am too ashamed and hurt to turn to you, because we're in our iniquities over our heads. Furthermore, my God, our sins have grown as high as the heavens. We have lived in great sin from the days of our ancestors even until today, and because of those iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered over to foreign kings, for execution, for captivity, for plunder, and for humiliation, as is the case today.

Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHumiliation

Even if its roots have grown ancient in the earth, and its stump begins to rot in the ground,

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

Verse ConceptsGuidance, From Godly PeopleAdoption

As for your New Moons and your appointed festivals, I abhor them. They've become a burden to me; I've grown weary of carrying that burden.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessGod, Patience OfHatredPrayerlessnessFestivals DisregardedGod Growing WearyCelebrationtiredcelebrating

Therefore Sheol's appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem's nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrphansFat PeopleNot Helping The Poorprospering

I made you increase like sprouting grain in the field. As a result, you multiplied greatly. Eventually, you reached the age when young women start wearing jewelry. Your breasts were formed, your hair had grown, but you were still bare and naked."'"

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative UseGrowing UpTall PeopleBleedingAppearance Of HairNaked In OriginHairMaturitybreastswomanhood

it's you, your majesty! You've become great and strong, your greatness has grown to the heavens, and your dominion reaches to the distant parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsStrong IndividualsThe Kingdom Of Others

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Acquire (44 instances)
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Grown (93 instances)
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Originate (13 instances)
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