152 occurrences in 13 translations

'Thick' in the Bible

And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

And he took thick and sweet milk, and the calf that he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood before them under the tree, and they ate.

Verse ConceptsButterMilkDairyCompanionshipPeople EatingRich Food

Once Jacob cooked a thick stew, and Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodYielding To TemptationVegetablesWeedcookingprepping

Then Jacob gave Esau bread, and thick lentil stew, and he ate and drank. Then he got up and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodVegetablesThose Who Provided A Meallent

Binding his donkey to the vine and his mare's foal to its thick tendrils, he will wash his garments in wine and his robe in the juice of grapes.

Verse ConceptsColtsJoining ThingsWashing ClothesClean ClothesBinding As Animals

And the Lord did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh’s palace and his officials’ houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt."

Verse ConceptsStretching Out

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

Verse ConceptsMonotonyMiracles Of Moses And AaronSupernatural DarknessStretching OutThree Days

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

Verse ConceptsTheophanyEternal LoyaltyHearing God's VoiceBelieving ProphetsTelling What People Said

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Verse ConceptsPillar Of CloudLightningMusical Instruments, types ofTheophanyThunderGroups TremblingTrumpets For SignallingThose Frightened Of GodThe Last TrumpetLion Of The Tribe Of JudahThunder Showing God's Presence

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

and two chains of pure gold, wreathed work thou dost make them, work of thick bands, and thou hast put the thick chains on the embroidered things.

Verse ConceptsGold ChainsTwistingTwo OrnamentsGold Items For The Tabernacl

'And thou hast made on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

Verse ConceptsTwistingGold Items For The Tabernacl

and thou hast put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate;

Verse ConceptsCords

and the two ends of the two thick bands thou dost put on the two embroidered things, and thou hast put them on the shoulders of the ephod over-against its face.

Verse ConceptsJoining Things

And they make on the breastplate wreathed chains, work of thick bands, of pure gold;

Verse ConceptsGold ChainsGold Items For The Tabernacl

and they put the two thick bands of gold on the two rings on the ends of the breastplate;

Verse ConceptsGold Items For The Tabernacl

and the two ends of the two thick bands they have put on the two embroidered things, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod, over-against its front.

Verse ConceptsJoining Things

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of TabernaclesSeven DaysFoliageWillowsBrooks

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceBlackFire Emanating From God

These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

Verse ConceptsCongregationStonesTabletsVoicesAdding To GodGod Appearing In FireTwo Stone Tablets

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAbandonmentGod, The RockPerils Of LuxuryRiches, Dangers OfIngratitude To GodRiches, Can Lead ToSalvation, Illustrations OfInfidelity To GodFat PeopleKicking

and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsGod Led Them Through The WildernessStaying A Long TimeLooking At God's Works

Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseWaterGod Shaking The EarthGod Sending Rain

When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.

Verse ConceptsInsectsMany CombatantsLocustsTentsGrasshoppersUncountable

The Midianites, the Amalekites, and certain groups from the east lay encamped in the valley, as thick as locusts. The number of their camels couldn't be calculated they seemed as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsLocustsSandCamelsMany CreaturesSand And Gravel

And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;' and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.

Verse ConceptsUnusedTwo Other ThingsTying Up

He hath come unto Lehi -- and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him -- and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,

Verse ConceptsFlaxArmsPower, HumanShoutingTranceGroups Shouting

And he saith unto her, 'If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work hath not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race.'

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofUnused

And Delilah taketh thick bands, new ones, and bindeth him with them, and saith unto him, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaketh them from off his arms as a thread.

Verse ConceptsArmsCordsAmbush

Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArchers, Men Shot By

How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle!Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

Verse ConceptsPeople StumblingDrawbacks To Man's PowerKilling Named Individuals

In the letter he wrote: "Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed."

Verse ConceptsBetrayalTreachery

Whenever he cut his hair he cut it at the end of every year, because it grew thick on his head, which is why he cut it his hair weighed in at 200 shekels measured by the royal standard.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingCutting HairLong HairWeights Of Other ThingsTime Of YearHairweight

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackCovering HeadsRiding MulesHairdreadlocks

He deformed heaven itself as he descended. Thick darkness enveloped his feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Down

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsRainSky

And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

Verse ConceptsHousesHallsDimensions Of Buildings

And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LinearBreadthEdge Of Other Things

In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zarthan.

Verse ConceptsClayClay, Uses

Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsGod's Dwelling

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

Verse ConceptsBlackSkyGod Sending RainDarkness During Daytime

As the king [was] passing by, he called to the king and said, "Your servant went out in the thick of the battle, and suddenly a man turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man. If by any means he should be missed, it will be your life in his place, or you shall pay a talent of silver.'

Verse ConceptsCoinageEquality Of PunishmentFine As PenaltyMissing SomeoneTalents

And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsMoist ThingsChokingKilling KingsCreatures Choked

You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

The battle was thick around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him.

The reservoir was three inches thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup or a lily blossom. It could hold 11,000 gallons.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Linear

In the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.

Verse ConceptsClay

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

Verse ConceptsBranches, Types OfOlivesFoliageMyrtle

That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalGod Is UnchangeableOther Times

A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining is as thick darkness.'

Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

Verse Conceptsreinforcement

Because his face is covered with fat, and his body has become thick;

Verse ConceptsFat PeopleFat Of People

Yet you say: “What does God know?Can He judge through thick darkness?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,by the thick darkness that covers my face. >

Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

“For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsDarkness Of Evil

Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsBlack

He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Verse ConceptsBlackShadowsHiding From God

Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

Verse ConceptsWrapping A Baby

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilUnicorns

A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.

Verse ConceptsLaughter

'Let us draw off Their cords, And cast from us Their thick bands.'

Verse ConceptsChainsEvil And FreedomBreaking Chains

And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness is under His feet.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfGod Going Downclouds

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightThunder Showing God's Presence

The grass-land is thick with flocks; the valleys are full of grain; they give glad cries and songs of joy.

Verse ConceptsGrainShoutingValleysClothing The Earth

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

Verse ConceptsAxesFelling Trees

Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfWaterClouds, Natural UseGod's ArrowsPouring Water

Of pestilence in thick darkness that walketh, Of destruction that destroyeth at noon,

Verse ConceptsPestilenceDarkness Of Evilvampires

Who is laying the beam of His upper chambers in the waters, Who is making thick clouds His chariot, Who is walking on wings of wind,

Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodWingsBeamsGod WalkingGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod In The Windclouds

He sent [thick, oppressive] darkness and made the land dark;And Moses and Aaron did not rebel against His words.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSupernatural Darkness

The Lord is God, and He has given us light [illuminating us with His grace and freedom and joy].Bind the festival sacrifices with cords to the horns of the altar.

Verse ConceptsHolidayHornsGod Giving LightSacrifice On The Bronze AltarBinding As AnimalsRegulating SacrificesThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

The Lord is righteous;He has cut in two the [thick] cords of the wicked [which enslaved the people of Israel].

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfBreaking Chainswickednessexpectationscutting

If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty themselves; And if a tree doth fall in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falleth, there it is.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseCompassesNorth And SouthThings FallingWeather In The Last Dayscloudsinvesting

While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseLooking Through WindowsOvertaken By DarknessDarkening Sun Moon And StarsSunshineThe Moon

His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven.

Verse ConceptsBlacknessRavensAppearance Of HairColorHairdreadlocks

And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.

Verse ConceptsBriersAgriculture, TermsPruningCommands, in OTdrought, physicalRainCultivationLack Of RainFallow Land

Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.

Verse ConceptsCartsRopesPulling ThingsContinuing In SinWoe To The Wicked

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentBlackSeaColors, BlackRoar Of NationsOvertaken By DarknessSea, Metaphorical ReferencesEclipse

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

Verse ConceptsForestsBriersDebaucheryThornsFruits Of SinFire Of Evil

And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards Lebanon

The nations roar like the rushing of many waters, but the LORD will rebuke them, and they will run far away, chased like chaff blown down from the mountains or like thick dust that rolls along, blown along by a wind storm.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

For thus said Jehovah unto me, 'I rest, and I look on My settled place, As a clear heat on an herb. As a thick cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Verse ConceptsdewHeatHoly Spirit, Types OfHot WeatherGod Seeing All The EarthHerbsSunshine

The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

Verse ConceptsChariotsMeltingGod RidingGroups TremblingLosing Courage

The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!

Verse ConceptsForestsCaravans

As heat in a dry place, The noise of strangers Thou humblest, Heat with the shadow of a thick cloud, The singing of the terrible is humbled.

Verse ConceptsForeignersSilenceHot WeatherForeigners SubduedAliensrelentless

They will spread out their hands in the thick of it, just as swimmers spread out their hands to swim, but the LORD will bring down their pride, together with the cleverness of their hands.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationHumilitySkillConquestSwimming

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
עב עב 
`ab 
Usage: 2

אפלה 
'aphelah 
Usage: 10

חוח 
Chavach 
Usage: 1

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

מכבּר 
Makbar 
Usage: 1

סבך 
Cobek 
Usage: 1

סבך 
C@bak 
Usage: 4

עב 
`ab 
Usage: 32

עבה 
`abah 
Usage: 3

עבי עבי 
`abiy 
Usage: 4

עבות עבת 
`aboth 
Usage: 4

ערפל 
`araphel 
Usage: 16

עתר 
`athar 
Usage: 2

רחב 
Rochab 
Usage: 101

שׂובך 
Sowbek 
Usage: 1

ἐπαθροίζω 
Epathroizo 
Usage: 1

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