10 occurrences

'Sank' in the Bible

Then he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack.” And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman EmotionIndividuals TremblingWhat Does God Do?Indeterminate Sums Of MoneyOther Sad People

“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodLeadSinkingGod Dispensing Wind

“The well, which the leaders sank,Which the nobles of the people dug,With the scepter and with their staffs.”And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah,

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses OfArrows, Described AsHeart, HumanArchers, Men Shot ByKilling KingsOther References To The Heart

The stouthearted were plundered,They sank into sleep;And none of the warriors could use his hands.

Verse ConceptsSleep, And DeathUnable To Harm

The mountains rose; the valleys sank downTo the place which You established for them.

Verse ConceptsVapourGoing Up MountainsThings FallingThings Going UpRoses

Many times He would deliver them;They, however, were rebellious in their counsel,And so sank down in their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfWasteHumbling The ProudGod Saving From Enemies

Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright.

Verse ConceptsTouchGod Lifting Peoplegabriel

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