10 occurrences

'Strength' in the Bible

“The torrent of Kishon swept them away,The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.O my soul, march on with strength.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDeterminationRiver Kishon

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels’ necks.

Verse ConceptsCamelsWearing JewelleryApproval To Kill Oneself

But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

Verse ConceptsSplitting RocksGod Providing WaterPartridgesPlaces To This Dayrevival

The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

Verse ConceptsCoinageEnticementEnticingTying Up

So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you.”

Verse ConceptsTemptressesTying UpWomen's Strength

Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered.

Verse ConceptsAmbush

Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is.”

Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesIndividuals Who LiedMen And Women Who Loved

So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

Verse ConceptsContentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

Bible Theasaurus

Effectiveness (3 instances)
Intensity (5 instances)
Persuasiveness (4 instances)
Posture (1 instance)

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