15 occurrences in 10 translations

'Piled' in the Bible

And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there, and piled the wood; and he bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

Verse ConceptsAltarsAbrahamBindingPutting In OrderBuilding AltarsFirewoodTying Up

And Joseph piled up grain like the sand of the sea in great abundance until he stopped counting [it], for {it could not be counted}.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberSandImpossible For PeoplePlenty In EgyptSand And Gravel

They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

By the breath of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing waters stood up like a hill, the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

Verse ConceptsChaosHeart, HumanNosesRestraintNostrils

the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

Verse ConceptsDead SeaCrossing Into The Promised LandRoses

At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)

Verse ConceptsSunsetsCaves For BuryingCorpses Of Other PeoplePlaces To This Day

Then Samson said:With the jawbone of a donkeyI have piled them in a heap.With the jawbone of a donkeyI have killed 1,000 men.

Verse ConceptsA Thousand PeopleNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBalances, Metaphorical Usebalance

They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them.

Verse ConceptsSnowCold Weather

For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord's breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

Verse ConceptsPitsTheophanyBrimstonePreparation For BurialSulphurA Place Prepared

Foreigners living there will say, 'We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let's leave Babylonia and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.'

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDecadencePeople Abandoning PeopleNo HealingThe judgment of babylonHealing And Comfort

Chariots charge! Swords flash! Spears glitter! {Many corpses are piled high}! There is no end to the slain! They stumble over their dead!

Verse ConceptsStumblingWarfare, Nature OfRiding HorsesSpeedPeople StumblingSparklingDeath

For Tyre built herself a fortressAnd piled up silver like dust,And gold like the mire of the streets.

Verse ConceptsdirtGoldSilverNumerous As DustMarshesAmassing SilverGetting Rich

For her sins are piled up to heaven,and God has remembered her crimes.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGod Remembering SinThe judgment of babylon

Bible Theasaurus

Heaped (13 instances)
Piled (15 instances)
Stack (8 instances)
Throng (35 instances)

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