5 occurrences in 6 translations

'Picking' in the Bible

And Nahash the Ammonite saith unto them, 'For this I covenant with you, by picking out to you every right eye -- and I have put it a reproach on all Israel.'

Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfdisabilitiesNegotiationUnkindnessEyes HarmedBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsSurrendercredibility

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Think it over and you will see that he is only picking a fight with me.”

Verse ConceptsLiteracyGod Giving LifeGod KillingThose Who Tore ClothesGod In Relation To ManGod KillsMan's Relation To God

They are picking salt herbs, the leaves of bushes, and [the] roots of broom trees to warm themselves.

Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness

Amos replied in answer to Amaziah, "I am no prophet, nor am I a prophet's son, for I have been shepherding and picking the fruit of sycamore trees.

Verse ConceptsProphets, Lives OfSycamoresTreesFarmersSons Of The ProphetsNot The OneThose Who Kept StockBelittlingSchoolFarming

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נקר 
Naqar 
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