24 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sigh' in the Bible

And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;

Verse ConceptsBeggarsMonotonyPeace, Human Search ForPrayer, As Asking GodSuffering, HardshipSuffering, Of The InnocentCaptivity, Of IsraelCrying To GodMoving UpwardsCries Of Distress To GodMaking SlavesDeath Of Office HoldersParents Prayer For Their Childrenprocess

I sigh when food is put before me,and my groans pour out like water.

Verse ConceptsSighingIndigestion

When I remember God, then I am disturbed;When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsTroublePsalm InterjectionsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.

Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderCivic RighteousnessWicked RulersProverbsPeople MultiplyingRejoicing Over JusticeLeaders

Therefore Moab will wail for Moab; everyone will wail.You will mourn for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth,As those who are utterly stricken and discouraged.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.

Verse ConceptsdrynessShortage Of WineMourning Due To Catastrophe

We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

"{Therefore} look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "and I will punish her images, and [the] fatally wounded will sigh through all her land.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning Idols

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.

Verse ConceptsBarteringInferioritySearchingSeeking FoodSeeking For Concrete Things

They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesThe Day Of JudgementPleasing MenLike The NationsI Am SufferingNo ComfortWhat God Does

And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsSealsSorrowUnhappinessMarks On PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsStress And Hard Times

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsSorrowBitternessA Broken Heart

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore dost thou sigh? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall languish, and all knees shall melt into water: behold, it cometh; it is here, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy turban upon thee, and put thy sandals upon thy feet, and cover not the beard, and eat not the bread of men.

Verse ConceptsCustomFeetBereavement, Expression OfHead coveringCovering The MouthSandalsTraditionsVeilsDressShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearFacial HairSilenceEating Forbidden Food

Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will rot away in your sins and you will groan to one another.

Verse ConceptsShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearNot Mourning

and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

Verse ConceptsLanguagesSighingAramaic LanguageThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersInterpreting Language

Heaving a deep and troubled sigh, He said, "Why do the men of to-day ask for a sign? In solemn truth I tell you that no sign will be given to the men of to-day."

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsGenerationsSighingUnbelief, As Response To GodDisgustNo SignsWhy Do Others Do This?

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofeagernessPaul, Teaching OfPresent, TheRest, EternalSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedSpirit, Nature OfWaiting On GodProvision For The BodyAdoptionMetaphorical FirstfruitsWaiting For The Second ComingGlorificationFirst fruitssonship

So while we are still in this tent, we sigh under our burdens, because we do not want to put it off but to put it on, so that our dying bodies may be swallowed up by life.

Verse ConceptsCorruption Of Bodyeternal life, experience ofMortalityClothed With Good ThingsNaked In ShameLife And Death

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἔμπροσθεν 
Emprosthen 
before , in sight , of , against , in the sight of , in the presence of , at
Usage: 27

ἐνώπιον 
Enopion 
before , in the sight of , in the presence of , in sight , in presence , to , not tr
Usage: 78

κατενώπιον 
Katenopion 
before , in sight of , in sight , before the presence of
Usage: 5

אנח 
'anach 
Usage: 13

אנחה 
'anachah 
Usage: 11

אנקה 
'anaqah 
Usage: 4

חזות 
Chazowth (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

מראה 
Mar'eh 
Usage: 104

עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

פּנים 
Paniym 
before , face , presence , because , sight , countenance , from , person , upon , of , ...me , against , ...him , open , for , toward ,
Usage: 2119

ἀναβλέπω 
Anablepo 
Usage: 21

ἀνάβλεψις 
Anablepsis 
Usage: 0

ἀναστενάζω 
Anastenazo 
Usage: 1

ἄφαντος 
Aphantos 
Usage: 1

εἶδος 
Eidos 
Usage: 5

ἐναντίον 
Enantion 
before , in the sight of
Usage: 5

θεωρία 
theoria 
Usage: 1

ὅραμα 
Horama 
Usage: 10

ὅρασις 
Horasis 
Usage: 4

ὀφθαλμός 
Ophthalmos 
Usage: 57

στενάζω 
Stenazo 
groan , sigh , with grief , grudge
Usage: 6

φαντάζω 
Phantazo 
Usage: 1

φόβητρον 
Phobetron 
Usage: 0

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