6 occurrences

'Lifting' in the Bible

And Simeon gave them his blessing and said to Mary, his mother, See, this child will be the cause of the downfall and the lifting up of great numbers of people in Israel, and he will be a sign against which hard words will be said;

Verse ConceptsChildren, examples ofSigns Performed By ChristHabitual Getting UpPeople Who Blessed Othersrehabilitation

And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast.

Verse ConceptsAfterlifeHadesHell, Description OfTortureGod Far AwayGod Has ComfortedHellLake Of FirePurgatorydistancelazarus

The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Verse ConceptsContritionReconciliation, Of The World To GodRepentance, Examples OfRepentance, Nature OfConviction Of SinBeating OneselfBe Merciful!Far From Heredistancebreastspitytaxes

And he took them out till they were near Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he gave them a blessing.

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingLifting HandsBlessed By Christ

Bible Theasaurus

Annul (14 instances)
Elevate (6 instances)
Lifting (160 instances)
Overturn (7 instances)
Pilfer (1 instance)
Pinch (3 instances)
Rescind (1 instance)
Reverse (34 instances)
Revoke (22 instances)
Sneak (1 instance)
Vacate (1 instance)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain