7 occurrences in 5 translations

'Imposing' in the Bible

Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And Victory

And they came to the region of the Jordan that [is] in the land of Canaan, and the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar on the Jordan, {a large and imposing altar}.

Verse ConceptsAltars, Built ByFractions, One HalfBuilding AltarsThe Region Of Jordan

He also smote the Egyptian, an imposing man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationSpears

Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good, [nor] to flog nobles for uprightness.

Verse ConceptsFloggingHonestyAdvice On Beating PeopleFine As Penalty

I the King, whose name is the Lord who rules over all, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.

The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for your merchandise,And you [Tyre] were replenished and very glorious [heavily laden with an imposing fleet]In the heart of the seas.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSeafaringCommerceShips For TradingIn The Heart Of The Sea

and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsHorns In AllegoryEyes In ProphecyThree Other Things

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Distinguished (26 instances)
Enforce (4 instances)
Exciting (3 instances)
Grand (3 instances)
Heroic (1 instance)
Impose (20 instances)
Imposing (10 instances)
Inflict (33 instances)
Majestic (76 instances)
Noble (88 instances)
Stately (12 instances)

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