17 occurrences

'Roll' in the Bible

and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, water the sheep, and [afterward] replace the stone on the mouth of the well.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsGathering CreaturesThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsStopping WellsRolling

But they said, “We cannot [leave] until all the flocks are gathered together, and the shepherds roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep.”

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesRollingUnable To Do Other Things

Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them,

Verse ConceptsRolling

Then Saul was told, “Look, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating [the meat] with the blood.” And he said, “You have violated [the Law] and acted treacherously; roll a large stone to me today.”

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodRollingForbidden FoodGod's People SinningEating Meat

“As through a wide breach they come,Amid the crash [of falling walls] they roll on [over me].

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyGaps

For wickedness burns like a fire;It consumes briars and thorns,It even sets the forest thickets ablaze;And it swirls upward in a column of smoke.

Verse ConceptsForestsBriersDebaucheryThornsFruits Of SinFire Of Evil

And roll you up tightly like a ballAnd toss you into a vast country;There you will dieAnd there your splendid chariots will be,You shame of your master’s house.’

Verse ConceptsTrusting In ChariotsRollingShame Has Come

“Wail, you shepherds, and cry;And roll in ashes, you masters of the flock.For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have come in full,And you will fall and be broken into pieces like a choice vessel.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

“Behold, I am against you,O destroying mountain [conqueror of nations],Who destroys the whole earth,” declares the Lord,“I will stretch out My hand against you,And roll you down from the [rugged] cliffs,And will make you a burnt mountain (extinct volcano).

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia],Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles];In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].

Verse ConceptsDo Not MournDo Not Tell

And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?”

Verse ConceptsTombsRolling

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Verse ConceptsScrollsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsFinding ThingsWritten In The ProphetsBooks Of Prophecy

A widow is to be put on the list [to receive regular assistance] only if she is over sixty years of age, [having been] the wife of one man,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsWidows, Should BeMarriage ControlledSecond MarriageWomen's RolesBeing Single

And like a robe You will roll them up;Like a garment they will be changed.But You are the same [forever],And Your years will never end.”

Verse ConceptsendGod Is UnchangeablePermanenceRollingGod Is Unchanging

For when every commandment in the Law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and goats [which had been sacrificed], together with water and scarlet wool and with a bunch of hyssop, and he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,

Verse ConceptsCrimsonBranches, Types OfSprinklingWoolRed MaterialSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποκυλίω 
Apokulio 
Usage: 4

εἱλίσσω 
heilisso 
Usage: 1

προσκυλίω 
Proskulio 
Usage: 2