276 occurrences

'Overcome' in the Bible

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureMiscegenation (racial Intermarriage)TremblingAction Until Evening

For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

Verse ConceptsIntimidationFear Of EnemiesOvercoming

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

Verse ConceptsLifting HeadsSin Clings To The Sinner

They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By DarknessFeeling Lostdrunkards

Will not his glory put you in fear, so that your hearts will be overcome before him?

Verse ConceptsTerror Of God

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionThose Frightened Of God

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.

Verse ConceptsTirednessWeary Of God

He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFear Is Dueharassment

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

Verse ConceptsWestEast And WestPeople Appalledfate

He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.

Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

For this cause nets are round your feet, and you are overcome with sudden fear.

Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will Come

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

Verse ConceptsChaosThe DelugeEarly Death

Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

Verse ConceptsPenitentWill God Pay Attention?

For this cause I am in fear before him, my thoughts of him overcome me.

Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of God

For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

The pillars of heaven are shaking, and are overcome by his sharp words.

Verse ConceptsPillarsRebukeTremblingMetaphorical Pillarsrebuking

Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.

Verse ConceptsFalse Wisdom

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Silent

Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.

Truly, the hope of his attacker is false; he is overcome even on seeing him!

Verse ConceptsVisionWithout Hope

When he gets ready for the fight, the strong are overcome with fear.

Verse ConceptsBewildermentFear And Animals

When my haters are turned back, they will be broken and overcome before you.

Verse ConceptsStumblingOvercoming EnemiesFalling Backwards

Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingMan's Relation To God

The upright are crushed and made low, and the feeble are overcome by his strong ones.

Verse ConceptsPeople Falling From A Height

They have said, With our tongues will we overcome; our lips are ours: who is lord over us?

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The WickedThe TongueOvercomingThe Power Of Words

And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

Verse ConceptsdefeatRejoicing In Evil

I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertaking

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviordisgracePrayer, As Asking GodTrapPlottingAttempting To Kill MeHurtDisappointmenthurting

By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.

Verse ConceptsNot DefeatedOvercomingFavor

Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

Verse ConceptsBattlesPromised VictoryOvercoming

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

Verse ConceptsGod, The RockCrying To GodPeople From Far AwayThe End Of The WorldOvercoming Hard TimesDespairBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

Verse ConceptsFaultsA Forgiving GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

Verse ConceptsBlamedisgraceHurt

Gone is the wealth of the strong, their last sleep has overcome them; the men of war have become feeble.

Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersHorsesRiding Horses

I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsComplaintsTroublePsalm InterjectionsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I would quickly overcome their haters: my hand would be turned against those who make war on them.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesSubject To GodEnemy Attacks

The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

Verse ConceptsTributesOvercoming

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of God's ActionsArmsHand Of GodRight Hand Of GodSingingSongsStrength, DivinePraiseArm Of GodA New SongGod Overcoming

Again and again he made them free; but their hearts were turned against his purpose, and they were overcome by their sins.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfWasteHumbling The ProudGod Saving From Enemies

My passion has overcome me; because my haters are turned away from your words.

Verse ConceptsTirednessFervourZealousness, Examples Of

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

Verse ConceptsMan's WaysTrapSnares Laid for PeopleGod, All knowingMan TrappingBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

Verse ConceptsPitsSheolThe Fact Of DeathPits As A Term For GravesWhilst Alive

You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

Verse ConceptsTrapBeware Of Your SpeechProcrastinationThe Power Of Words

They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholInsensibilityAccepting BeatingsAbsence Of FeelingWake Up!AlcoholicsOvercomingHurtFeeling Losthurtingdrunkards

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchNames And Titles For The ChristianHoneyEating And DrinkingLove And Wine

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

Verse ConceptsBeing In LoveFriendship And LovePassion

Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleAppearance Of Hairwaterfalls

Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterQuenchingLove Of Jesus, To The SaintsLove Towards Christ, The Nature OfRomance

Your country has become waste; your towns are burned with fire; as for your land, it is overturned before your eyes, made waste and overcome by men from strange lands.

Verse ConceptsForeignersPeace, Human Destruction OfPoverty, Causes OfDestruction Of CountriesBurning CitiesSuffering From ForeignersStrangers in israelAliens

Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war against it, but were not able to overcome it.

Verse ConceptsList Of Kings Of IsraelTimes Of People

Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

For the fields of Heshbon are waste, the vine of Sibmah is dead; the lords of nations were overcome by the produce of her vines; her vine-plants went as far as Jazer, and came even to the waste land; her branches were stretched out to the sea.

Verse ConceptsDestroying Vineyards

The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfBewildermentStaggeringPuzzlementuncertaintydrunkards

My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanSleeplessnessStumblingFear, Of UnknownUnrestTwilightIndividuals Trembling

The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making DrunkThings Fallingrebelliondrunkards

Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!

Verse ConceptsFlowersAlcoholWineBeauty, Temporal Nature OfNo BeautyThe Proud Will Be AbasedWoe To Israel And JerusalemWorseNorthern Kingdom Of Israeldrunkards

See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.

Verse ConceptsBitingHailRainGod Giving StrengthGod Gives Strength

And further, these are uncertain through wine, and have gone out of the right way through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are uncertain through strong drink, they are overcome by wine, they have gone out of the way through strong drink; their vision is false, they go wrong in their decisions.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholdrinking, abstention fromDrunkenness, Figurative OfDebaucheryLeaders, SpiritualStumblingDrunkenness, ResultsStaggeringStrong DrinkWicked ProphetsDrunkennessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingbeer

And the help you were looking for from death will come to nothing, and your agreement with the underworld will be broken; when the overflowing waters come through, then you will be overcome by them.

Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters

Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wine; go with uncertain steps, but not because of strong drink.

Verse ConceptsAmazingdrinkingStaggeringStrong DrinkBlindingGod Making DrunkOther Blindinguncertaintybeerdrunkards

I have sent him out to overcome the nations, and I will make all his ways straight: I will give him the work of building my town, and he will let my prisoners go free, without price or reward, says the Lord of armies.

Verse ConceptsBuilding CitiesVictory, As An Act Of GodStraight PathsFree Of Chargefree

Only in the Lord will Jacob overcome and be strong: together all those who were angry with him will be put to shame and come to destruction.

Verse ConceptsShameNo Other Acts Like GodGod Our StrengthShame Will ComeAngry With God

Your sons are overcome, like a roe in a net; they are full of the wrath of the Lord, the punishment of your God.

Verse ConceptsNetsRoadsAnger Of God, ConsequencesFaintingMan TrappingTragedy On The StreetsDeer Etc.distractions

So now give ear to this, you who are troubled and overcome, but not with wine:

Verse ConceptsGod Making DrunkDrunkennessclosure

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

Bible Theasaurus

Dashed (24 instances)
Downtrodden (6 instances)
Master (460 instances)
Overcome (324 instances)
Overpower (17 instances)
Overtake (129 instances)
Overwhelm (38 instances)
Subdue (32 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἡττάω 
hettao 
Usage: 3

κατακυριεύω 
Katakurieuo 
Usage: 2

νικάω 
Nikao 
Usage: 17

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