28 occurrences in 12 translations

'Press' in the Bible

And they say, 'Come nigh hither;' they say also, 'This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than to them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, 'Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.'

Verse ConceptsDawnIniquity, Punishment ForEvil AssociationsDaybreakDestruction Of CitiesAt DaybreakGod UrgingAngels Providing Protection

and Pharaoh's cup is in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh.'

Verse ConceptsPressingProviding Wine

Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelOvercoming

" 'You will not delay the fullness of your harvest and the juice from your press; you will give me the firstborn of your sons.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeTypes Of ChristProcrastinationFirst fruitsTithes And Offering

Your contribution will be credited to you like the grain from the threshing floor and like the produce from the press.

Verse ConceptsThreshing Floor

You will say to them, 'When {you are presenting} its fat, the rest will be credited to the Levites like a yield of the threshing floor and like a yield from the press.

You shall generously supply him from [among] your flocks and from your threshing floor and from your press; [according to] that [with which] Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

Verse ConceptsThreshing FloorAccording To Things

"You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths for yourselves seven days {at the gathering in of the produce} from your threshing floor and from your press;

Verse ConceptsCropsFeastingFeast Of TabernaclesNew Year, TheThreshing FloorSeven DaysCelebrationcelebrating

And the Amorites press the sons of Dan to the mountain, for they have not suffered them to go down to the valley;

David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, 'Don't let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.' Encourage him with these words."

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofResigned To DeathEncourage Others!

And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

Verse ConceptsembarrassmentFiftiesThree DaysNot Finding

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

Verse ConceptsCrushingOilWinepressTreading Grapescrushes

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

Verse ConceptsTrampling AnimalsForgetting Things

Wilt thou draw out the leviathan with the hook, and press down his tongue with a cord?

Verse ConceptsTongueSharp ToolsBinding As Animals

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

Verse ConceptsHumbling OneselfBeing HumbleForgiving YourselfDebtBeing YourselfHumble YourselfFriendship KjvHumility And Pridehumblenesshumble

For they have fled from the swords,From the drawn sword, and from the bent bowAnd from the press of battle.

Verse ConceptsHeatPeoples Who Fled

Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsIronSigns From GodSeparation From GodPlatesIron ObjectsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

O Belteshazzar, master of the scribes, as I have known that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret doth press thee, the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation, tell.

Verse ConceptsMysterySpirit, Emotional Aspects OfEasy For People

For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and after an interval of some years he will press on with a great army and much equipment.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalMany CombatantsReturn From The Northarmy

“So let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.His going forth is as certain as the dawn;And He will come to us like the rain,Like the spring rain watering the earth.”

Verse ConceptsWaterWeather, God's Sovereignty OverHoly Spirit, Types OfThe SunSetting OutSure KnowledgeLatenessSunRenewalAcknowledgedspringtimestriving

And each his brother they press not, Each in his way they go on, If by the missile they fall, they are not cut off.

Verse ConceptsIn Order Of RankDo Not Hinder

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

Verse ConceptsHarvestMaturity, PhysicalSicklesSowing And ReapingWinepressAbundance, MaterialTreading GrapesWineskins And Vats

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

Verse ConceptsCrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Verse ConceptsShortage Of WineOther Volume Measures

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Closet (6 instances)
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Weigh (35 instances)

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