5 occurrences

'Swarming' in the Bible

All living beings that moved on the earth perished—birds and cattle (domestic animals), [wild] animals, all things that swarm and crawl on the earth, and all mankind.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Examples Of

Do not make yourselves loathsome (impure, repulsive) by [eating] any swarming thing; you shall not make yourselves unclean by them so as to defile yourselves.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten [in judgment of Judah].

Verse ConceptsInsectsFamine, Causes OfCaterpillarsLocustsSuffering, Nature OfSymbolsDestruction Of PlantsGathering FoodRemaining Food

But there [in the very midst of these preparations] the fire will devour you;The sword will cut you down;It will devour you as the locust does.Multiply yourself like the creeping locusts;Multiply yourself like the swarming locusts.

Verse ConceptsInsectsBurning People

You have increased your traders more than the [visible] stars of heaven—The creeping locust strips and destroys and then flies away.

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceThings StrippedPeople MultiplyingThose Flying

Bible Theasaurus

Stream (114 instances)
Swarm (32 instances)
Swarming (21 instances)

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עדה 
`edah 
Usage: 149

ערב 
`arob 
Usage: 9