16 occurrences in 10 translations

'Stare' in the Bible

While Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway, everybody who passed by was stopping to stare at him, so when the soldier saw that all of the army was stopping, he carried Amasa off the highway into a nearby field and covered him with a garment.

Verse ConceptsMotionlessnessComing To RestCovered With BloodTragedy On The StreetsCorpses Of Other People

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedPeople Passing Away

Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholSerpentsNot Drinking WineSparklingColoralcoholism

Do not stare at me because I am dark,for the sun has gazed on me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;they made me a keeper of the vineyards.I have not kept my own vineyard.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

The Lover to His Beloved: Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim?

Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At People

and they will be dismayed. Pangs and labor pains will seize [them]; they will tremble like a woman giving birth. {They will stare at one another}, {their faces flushing}.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

Those who see you will stare at you;they will look closely at you:“Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble,who shook the kingdoms,

Verse ConceptsShakingTremblingIs It Really?Taking Care Of The Earthfateworms

Tell us the things that are to come afterward,That we may know that you are gods;Indeed, you should do something good or do evil, that we may be afraid and fear [you] together [as we observe the miracle].

Verse ConceptsFear, Of FuturePredicting The FutureGod Doing GoodGood Or BadDo Good!No Help In Other GodsThe FutureEverything Happening For A Reason

(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

Why are you forcing me to look at iniquity and to stare at wickedness? Social havoc and oppression are all around me; there are legal conflicts, and disputes abound.

Verse ConceptsDissensionContentiousnessDestructionViolence In The EarthFighting One AnotherWhy Does God Do This?Injustice

He stood up and shook the land; with his stare he startled the nations. The age-old mountains were shattered, and the ancient hilltops bowed down. His ways are eternal.

Verse ConceptsHillsTheophanyThe AlmightyEternal WorldMountains RemovedGod ShakingThe Ground Being SplitGod Saves From Sin And Death

Why do you look at the [insignificant] speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice and acknowledge the [egregious] log that is in your own eye?

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristInconsistencyA Little BitActing For OneselfEyesHindrancesHypocrisyWorryingFocusdust

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

Verse ConceptsPower Through GodPeter, The ApostleThe Healed WalkingLooking Intently At Peoplepietysurprises

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.

Verse ConceptsPaul, Apostle To GentilesApostles, Function In Early ChurchProcessionsAfflicted To DeathSpectacleAngels Interacting With PeopleThe End Of The WorldPutting God FirstThe Worldhumanityfatepartnershipacting

and not as Moses used to place a veil over his face, in order that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was transitory.

Verse ConceptsVeilsAbolish, Temporary ThingsAbolish, Fulfilled By ChristImperfect Nature Of Human GloryAbrasion

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Stare (16 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חזה 
Chozeh 
Usage: 18

כּוכב 
Kowkab 
Usage: 37

כּימה 
Kiymah 
Usage: 3

ἀστήρ 
Aster 
Usage: 16

ἄστρον 
Astron 
Usage: 3

φωσφόρος 
Phosphoros 
Usage: 1

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