23 occurrences in 10 translations

'Pressing' in the Bible

"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

SeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts.

AffluenceBlessed By God

Then you will eat the offspring of your own body [to avoid starvation], the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, during the siege and the misery by which your enemy will oppress you.

CannibalismWomb

And the drinking is according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

AbstinenceAlcohol ConsumptionUnlimitednessNo Compulsion

For the pressing of milk bringeth forth butter, and the pressing of the nose bringeth forth blood; and the pressing of anger bringeth forth strife.

ButterMilkNosesQuarrelsDairyPressingBleedingCovered With Bloodpressure

‘There is no one to plead your cause;No [device to close and allow the] healing of your wound,No recovery for you.

No HealingSuing GodRecoveryHealth And HealingHope And Healing

Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.

CrushingAccidentsCartsHeavy BurdensReapingOverloadcrushes

"They all come to oppress hordes of them, their faces pressing onward they take prisoners as numerous as the desert sand!

PrisonersWindDealing With Many PeoplePursuing ViolenceSand And Gravel

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

PressingTouching For HealingThe Disciples WordsWho Is The Doer?

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

ListeningPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingHearing God's Wordlakes

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him.

CrowdsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildPressingNearness Of DeathOnly Child Of PeopleDeath Looms Near

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

Popularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusPressingTouching For HealingContradictingWho Is The Doer?

But they kept pressing him with loud shouts, demanding that Jesus be crucified, and their shouts began to prevail.

Importunity, Towards PeopleGroups ShoutingChrist Would Be Killed

And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.

People Accusing People

I do not say that I have already won the race or have already reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.

GrowthRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanSpiritual VitalityPerfectionHuman ImperfectionPursuing GoodPeople Made PerfectTaking PossessionRacestrivingprocess

‘I know your suffering and your poverty (but you are rich), and how you are blasphemed and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan [they are Jews only by blood, and do not believe and truly honor the God whom they claim to worship].

SatanticAffluenceInsultsPersecution, Forms OfPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, SpiritualRiches, SpiritualAbuse, To God's PeopleChrist Knowing About PeopleBlessings Of The PoorPoor Or RichAfflictionsSatanJewsMartyrdom

Listen carefully, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her [I will bring] into great anguish, unless they repent of her deeds.

Adultery, Consequences OfBedsThe Ungodly SufferingThose Who Committed AdulteryAdultery In The ChurchSicknessadultry

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Campaign (11 instances)
Compact (2 instances)
Constrict (3 instances)
Contract (6 instances)
Exhort (44 instances)
Squeeze (5 instances)
Weigh (35 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּת 
Gath 
Usage: 5

דּחף 
Dachaph 
Usage: 4

יקב 
Yeqeb 
Usage: 16

מעך 
Ma`ak 
Usage: 3

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

עוּק 
`uwq 
Usage: 2

פּוּרה 
Puwrah 
Usage: 2

פּצר 
Patsar 
Usage: 7

פּרץ 
Parats 
Usage: 49

צוּק 
Tsuwq 
Usage: 11

שׂחט 
Sachat 
Usage: 1

ἀποθλίβω 
Apothlibo 
Usage: 1

βαρέω 
Bareo 
be heavy , be pressed , be burdened , be charged
Usage: 6

βιάζω 
Biazo 
Usage: 0

ἐπίκειμαι 
Epikeimai 
press upon , be instant , lie , be laid thereon , lie on , be laid upon , be imposed on
Usage: 7

ἐπιπίπτω 
Epipipto 
fall , fall on , press , lie
Usage: 12

ὄχλος 
Ochlos 
Usage: 172

πιέζω 
Piezo 
Usage: 0

συνέχω 
sunecho 
be taken with , throng , straiten , keep in , hold , stop , press , lie sick of , constrain , be in a strait
Usage: 10

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