40 occurrences in 12 translations

'Thigh' in the Bible

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

Verse ConceptsThighsinvesting

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodThighsSwearing Oaths

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesInjuryTouchWeakness, PhysicalDislocatingThighsTouching To HarmWrestlingmuscles

And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalThighsTouching To HarmForbidden FoodStatutes To This Daymuscles

All the persons who are coming to Jacob to Egypt, coming out of his thigh, apart from the wives of Jacob's sons, all the persons are sixty and six.

Verse ConceptsSixties

And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSeventySeventies

“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination);

Verse ConceptsLiversConsecrationAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingTailsResidueThighs Of AnimalsFat Of The SacrificesGod Appointing OthersOther Right Partslungs

Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the presentation offering that is waved and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.

Verse ConceptsShouldersAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingThighs Of Animals

He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, "Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and each of you kill his brother and friend and neighbor.'"

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyComing To GatesKilling Brothers

You are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your fellowship sacrifices.

Verse ConceptsShouldersThighs Of AnimalsOther Right PartsPeace offerings

The son of Aaron who presents the blood of the fellowship offering and the fat will have the right thigh as a portion.

Verse ConceptsThighs Of AnimalsFat Of The SacrificesPriests Possessing

I have taken from the Israelites the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, and have assigned them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the Israelites.”

Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsThighs Of AnimalsFood For Priests Defined

washed the internal organs and the thigh with water, and then burned the entire ram on the altar as a whole burnt offering, a pleasing aroma of an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Verse ConceptsAromasLegsSmellsClean AnimalsRefreshing God

He took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.

Verse ConceptsTailsResidueThighs Of AnimalsTwo Of Body PartsFat Of The Sacrifices

From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat portions and the right thigh.

Verse ConceptsWafersOil On Sacrifices

but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a presentation offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.

Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingThighs Of AnimalsOther Right Partsbreasts

But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution in any ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the Israelites’ fellowship sacrifices.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersFellowship OfferingWave OfferingsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingSwingingThighs Of AnimalsPermitted To Eat Offerings

They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the presentation offering, together with the offerings of fat portions made by fire, to wave as a presentation offering before the Lord. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the Lord commanded.”

Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingSwingingThighs Of AnimalsFat Of The Sacrifices

Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodThighsAmenSwelling

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

Verse ConceptsThighsRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitter WaterSwellingBitternessInfidelityHurt And Betrayaladultry

The priest is to wave them as a presentation offering before the Lord. It is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingSwingingDrinking Wine

And this is the work of the candlestick: beaten work of gold; unto its thigh, unto its flower it is beaten work; as the appearance which Jehovah shewed Moses, so he hath made the candlestick.

Verse ConceptsGoldDivine PlansDesignGold Items For The Tabernacl

But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.

Verse ConceptsBodies Of AnimalsAnimal Sacrifices, Wave OfferingSwingingThighs Of AnimalsFood For Priests DefinedOther Right Parts

But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

Verse ConceptsThighsTwo SidedDimensions Of Other ThingsOther Right Parts

And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:

Verse ConceptsMurderStomachsThighsOther Right Parts

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

Verse ConceptsCavesThighs

The cook picked up the thigh and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Notice that the reserved piece is set before you. Eat it because it was saved for you for this solemn event at the time I said, ‘I’ve invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

When they arrived at the great stone that is in Gibeon, Amasa came out to meet them. Joab was dressed in a soldier's uniform, over which was a belt that fastened a sword sheath to his thigh. As he walked forward, the sword was exposed.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourBeltsArmor ProtectionBronze Armour

His tail protrudes stiffly, like cedar; the sinews of his thigh interlink for strength.

Verse ConceptsCedarSinewsmuscles

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

Verse ConceptsSwordsThighsChrist's Own GloryWeapons Of Christ

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Verse ConceptsGrindingLegsPassing ThroughVeilsPeople Stripping OffGrinding Food

Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf RespectExamining YourselfThighsBeating OneselfRepentanceShame Has Come

Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

Verse ConceptsPrincesWar As God's JudgmentThighsBeating OneselfKilled With The Sword

Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones.

Verse ConceptsBonesThighs Of Animalscookingpot

You went forth for the salvation of Your people,For the salvation of Your anointed.You struck the head of the house of the evilTo lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah.

Verse ConceptsHeadsThighsGod Stripping PeopleThe Lord's AnointedGod Saves The NeedyPsalm InterjectionsGod OvercomingBlindness

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Thigh (41 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ירך 
Yarek 
Usage: 34

ירכא 
Yarka' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

שׁוק 
Showq 
Usage: 19

μηρός 
meros 
Usage: 1

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