2 occurrences

'Rather' in the Bible

Won’t the Day of the Lordbe darkness rather than light,even gloom without any brightness in it?

Verse ConceptsThe SunThe Fact Of That DayAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

So Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet or the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman, and I took care of sycamore figs.

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

Bible Theasaurus

Instead (589 instances)
Quite (92 instances)
Rather (291 instances)
Sooner (22 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

μᾶλλον 
Mallon 
more , rather , the more , better ,
Usage: 66

μενοῦνγε 
menounge 
Usage: 3

περισσοτέρως 
Perissoteros 
Usage: 13

πλήν 
Plen 
Usage: 11

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