25 occurrences in 13 translations

'Long' in the Bible

For today he went down and lavishly sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. He invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And look! They’re eating and drinking in his presence, and they’re saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

Verse ConceptsFeasting

There, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him as king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

Verse ConceptsTrumpetAnointing KingsTrumpets For CelebrationNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

Verse ConceptsAnointing, Performed OnCeremoniesHornsMusical Instruments, types ofOilShoutingTrumpetThe Act Of AnointingAnointing KingsTrumpets For Celebration

Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheGod Is TranscendentGreyBe Wise!

Shimei said to the king, “The sentence is fair; your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

Verse ConceptsAssenting

And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;

Verse ConceptsGetting RichDiscernmentNatural Disasters

"Because you asked for this, and you didn't ask for a long life for yourself, and you didn't ask for the lives of your enemies, but instead you've asked for discernment so you can understand how to govern, look how I'm going to do precisely what you asked. I'm giving you a wise and discerning mind, so that there will have been no one like you before you and no one will arise after you like you.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment Of GovernorsWisdom, Human ImportanceUnique Individuals

If you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commands just as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”

Verse ConceptsAgingCommands, in OTKingship, HumanLife, HumanReward, DivineHow To Live LongKeep The Commandments!

The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Verse ConceptsBreadthBuildingHeightDimensions Of Buildingsfreemasonry

The portico in front of the temple sanctuary was 30 feet long extending across the temple’s width, and 15 feet deep in front of the temple.

Verse ConceptsPorchesDimensions Of Chambers

And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Chambers

The interior of the sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high; he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar.

Verse ConceptsCubesDimensions Of ChambersOverlaid With WoodCedar Wood

One wing of the first cherub was 7½ feet long, and the other wing was 7½ feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Temple Furniture

He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on top of the pillars.

Verse ConceptsBeamsForestsBreadthBuildingFour SupportsRoyal HousesDimensions Of BuildingsCedar Wood

He made the hall of pillars 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. A portico was in front of the pillars, and a canopy with pillars was in front of them.

Verse ConceptsHousesHallsDimensions Of Buildings

Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings 15 feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea."

Verse ConceptsSculptureThings SurroundingTwo Plant Products

Then he made 10 bronze water carts. Each water cart was six feet long, six feet wide, and 4½ feet high.

Verse ConceptsTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames.

Verse ConceptsengravingdepthArtSquaresDimensions Of Temple Furniture

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are there to this day.

Verse ConceptsLong ThingsPlaces To This Day

And the king had decided, so he made two golden calves and he said to them, "{You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough}; here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt."

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Bad Human AdviceGolden CalvesWhat Is Not GodTwo AnimalsBringing Israel Out Of EgyptOthers Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMan's Counsel

Not long after the man of God had left, a lion met him along the road and killed him. His body was left lying in the middle of the road with the donkey standing beside it and with the lion also standing next to the body.

Verse ConceptsRoadsAnimals KillingCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath

So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

Verse ConceptsSacrificial GivingAction For A Long Time

After a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year: “Go and present yourself to Ahab. I will send rain on the surface of the land.”

Verse ConceptsRainDivine DirectionGod Sending RainPeople Made KnownGod Controlling The Rain

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Interminable (1 instance)
Lengthened (4 instances)
Lengthy (7 instances)
Yearn (23 instances)

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