19 occurrences in 12 translations

'Adorn' in the Bible

Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to adorn the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, HumanBless The Lord!

Do you give strength to the horse?Do you adorn his neck with a mane?

Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWork Ethic

Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,and clothe yourself with honor and glory.

Verse ConceptsClothed With Good Thingsdignity

Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.

Verse ConceptsArtPillarsYouthMetaphorical PillarsPlants Growing UpChildren Are A BlessingGrowingWomen's Strengthstructure

If she [is] a wall, {we will adorn her with a turret of silver}; but if she [is] a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar.

Verse ConceptsPuritywomanhood

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinThe Ungodly Sufferingfate

"He has given you the glory of Lebanon, and it will come to you, the cypress, and the plane tree, and the pine, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfAdornment, Of BuildingsFir TreesTreesGod Bestowing GloryMillenial SacrificesChristmas Tree

And you, devastated one, what are you doingthat you dress yourself in scarlet,that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,that you enlarge your eyes with paint?You beautify yourself for nothing.Your lovers reject you;they want to take your life.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonAdornment, Of WomenGoldCosmeticsRed ClothesUseless LabourAttempting To KillWearing Jewelleryloversmakeup

I will again build you, and you will be built, O virgin Israel. You will again adorn yourself [with] your tambourines, and you will go forth in [the] dancing in a ring of [the] merrymakers.

Verse ConceptsdanceDancingJoy, Of IsraelLeisure, And PastimesMusical Instruments, types ofVirginRebuilding Jerusalemdrumsrebuildingvirginity

And I adorn thee with adornments, And I give bracelets for thy hands, And a chain for thy neck.

Verse ConceptsNecksBraceletsOrnamentsJewelleryjewelry

“I will punish her for the days of the BaalsWhen she used to offer sacrifices to themAnd adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

Verse ConceptsForgettingOrnamentsPast, TheRingsWearing Jewellery

You look for much [harvest], but it comes to little; and even when you bring that home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house, which lies in ruins while each of you runs to his own house [eager to enjoy it].

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfProfitsUnreliabilityGathering MuchLittle FoodDestruction Of The TempleGod's DwellingBuilding HousesCatastrophic EventsAgricultureFinancesFamily Problems

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

Verse ConceptsAdornment, Of WomenApplying The BibleAttractionSound DoctrineDo Not StealInternal Adornmentartistsdoctrine

Bible Theasaurus

Adorn (19 instances)
Beautify (11 instances)
Clothe (78 instances)
Invest (2 instances)
Ornament (34 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עדה 
`adah 
deck ... , adorn , passed , take away
Usage: 10

κοσμέω 
Kosmeo 
Usage: 6

κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

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