29 occurrences

'Overcome' in the Bible

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

Verse ConceptsReadinessReady To SpeakSpeaking The Word God Gives

Be full of wonder, O heavens, at this; be overcome with fear, be completely waste, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.

Verse ConceptsPessimismAstonishmentProphecy AbolishedLosing CouragePeople Appalled

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdiscouragementRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordFalse WisdomForsaking God's ThingsShaming PeopleGod's Word Gives WisdomDisappointmentrelentlesswise

For a sound of weeping goes up from Zion, a cry, How has destruction come on us? we are overcome with shame because we have gone away from our land; he has sent us out from our house.

Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.

Verse ConceptsWicked ProphetsGod Making DrunkThe Dynasty Of Daviddrunkards

Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

The mother of seven is without strength; her spirit is gone from her, her sun has gone down while it is still day: she has been shamed and overcome: and the rest of them I will give up to the sword before their haters, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationThe SunSeven ChildrenLife Cut ShortGod Will Cause Defeat

And I will make you a strong wall of brass to this people; they will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you to keep you safe, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBronzeFigurative WallsThings Like BronzeGod With Specific PeopleGod Saves The NeedyGod Delivering From Evil

Let them be put to shame who are attacking me, but let me not be shamed; let them be overcome with fear, but let me not be overcome: send on them the day of evil, and put them to destruction twice over.

Verse ConceptsDouble Penalty

Making their land a thing of wonder, causing sounds of surprise for ever; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, shaking his head.

Verse ConceptsAstonishmentShaking The HeadHissing

And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfScoffingDestruction Of JerusalemHissing

O Lord, you have been false to me, and I was tricked; you are stronger than I, and have overcome me: I have become a thing to be laughed at all the day, everyone makes sport of me.

Verse ConceptsAbuse, To God's PeopleCruelty, examples ofMockeryPainRidicule, Objects OfDerisionAmbivalenceGod DeceivingDeception

But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.

Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdFeeding The FlockAll PeopleThose Not FearingMissing Someone

About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessAlcoholdefeatWineIndividuals TremblingBroken Heartsheartbroken

And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Take of this cup and be overcome, and let it come out again from your lips, and from your fall you will never be lifted up again, because of the sword which I will send among you.

Verse ConceptsDegradationGod Making DrunkDrunkennessbeeralcoholism

And all the nations will be servants to him and to his son and to his son's son, till the time comes for his land to be overcome: and then a number of nations and great kings will take it for their use.

Verse ConceptsServing Kings

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

Verse ConceptsdefeatBurning Jerusalem

And he will come and overcome the land of Egypt; those who are for death will be put to death, those who are to be prisoners will be made prisoners, and those who are for the sword will be given to the sword.

Verse ConceptsNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Near

What have I seen? they are overcome with fear and turned back; their men of war are broken and have gone in flight, not looking back: fear is on every side, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfPeoples Who FledFear Will Come

Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.

Verse ConceptsWoe To The Wicked

And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

Verse ConceptsRidicule, Nature OfScoffingDisdainHissingMade A Horror

Because of the wrath of the Lord no one will be living in it, and it will be quite unpeopled: everyone who goes by Babylon will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies OfRidicule, Nature OfScoffingBabylon Left DesolateEmpty CitiesHissingPeople Appalled

Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

Verse ConceptsCup, God's WrathInsanityAlcoholGoldMadnessWineThings Like Gold

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesLaughterSleep, And DeathGod Making Drunk

And I will make her chiefs and her wise men, her rulers and her captains and her men of war, overcome with wine; their sleep will be an eternal sleep without awaking, says the King; the Lord of armies is his name.

Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanGod Making DrunkHis Name Is The Lord

And you are to say, So Babylon will go down, never to be lifted up again, because of the evil which I will send on her: and weariness will overcome them. So far, these are the words of Jeremiah.

Verse ConceptsLast WordsSinking

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּוּד 
Guwd 
Usage: 3

הלם 
Halam 
Usage: 9

חלוּשׁה 
Chaluwshah 
Usage: 1

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

רהב 
Rahab 
Usage: 4

ἡττάω 
hettao 
Usage: 3

κατακυριεύω 
Katakurieuo 
Usage: 2

νικάω 
Nikao 
Usage: 17

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