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Biblical Idioms In The Hebrew Scriptures |
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Verse |
Idiom |
Meaning |
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| Gen 22.17 | Seed | descendants |
| Gen 24.60 | Possess gates | capture cities |
| Gen 27.41 | Said in heart | thought to self |
| Gen 31.35 | The way of women | menstruation |
| Gen 40.13 | Lift up your head | restore to honor |
| Ex 1.5 | Loins? | descendants |
| Ex 3.8 | Flowing with milk and honey | fertile |
| Ex 3.19 | Mighty hand | force |
| Ex 13.2 | Open the womb | be born |
| Ex 15.25 | Sweet water | water fit to drink |
| Ex 32.19 | His anger burned | very angry |
| Ex 34.6 | Long of anger | slow to get angry |
| Lev. 20.18 | Her sickness | her period |
| Lev 22.6 | Soul | person |
| Deut 5.6 | House of bondage | (land of) slavery |
| Deut 8.14 | Heart lifted up | proud |
| Deut 15.7 | Close hand | selfish |
| Deut 20.8 | Heart melt | lose courage |
| Deut 21.17 | Beginning of his strength | his firstborn |
| Deut 23.13 | Squat outside | defecate |
| Deut 23.13 | What comes from you | excrement |
| Deut 28.28 | Heart | mind |
| Josh 10.6 | Slack hands | abandon |
| Judges 3.28 | Deliver them into your hands | defeat them for you |
| Judges 13.5 | From the womb | from birth |
| 1 Sam 10.9 | gave him another heart | changed his attitude |
| 1 Sam 24.3 | covered his feet | relieved himself |
| 1 Sam 25.22 | one who urinates against a wall | male |
| 2 Sam 1.12 | house | nation |
| 2 Sam 18.25 | good news is in his mouth | he brings good news |
| 1 Ki 2.10 | slept | died |
| 2 Ki 2.7 | sons of the prophets | group of prophets |
| 2 Ki 4.29 | gird up your loins | get ready |
| 2 Ki 19.26 | small of hand | weak |
| 2 Chr 25.17 | look each other in the face | meet each other in battle |
| 2 Chr 36.13 | stiffened his neck | became stubborn |
| Esther 1.7 | Open hand | generosity |
| Esther 1.14 | Saw his face | had access to him |
| Esther 2.21 | Send a hand against | assassinate |
| Esther 6.10 | let fall | neglect (3) |
| Job 1.12 | Put hand on | harm |
| Job 20.20 | Knew no quiet in their bellies | greedy |
| Job 23.16 | Soft heart | fearful |
| Job 31.10 | Kneel over | have sex with |
| Job 33.16 | Opens the ear | informs, reveals |
| Job 35.8 | Son of man | other humans |
| Ps 3.7 | Break teeth | make powerless |
| Ps 4.1 | Enlarge space | set free |
| Ps 5.9 | Their throat is an open grave | they speak deceitfully |
| Ps 6.7 | Eye is consumed | vision is blurred |
| Ps 7.3 | Iniquity in my hands | guilty |
| Ps 7.9 | Hearts and kidneys | thoughts and emotions |
| Ps 10.5 | Snorts | scoffs |
| Ps 11.6 | the portion of their cup | their destiny |
| Ps 12.2 | double heart | duplicitous |
| Ps 17.8 | Little man of the eye | pupil |
| Ps 24.4 | Clean hands | act purely |
| Ps 25.1 | Lift up my soul | pray |
| Ps 27.8 | Seek my face | seek me |
| Ps 33.18 | Eyes are upon | watches over |
| Ps 41.9 | Lifted heel against | turned against |
| Ps 73.9 | Tongue struts through the earth | arrogantly order everyone |
| Ps 75.5 | Lift horn | defy God |
| Ps 89.13 | Right hand | might |
| Ps 89.22 | Son of wickedness | wicked person |
| Ps 90.12 | Number days | use time wisely |
| Ps 94.9 | Planted | created |
| Ps 102.2 | Hide your face | refuse to answer |
| Ps 121.1 | Lift up eyes | look up toward |
| Ps 124.3 | Swallowed alive | killed |
| Pro 17.22 | Dries bones | drains strength |
| Pro 18.20 | Fruit of the mouth | what someone says |
| Pro 24.20 | lamp will go out | will die |
| Song 2.4 | His banner over me is love | he loves me very much |
| Song 2.17 | Until the day breathes | until dawn |
| Song 4.2 | none is bereaved | none is missing |
| Is 9.9 | Arrogance of heart | arrogant |
| Is 14.12 | Son of the morning | morning star |
| Is 35.10 | Joy will crown their heads | they will be joyful |
| Is 52.7 | Feet | person |
| Is 57.4 | Open mouth wide | sneer |
| Is 60.16 | Suck the milk of nations | receive the wealth of other countries |
| Is 61.3 | Oil of gladness | joy |
| Jer 4.4 | Remove the foreskin of your heart | dedicate yourselves fully to God |
| Jer 4.19 | Walls | pain |
| Jer 4.30 | Seek your life | want to kill you |
| Jer 5.5 | Broken the yoke | rejected God's authority |
| Jer 6.10 | Ears are uncircumcised | don't listen |
| Jer 7.12 | Where I caused my name to dwell | where I chose to be worshiped |
| Jer 9.1 | waters | spring of water |
| Jer. 25.15 | Wine of wrath | my anger |
| Jer 50.33 | Sons of | people of |
| Jer 51.37 | Hissing | scorn |
| Lam 1.16 | Eyes run down with water | eyes flow with tears |
| Ezek 3.7 | Hard forehead | stubborn |
| Ezek 16.25 | Spread feet | offer self for sex |
| Ezek 16.26 | Big of phallus | lustful |
| Mal 1.11 | My name | me |
| Mal 2.12 | he who awakens and he who answers | every single person |
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List compiled by: Wayne Leman Bible Translation Web Site |