6 occurrences

'Stretches' in the Bible

In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead.

Verse ConceptsOwning Livestock

If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessMonotonySleeplessnessWakefulness

for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

Verse ConceptsCurtainsFirmamentThe ExpanseAstronomyLight, NaturalTentsGod's ClothingCreation Of The SkyGod Dwelling In Light

He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent.

Verse ConceptsMidgetsCurtainsEarth, Description OfGod, Sovereignty OfInsectsCreation Of The Physical HeavensGod Is TranscendentMan, Insignificance OfGrasshoppersCirclesSmall CreaturesScienceEarthGod Being Outside Of CreationFlat Earth

The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord -- he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person -- says,

Verse ConceptsFoundationsSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfStretching OutEarth's FoundationProphecies concerning

Bible Theasaurus

Extend (105 instances)
Reaching (37 instances)
Stretch (86 instances)
Stretches (23 instances)
Stretching (95 instances)
Unfold (5 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐκτείνω 
Ekteino 
Usage: 11

ἐκπετάννυμι 
Ekpetannumi 
Usage: 1

ἐπιβάλλω 
Epiballo 
Usage: 13

ὑπερεκτείνω 
Huperekteino 
Usage: 1

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