5 occurrences in 12 translations

'Pressed' in the Bible

The Amorites pressed the Danites back into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the plain;

The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan.

And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsRising EarlyPressingThose Who Rose Early

She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationThe Seventh Day Of The WeekSeven DaysGiving InformationDay 7People Mourning Catastrophenagging

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesIrritationTroubling Individualsnagging

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Bible Theasaurus

Adjure (16 instances)
Beseech (85 instances)
Campaign (11 instances)
Compact (2 instances)
Conjure (8 instances)
Constrict (3 instances)
Contract (6 instances)
Entreat (61 instances)
Exhort (44 instances)
Press (49 instances)
Pressed (64 instances)
Squeeze (5 instances)
Weigh (35 instances)

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