38 occurrences in 11 translations

'Overwhelm' in the Bible

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”

Verse ConceptsNot With People

or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he annihilated them.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesDestroying ChariotsEarthly Armies

All these curses will come upon you and will overwhelm you until you are exterminated, because you didn't obey the LORD your God to keep his commands and statutes, which he had commanded you.

Verse ConceptsIf You Do Not Keep Commands

then Yahweh shall overwhelm [you] with your plagues and the plagues of your offspring, severe plagues and lasting illnesses, grievous and enduring.

Verse ConceptsDiseaseIllness

Israel's power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him.

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

Verse ConceptsOrphansGamblingBarteringTaking AdvantageFriends Failing

removing his rod from me, and not letting terror of him overwhelm me.

Verse ConceptsStriking People With A StaffThose Frightened Of God

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;Again, He sends the waters out, and they overwhelm and devastate the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod Drying Things UpFloods

Distress and pressure terrify him; they overwhelm him, like a king poised for attack.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionLimitednessBabiesThriftSins Of The FathersLack Of HolinessFutility Of Worldly Pursuits

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Verse ConceptsBurdensBackConviction Of SinHeavy BurdensGuiltBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me?

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceFreed From FearBad Daysvulnerability

Iniquities overwhelm me;only You can atone for our rebellions.

Verse ConceptsFaultsA Forgiving GodBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

I have sunk in deep mire, where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters, where a flood overwhelms me.

Verse ConceptsChaosMarshes

Let neither the floodwaters overwhelm me nor let the deep swallow me up, nor the mouth of the well close over me.

Verse ConceptsPitsSaved From The PitSwampedPits As A Term For GravesOvercomingFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,And the light around me will be night,”

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

When those who surround me rise up,may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Verse ConceptsHeadsLipsSpeech, Power And Significance OfLet Evil Reboundoverwhelmed

Turn your eyes away from me -- they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleAppearance Of Hairwaterfalls

For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPlumb LineAccuracy

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.

Verse ConceptsSighingecstasyGod, The EternalHeadsWhat Heaven Will Be LikeJoy, Of IsraelHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityRansomUnhappinessHeaven, Worshiping GodEternal BlessingPromise of returnThe Redeemed Of The LordYou Will Rejoice In SalvationJoyclosure

"Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthLike A FloodFloods

I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!"

Verse ConceptsWar As God's JudgmentFamine Coming From GodBereavementKilling Will Happen

They will put on sackcloth,and horror will overwhelm them.Shame will cover all their faces,and all their heads will be bald.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you,

Verse ConceptsCovering The EarthEmpty CitiesIn The Heart Of The Sea

"Shame will overwhelm you because of the violence you inflicted on your brother Jacob, and you will be excluded forever.

Verse ConceptsKilling Will HappenShame Will Come

For your violence against Lebanonwill overwhelm you;the destruction of animals will terrify youbecause of your human bloodshed and violenceagainst lands, cities, and all who live in them.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofDestruction Of All CreaturesPursuing ViolenceFear Of Other ThingsReady To Kill

But my words and my statutes that I gave as commands to my servants the prophets did they not overwhelm your ancestors? And they returned to me: "The LORD of the Heavenly Armies acted toward us just as he planned to do in keeping with our lifestyles and in keeping with our actions.'"

Verse ConceptsGod Spoke By The ProphetsRepaid For DeedsSigns Of RepentanceGod's Will Be Done

Bible Theasaurus

Deluge (22 instances)
Drown (3 instances)
Overcome (324 instances)
Overpower (17 instances)
Overtake (129 instances)
Overwhelm (38 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

עטף 
`ataph 
Usage: 16

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