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Swallow (38 Occurrences)
... on the next they have overspread the whole land, and fill the air with their shrill
cry." The swift (cypselus) is ordinarily classed with the swallow, which it ...
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Crane (2 Occurrences)
... the words. "Crane or swallow" should be "swallow or crane," as in the Revised
Version. The rendering is there correct. The Hebrew ...
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Gulp (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts;
to swallow up; to take down at one swallow. 2. (n.) The ...
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Sparrow (4 Occurrences)
... Another exquisite song describes the bird in its secure and happy hour: "Yea, the
sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she ...
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Gnat (1 Occurrence)
... "Strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel ... Multi-Version Concordance Gnat (1 Occurrence).
Matthew 23:24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! ...
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Whale (2 Occurrences)
... that they cannot pass?" "The serpent of the sea, which was but the wild, stormy
sea itself, wound itself around the land, and threatened to swallow it up...Job ...
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Nest (22 Occurrences)
... In Psalm 84:3 David sings, "Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow
a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O ...
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Trample (34 Occurrences)
... in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day
long, he attacks and oppresses me. (See NAS RSV). Psalms ...
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Camel (13 Occurrences)
... To strain at (rather, out) a gnat and swallow a camel was also a proverbial expression
(Matthew 23:24), used with reference to those who were careful to avoid ...
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Gorge (19 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) The groove of a pulley. 9. (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow
with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities. 10. ...
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Wickedness (232 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness
by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." (WEY ...
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Trampled (41 Occurrences)
... him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All
day long, he attacks and oppresses me. (See NAS). Psalms 56 ...
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Engulf (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf. ... Psalms 69:15
Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up. ...
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Drink (414 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe;
to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink ...
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Mask (3 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness
by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment." (WEY ...
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Chatter (5 Occurrences)
... er (tsaphaph): This word, which means to "peep," "twitter" or "chirp," as small
birds do, is translated "chatter" only in Isaiah 38:14, "Like a swallow or a ...
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Spittle (3 Occurrences)
... "Till I swallow down my spittle" (Job 7:19) has the same import as the English
"in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Corinthians 15:52). ...
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Strain (5 Occurrences)
... stran (diulizo, "to strain off," "to filter"): Matthew 23:24, "Ye blind guides,
that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel" The imagery is that of a ...
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Serpent (40 Occurrences)
... All snakes, except a few which are nearly or quite toothless, have numerous small
recurved teeth for holding and helping to swallow the prey, which is usually ...
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Bird (65 Occurrences)
... The reference in Psalm 84:3 to the swallow and the sparrow may be only a comparison
equivalent to, "What her house is to the sparrow, and her nest to the ...
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Property (212 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness
by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment ...
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Stork (6 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah noticed that the stork was migratory; see 8:7: "Yea, the stork in the heavens
knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the ...
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Making (644 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness
by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment ...
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Pit (110 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick ...
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Swallowing (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow. Multi-Version Concordance
Swallowing (6 Occurrences). Matthew 23:24 Blind guides! ...
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Swallowed (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Swallow. Multi-Version Concordance
Swallowed (43 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 15:54 But when ...
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Dove (27 Occurrences)
... Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks
and oppresses me. ... Isaiah 38:14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. ...
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Jonah (30 Occurrences)
... final outcome. An intense patriot, Jonah wished for the destruction of the
people that threatened to swallow up Israel. He thought ...
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Sheol (64 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into ...
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Swift (35 Occurrences)
... SWIFT. See SWALLOW. Multi-Version Concordance Swift (35 Occurrences). Romans 3:15
"Their feet are swift to shed blood. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) ...
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Devour (118 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly;
to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. ...
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Daily (111 Occurrences)
... God? (KJV WBS). Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow
me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. (KJV WBS). Psalms ...
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Yields (21 Occurrences)
... Hosea 8:7 For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a
shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up. ...
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Quaff (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to
swallow in large draughts. 2. (vi) To drink largely or luxuriously. ...
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Zoology
... Dugong (sv BADGER) CETACNA: Whale, Dolphin, Porpoise RODENTIA: Mouse, Mole-Rat
(sv MOLE), Porcupine, Hare Birds: PASSERES: Sparrow, Swallow, Raven, Hoopoe ...
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Zippor (7 Occurrences)
... zip'-or (tsippor; in Numbers 22:4; Numbers 23:18; tsippor, "bird," "swallow" (HPN,
94)): Father of Balak, king of Moab (Numbers 22:2, 10, 16 Joshua 24:9 Judges ...
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Needle (4 Occurrences)
... This saying ought to be accepted in the same sense as Matthew 23:24, "Ye blind guides,
that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!" Christ used them to ...
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Undeserved (1 Occurrence)
... Undeserved (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting
swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. (WEB DBY NIV). ...
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Uneaten (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Uneaten (1 Occurrence). Job 20:18 That for which
he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. ...
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Overflow (43 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS). Psalms 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me,
neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. ...
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Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... The owl at times has a struggle to swallow whole prey it has taken, but the mere
fact that it is a night hunter forever shuts it from the class of greedy and ...
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Overwhelm (18 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 69:15 Don't let the flood waters overwhelm me, neither let the
deep swallow me up. Don't let the pit shut its mouth on me. (WEB JPS ASV). ...
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Oppresses (6 Occurrences)
... in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day
long, he attacks and oppresses me. (WEB NAS). Proverbs 14 ...
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Opponent (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring
lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up, (YLT). ...
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Oaks (14 Occurrences)
... him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All
day long, he attacks and oppresses me. (See NIV). Isaiah 1 ...
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Opens (30 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive ...
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Oppresseth (8 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me
up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Outcry (56 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them;
for they said: 'Lest the earth swallow us up.' (See NAS). ...
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Jonath-elem-rehokim (1 Occurrence)
... Jonath-elem-rehokim (1 Occurrence). Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God; for
man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. (See JPS). ...
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Jonathelem-rechokim (1 Occurrence)
... Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me,
O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me. ...
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Yielding (19 Occurrences)
... Hosea 8:7 For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a
shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up. ...
biblethesaurus.org/y/yielding.htm - 12k

Labored (35 Occurrences)
... stars appeared. (WBS RSV). Job 20:18 That for which he labored he shall
restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the ...
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Laboured (34 Occurrences)
... Job 20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it
down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not ...
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Locust (25 Occurrences)
... (2) sal`am, from obsolete [?] cal`am, "to swallow down," "to consume." (3) chargol
(compare Arabic charjal, "to run to the right or left," charjalat, "a ...
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Guides (24 Occurrences)
... NIV). Matthew 23:24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow
a camel! (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). John ...
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Glutton (4 Occurrences)
... glut'-'-n, glut'-'-n-us (zalal, "to be lavish"; phagos): "Glutton" (from glut, to
swallow greedily) is the translation of zolel from zalal, "to shake or pour ...
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Gluttonous (4 Occurrences)
... glut'-'-n, glut'-'-n-us (zalal, "to be lavish"; phagos): "Glutton" (from glut, to
swallow greedily) is the translation of zolel from zalal, "to shake or pour ...
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Weaken (5 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT NAS). Isaiah 38:14 I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned
like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. ...
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Waterflood (2 Occurrences)
... Psalms 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (KJV JPS ASV). ...
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Water-flood (1 Occurrence)
... Water-flood (1 Occurrence). Psalms 69:15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither
let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. ...
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Instant (19 Occurrences)
... Job 7:19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone until I swallow
down my spittle? (See NIV). Job 21:13 They spend their days in prosperity. ...
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Flying (22 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so
the curse causeless shall not come. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Flitting (1 Occurrence)
... Flitting (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 26:2 As the sparrow for flitting about, as the
swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come. (DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Fluttering (3 Occurrences)
... YLT). Proverbs 26:2 Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so
the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest. (WEB NIV). Isaiah ...
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Foemen (1 Occurrence)
... seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me
up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. (See RSV). ...
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Turtle (5 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 8:7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove
and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my ...
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Thrush (2 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 8:7 Truly, the stork in the heavens is conscious of her fixed times; the
dove and the swallow and the crane keep to the times of their coming; but my ...
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Totally (27 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into ...
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Terebinths (12 Occurrences)
... him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All
day long, he attacks and oppresses me. (See RSV). Isaiah 1 ...
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Take (11064 Occurrences)
... to admit. 15. (vt) To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake
of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. 16. (vt) Not ...
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Turtledove (5 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 8:7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove
and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my ...
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Taunteth (4 Occurrences)
... Psalms 57:3 He will send from heaven, and save me, When he that would swallow me
up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth. ...
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Tune (15 Occurrences)
... Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks
and oppresses me. (WEB NIV). Psalms 57:1 For the Chief Musician. ...
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Turtle-dove (5 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 8:7 Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the
turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but ...
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Twitter (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (vt) To utter with a twitter. 6. (n.) The act of twittering; a small,
tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow. ...
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Runneth (36 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:17 And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, 'Let me swallow,
I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;' (YLT). ...
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Reproacheth (12 Occurrences)
... Psalms 57:3 He will send from heaven, and save me, 'When' he that would swallow
me up reproacheth; Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth. ...
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Rehokim (2 Occurrences)
... (ASV). Psalms 56:1 Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. (See JPS BBE). ...
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Returns (27 Occurrences)
... Job 20:18 That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down.
According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/returns.htm - 13k

Entirely (39 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and
swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into ...
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