52 occurrences in 13 translations

'Rocks' in the Bible

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

ExclusivenessSeparation From Evil PeopleA Solitary People

a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper.

Earth, Description OfBrass

He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

Fruitfulness, NaturalFoodFlintHigh PlacesOilHoneyProvision From RocksProvision Of Oil

and raised over him a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.

CairnsGod Will No More Be AngryPlaces To This Day

He hung the body of the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take his body down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and put a large pile of rocks over it, which remains to this day.

GallowsGatesHangingPunishment, Legal Aspects OfSunsetsCairnsPeople Hung To DeathPlaces To This Day

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

CavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

CavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Three Thousand And UpWild Goat

Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

The Lord's AnointedGiven Into One's Hands

He threw rocks at David and all of David's staff who were accompanying him, while all the rest of the entourage, including all of David's security detail, were close by him.

GuardsStoningThrowing Stones

So David and his entourage went on their way, and Shimei walked along the hillside with him, cursing, throwing rocks, and tossing dirt at David as they went along.

Dust, Figurative UsedirtThrowing StonesWiping DustCursing The Ungodly

Meanwhile, Joab's army grabbed Absalom's body, tossed it into a large pit in the forest, and filled it up with a huge pile of rocks. Then the Israelis ran away back to their homes.

PitsRetributionIsrael FleeingCairnsHoles In The Ground

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

Passing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

Have you not heard? From long ago I have determined it, from the days of old I have planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. It shall be turned into a pile of rocks; fortified cities are ruined.

God, Purpose OfDestruction Of CitiesGod Planning Of OldUnhearingGod's Plans

His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.He looks for a home among the stones.

culture

"Mountains fall and crumble; rocks are dislodged from their places.

AbrasionMountains RemovedNature DecayingMoving To A New Place

and throw your gold in the dust -- your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines --

Brooks

Its rocks are a source of sapphire,containing flecks of gold.

He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

God, All knowingExcavationMinesPrecioustechnology

I was successful wherever I went, and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me."

Provision From Rocks

To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

RocksPeople In Caves

"Do you know [the] time when [the] goats of [the] rocks give birth? Do you observe [the] doe deer's giving birth?

Wild GoatWhen?Deer Etc.Deer

He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

Generosity, God'sSplitting RocksProvision From Rocks

The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.

BadgersWild GoatRock Badger

When their judges are thrown down from the rocks, they shall hear my words, for they are sweet.

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,turning up rocks,so our bones have been scatteredat the mouth of Sheol.

PloughingThe Frailty Of ManBones

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely.

dovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

CavesGuilty FearPeople In CavesTremblingPeoples Who FledTerror Of GodHoles In The GroundThe Earthhidingtrying

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Earth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

Darkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

Gathering Creatures

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Bread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Child sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters

The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.

ClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

"Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks."

GapsHidden Things

Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

FishesHuntingRocksFishermenFish

‘Will the snow of [Mount] Lebanon melt and vanish from its rocks [which tower above Israel]?Will the cold, rushing waters of foreign lands [that flow down from the distant land] be dried up?

SnowCold, Figurative UseAbandoning Things

Leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, ye inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, that maketh her nest in the sides of the cave's mouth.

NestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you. You who live in hidden places in the rocks, who hold on to the heights of the hill, although you make your nest high like the eagle, I'll bring you down from there," declares the LORD.

NestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Destruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.

Animals, religious role ofCavesPlaguesPeople In CavesAnimals Eating PeopleKilled With The SwordWild Animals DevouringCaves As Places Of Refuge

So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.

Cruelty, examples ofFortificationsPeople Torn To PiecesDestruction Of Strongholds

Since Gilead is full of evil,they will certainly come to nothing.They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;even their altars will be like heaps of rockson the furrows of a field.

FurrowsUseless IdolsCairnsSacrificing Cattle

Do horses run on rocks?Or does one plow them with oxen?Yet you have turned justice into poisonAnd the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

PloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.

MeltingWaxFire Emanating From GodThe Ground Being Split

Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Anger Of God, Nature OfGod's IndignationPunishment, By GodRocksSplitting RocksFire Of God's AngerStanding FirmGod Has AngerLake Of FirePassionwrathventing

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Definition
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חלּמישׁ 
Challamiysh 
Usage: 5

כּף 
Keph 
Usage: 2

מעז מעז מעוּז מעוז 
Ma`owz 
Usage: 36

סלע 
Cela` 
Usage: 60

צר צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 76

πέτρα 
Petra 
Usage: 9

τόπος 
Topos 
Usage: 75

τραχύς 
Trachus 
Usage: 2

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