231 occurrences in 12 translations

'Utterly' in the Bible

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesEmpty Cities

In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned].

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHiringLegsShavingRazorsThe Hair Of The BodyTrimming Facial HairCutting HairBeyond The EuphratesHair

“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.

Verse ConceptsBattlesVoicesBattle Cries

And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Verse ConceptsdrynessRivers And StreamsWindThe Prophecy Towards EgyptSeven ThingsGod Drying Things UpOther References To The Red SeaRiver Euphrates

Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-haresethAs those who are utterly stricken.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flaxAnd the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.

Verse ConceptsFlaxHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLinenSpinning And WeavingDespair

The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

Verse ConceptsadvisersAdvice, Bad Human AdviceWisdom, Human NatureWisdom, Source Of HumanFoolish People

The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.

Verse ConceptsWord Of GodDestruction Of The World

The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.

Verse ConceptsThe Earth

And it will hail when the forest comes down,And the city will be utterly laid low.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Cities

For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Verse ConceptsArmies, GodAnnihilationGod Angry With The Nations

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

Verse ConceptsBad NewsNot SparingPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Verse ConceptsMonotonyYouthLimitations Of Youth

They will be turned back and utterly ashamed—those who trust in idolsand say to metal-plated images:You are our gods!

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfTrust, Lack OfTrusting IdolsFate Of IdolatersShame Of IdolatryFutile Faith

“For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it [I refrain and do not completely destroy you];For how can My Name be defiled and profaned [as it would if My chosen people were completely destroyed]?And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].

Verse Conceptsresilience

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleAnnihilation

Be horrified at this, heavens;be shocked and utterly appalled.This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

Verse ConceptsRebukeFruits Of SinConsequences Of Forsaking GodNo Fear Of GodReproving PeopleBackslidingPunishmentsBackslidersapostasyFalling Away From God

They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTSin, Effects OfPolluting The LandDivorceLeaving Parents For SpouseWaiting Till Marriagepotential

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘You will have peace’; whereas a sword touches the throat.”

Verse ConceptsGod DeceivingNo Peace

For both the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to me," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodUnfaithful

I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are no figs in the fig-tree, And the leaf hath faded, And the strength they have passeth from them.

Verse ConceptsFig treedrynessGrapesHarvestSowing And ReapingVinesFamine

For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion. They will wail, 'We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For our houses have been torn down and we must leave our land.'"

But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsListeningDisobedience, To GodPlucking OutRefusing To Hear

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Verse ConceptsHealingHope, In GodHope, Nature OfPeace, Human Search ForZion, As A SymbolSmitten CheeksFear Will ComeGod Hating PeopleNo HealingNo PeaceHope And Healing

Therefore, the Lord says, "Ask the people of other nations whether they have heard of anything like this. Israel should have been like a virgin. But she has done something utterly revolting!

Verse ConceptsVirginUnique EventsPeople Appalledvirginity

But the Lord is with me like a violent warrior.Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail.Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly shamed,an everlasting humiliation that will never be forgotten.

Verse ConceptsStumblingSuffering, Encouragements InWarriorsNot ForgettingGod With Specific PeopleGod As A WarriorShame Will ComeCauses of failure inMighty in its influenceDisappointmentMotivationadvertisingprospering

Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:

Verse ConceptsBanishmentDriven From God's PresenceGod Forgetting

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies Ofelection, responsibilities ofCivil authoritiesAuthority, of human institutionsMinistry, Nature OfWar As God's JudgmentHissingGod Will Kill His PeopleMade A Horror

For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCityGod Will Bring HarmA Place For God's Name

They built the high places of Baal that are in the Hinnom Valley in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech something that I didn't command, nor did it ever enter my mind for them to require this utterly repugnant thing and lead Judah into sin."

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,the rumbling of his chariots,and the clatter of their wheels,fathers will not turn back for their sons,because they will be utterly helpless

Verse ConceptsNoiseWheelsFeeblenessCavalrySoundRumbling

Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.

Verse ConceptsEmpty Cities

your mother will be utterly humiliated;she who bore you will be put to shame.Look! She will lag behind all the nations—a dry land, a wilderness, an Arabah.

Verse ConceptsBabylonWildernessDry PlacesShame Will ComeDeserts Used Figuratively

Because of the anger of the LORD she won't be inhabited, but will be utterly devastated. Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified and will scoff because of all her wounds.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Prophecies OfRidicule, Nature OfScoffingBabylon Left DesolateEmpty CitiesHissingPeople Appalled

Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

Verse ConceptsBabylonGrainDestruction Of BabylonPeople Destroying Foreign Nationsborders

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesDisarmamentRopes

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

Verse ConceptsFutilityCityBroadnessCity GatesFire Of JudgementBurning CitiesUseless LabourToiling In Vain

But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Verse ConceptsTouchActivity BegunGod Will Kill His PeopleChild AbuseThe Elderly

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

Verse ConceptseastOut Of The EastPlants Growing UpThe East Wind

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodSabbath, In OtJudgement In The WildernessIf You Keep The CommandmentsLife Through Keeping The LawSabbath ViolatedWorks Of The LawRebellion against God

That's when all the kings of the seafaring nations will abandon their thrones, strip off their fancy clothes, and collapse trembling on the ground. They'll be so frightened as they observe what has happened to you that they'll be unable to stop trembling. They will be utterly appalled at you!

Verse ConceptsembroideryOrnamentsThroneClothed With Bad ThingsPeople Stripping OffSitting In DejectionGroups TremblingSea DwellersOthers Going Down

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

Verse ConceptsBaldnessSackcloth And AshesBitternessgrievingbranding

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Verse ConceptsBoundariesEthiopiaAfricaLand Becoming EmptyPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

While the king watched the back of the hand as it was writing, his facial expression changed. Utterly frightened, he lost control of his own bowels and his knees knocked together.

Verse ConceptsGuilty FearThighsKneesExpressions On FacesKnockingThoughts Of The WickedPeople Appalledknots

The overwhelming forces [of the invading armies of Egypt] will be flooded away before him and smashed; and also the prince of the covenant [will be smashed].

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At Sinai

But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsExterminationOut Of The EastAngry PeopleKilling Many People

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessGod Naming PeopleGod Not ForgivingGod Without Mercy

O Israel, you have [willfully] sinned since the days of Gibeah;There they (Israel) stand!Will not the battle against the sons of wickedness overtake them at Gibeah?

Verse ConceptsEvildoersGod's People Sinning

So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakKilling KingsAt Daybreak

And seek not Beth-El, and Gilgal enter not, And Beer-Sheba pass not through, For Gilgal doth utterly remove, And Beth-El doth become vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless ThingsSeeking For Concrete ThingsExile In Prospectbeer

"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "I utterly detest the arrogance of Jacob; I hate his fortresses; and I will deliver up the city, along with everyone in it.

Verse ConceptsGod As A WarriorGod Hating ThingsGod Opposes The Proud

Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfJacob, The PatriarchGod Seeing The WickedNot DestroyedGod's People Sinning

"Look! I will make you insignificant among the nations; you will be utterly despised.

Verse ConceptsOther Unimportant People

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Verse ConceptsSongsLamentingSad MusicPeople Changing Their Mindstraitors

For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

Verse Conceptsdrunkards

Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

Verse ConceptsFeetevangelists, identity ofevangelism, nature ofGospel, Descriptions OfHeraldGood TidingsNeverHow Death Is InevitableMaking VowsFeet In ActionBlessings From The MountainsGod Judges The WickedFestivals ObservedCelebration

Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded!For something is taking place in your daysthat you will not believewhen you hear about it.

Verse ConceptsAmazingScoffingUngodlinessDoubting GodLooking And SeeingWhat God Does

Utterly naked Thou dost make Thy bow, Sworn are the tribes -- saying, 'Pause!' With rivers Thou dost cleave the earth.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthDivision Of WatersThings StrippedWaters DividingPsalm Interjectionsepiphany

I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of All CreaturesLand Becoming Empty

Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Verse ConceptsdrynessArmsAntichrist, Names ForAccuracyLimbs WitheredEyes HarmedPeople Abandoning PeopleUseless PeopleBlindingOther BlindingOther Right PartsWoe To Israel And JerusalemStock Keeping

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!"

Verse ConceptsRainThe Insecurity Of The WickedSpiritual FailureDestruction Of HousesThings FallingRosesFloods

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, the crowds were utterly amazed at his teaching,

Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherLast WordsCrowds AmazedChrist TeachingFinishing Strong

When the disciples heard this, they were utterly astonished and asked, “Then who can be saved?”

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristThe Disciples ReactionsNo One Available

They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest."

Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceNames And Titles For The ChurchGod KillingGod Will Kill His PeopleLeasingGod Killing IndividualsEviction

He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed."

Verse ConceptsCrushingGod, The RockGrinding PeopleChrist The RockHurt And Betrayalwaterfallscrushes

And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “So, you men could not stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour?

Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

The people were utterly amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one with authority, and not like their scribes.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist TeachingNot Like People

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

Verse ConceptsChoking

So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesChrist's Work

Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesAstonishmentThe Healed WalkingPeople Getting Up

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristSabbath, In NtSynagogueAmazement, Of Jesus ChristChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingOn The SabbathWhere From?Teaching Wisdom

Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped blowing. The disciples were utterly astounded,

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesCessationBoatsThings Stopping

They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Responses ToThe Deaf HearingDumbnessGod Doing GoodDumbJesus HealingThe Dumb Speakingoverwhelmed

He answered them, “Elijah does come first and restores and reestablishes all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things [grief and physical distress] and be treated with contempt [utterly despised and rejected]?

Verse ConceptsSonsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristPeople Going BeforeRestoring Things

The disciples were utterly amazed and asked one another, "Then who can be saved?"

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristNo One Available

Jesus said to him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you will deny [that you even know] Me three times.”

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsPeter, The DisciplePredictionsBirds, Types Of BirdsCrowsChrist Predicting The FutureCommunicating Three TimesBird SoundsChrist Telling The TruthDuring One Nightdenial

Immediately a rooster crowed the second time. And Peter remembered what Jesus said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And thinking of this, he began weeping [in anguish].

Verse ConceptsContemplationPeter, The DiscipleRegretRememberingRepentance, Examples OfWeepingApostasy, RestoredCrowsConviction Of SinPainful MemoriesCommunicating Three TimesBird SoundsMourning In Regretdenial

As they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were utterly astonished.

Verse ConceptsVisionWhiteWhite And Bright ClothesRight SidesEntering TombsJesus TombWhite Cloths

They were utterly amazed at what he taught, because his message was spoken with authority.

Verse ConceptsPower Of Christ, ShownAmazement, Of Jesus ChristAstonishmentChrist Teachingsurprisesdoctrine

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristCarelessnessLossShallownessHearing ChristThings Falling

He will come and put these tenants to death and will give the vineyard to others.” When the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders heard this, they said, “May it never be!”

Verse ConceptsCareFar Be It!God Gave The LandGod Will Kill His PeopleEviction

Every one who falls on that stone will be severely hurt, but on whomsoever it falls, he will be utterly crushed."

Verse ConceptsCrushingGod, The RockStumbling Over ChristGrinding PeopleBeing Killed By A Rockcrushes

And [while] he was holding fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's, utterly astonished.

Verse ConceptsSolomon, Life OfPorchesClinging To PeopleGateways Of The TempleGroups Running

"The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to everything he tells you. Any person who will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'

Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People

As long as it remained [unsold], did it not remain your own [to do with as you pleased]? And after it was sold, was the money not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this act [of hypocrisy and deceit] in your heart? You have not [simply] lied to people, but to God.”

Verse ConceptsCommunismGod Hating LyingAuthorityGod Hates Lying

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsChief priestsPuzzlement

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἄκρον 
Akron 
Usage: 1

ἀποφθέγγομαι 
Apophtheggomai 
Usage: 3

διαγινώσκω 
Diaginosko 
Usage: 2

δυσερμήνευτος 
Dusermeneutos 
hard to be uttered
Usage: 1

ἐρεύγομαι 
Ereugomai 
Usage: 1

ἔσχατος 
Eschatos 
Usage: 24

κατακαίω 
Katakaio 
Usage: 10

καταφθείρω 
Katphtheiro 
Usage: 2

λαλέω 
Laleo 
speak , say , tell , talk , preach , utter , , vr speak
Usage: 235

ὅλως 
Holos 
Usage: 3

παντελής 
Panteles 
in no wise 9 , uttermost
Usage: 2

πέρας 
Peras 
Usage: 2

τέλος 
Telos 
Usage: 28

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