Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Contain’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Contain’ occurs 42 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 13:6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.Genesis 13:6
Number of the word / term Contain in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 22:7 If anyone will have entrusted money, or a container, to his friend to keep, and if these have been stolen from the one who received them: if the thief is found, he shall repay double.Exodus 22:7
Number of the word / term Contain in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 17:3 But the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and one rod separately shall contain all their families.Numbers 17:3
Number of the word / term Contain in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 9:10 And the Lord gave me two tablets of stone, written with the finger of God and containing all the words that he spoke to you on the mountain from the midst of fire, while the people, being stirred up, were assembled together.Deuteronomy 9:10
Deuteronomy 29:21 and consume him unto perdition out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses which are contained in the book of this law and in the covenant.Deuteronomy 29:21
Number of the word / term Contain in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 7:26 And the basin was the thickness of three twelfths. And its brim was like the brim of a chalice, or like the outturned petal of a lily. It contained two thousand baths.1 Kings 7:26
1 Kings 7:38 He also made ten hand basins of brass. One hand basin contained four baths, and was of four cubits. And each basin he set upon a base, which is ten bases.1 Kings 7:38
1 Kings 8:27 Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?1 Kings 8:27
1 Kings 14:3 Also, take in your hand ten loaves, and dried bread, and a container of honey, and go to him. For he will reveal to you what will happen to this boy.”1 Kings 14:3
1 Kings 18:34 And he said, “Fill four containers with water, and pour it over the holocaust, and over the wood.” And again, he said, “Do this a second time.” And when they had done it a second time, he said, “Do it also a third time.” And they did so a third time.1 Kings 18:34
1 Kings 19:6 He looked, and behold, at his head was bread baked under ashes, and a container of water. Then he ate and drank, and again he slept deeply.1 Kings 19:6
Number of the word / term Contain in 1 Kings: 6
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 2:6 So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.2 Chronicles 2:6
2 Chronicles 6:18 How then is it to be believe that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?2 Chronicles 6:18
2 Chronicles 33:18 But the rest of the deeds of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and also the words of the seers who were speaking to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are contained in the words of the kings of Israel.2 Chronicles 33:18
2 Chronicles 36:8 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.2 Chronicles 36:8
Number of the word / term Contain in 2 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Esther
Esther 9:26 And so, from that time, these days are called Purim, that is, of the lots, because Pur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that had been carried out are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book.Esther 9:26
Esther 9:32 and all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.Esther 9:32
Number of the word / term Contain in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Job
Job 32:19 Yes, my stomach is like fermenting wine without a vent, which bursts the new containers.Job 32:19
Job 34:35 But Job has been speaking foolishly, and his words contain unsound teaching.Job 34:35
Number of the word / term Contain in Job: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 33:7 gathering together the waters of the sea, as if in a container, placing the depths in storage.Psalm 33:7
Number of the word / term Contain in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 28:14 You were a cherub, stretched out and protecting, and I stationed you on the holy mountain of God. You have walked in the midst of stones containing fire.Ezekiel 28:14
Ezekiel 28:16 By the multitude of your business dealings, your interior was filled with iniquity, and you sinned. And I cast you away from the mountain of God, and I perished you, O protecting cherub, from the midst of the stones containing fire.Ezekiel 28:16
Ezekiel 41:6 Now the side chambers were side by side, and twice thirty-three. And they projected outward, so that they might enter along the wall of the house, on the sides all around, in order to contain, but not touch, the wall of the temple.Ezekiel 41:6
Number of the word / term Contain in Ezekiel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Jonah
Jonah 1:5 And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried out to their god. And they threw the containers that were in the ship into the sea in order to lighten it of them. And Jonah went down into the interior of the ship, and he fell into a painful deep sleep.Jonah 1:5
Number of the word / term Contain in Jonah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 5:6 And I said, “What, then, is it?” And he said, “This is a container going forth.” And he said, “This is their eye in all the earth.”Zechariah 5:6
Zechariah 5:7 And behold, a talent of lead was being carried; and behold, one woman sitting in the middle of the container.Zechariah 5:7
Zechariah 5:8 And he said, “This is impiety.” And he cast her into the middle of the container, and he sent the weight of lead into its mouth.Zechariah 5:8
Zechariah 5:9 And I lifted up my eyes and I saw. And behold, two women were departing, and a spirit was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite, and they lifted up the container between earth and heaven.Zechariah 5:9
Number of the word / term Contain in Zechariah: 4
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 16:9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember, the five loaves among the five thousand men, and how many containers you took up?Matthew 16:9
Matthew 25:4 Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps.Matthew 25:4
Number of the word / term Contain in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Mark
Mark 7:4 And when returning from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which have been handed down to them to observe: the washings of cups, and pitchers, and bronze containers, and beds.Mark 7:4
Mark 14:3 And when he was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, and was reclining to eat, a woman arrived having an alabaster container of ointment, of precious spikenard. And breaking open the alabaster container, she poured it over his head.Mark 14:3
Number of the word / term Contain in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Luke
Luke 7:37 And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner, found out that he was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, so she brought an alabaster container of ointment.Luke 7:37
Luke 8:16 Now no one, lighting a candle, covers it with a container, or sets it under a bed. Instead, he places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.Luke 8:16
Number of the word / term Contain in Luke: 2
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book John
John 2:6 Now in that place, there were six stone water jars, for the purification ritual of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.John 2:6
John 19:29 And there was a container placed there, full of vinegar. Then, placing a sponge full of vinegar around hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.John 19:29
John 21:25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if each of these were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not be able to contain the books that would be written.John 21:25
Number of the word / term Contain in John: 3
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Acts
Acts 10:11 And he saw heaven opened, and a certain container descending, as if a great linen sheet were let down, by its four corners, from heaven to earth,Acts 10:11
Acts 10:16 Now this was done three times. And immediately the container was taken up to heaven.Acts 10:16
Acts 11:5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw, in an ecstasy of mind, a vision: a certain container descending, like a great linen sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners. And it drew near to me.Acts 11:5
Acts 23:25 For he was afraid, lest perhaps the Jews might seize him and kill him, and that afterwards he would be falsely accused, as if he had accepted a bribe. And so he wrote a letter containing the following:Acts 23:25
Number of the word / term Contain in Acts: 4
Bible passages with ‘Contain’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 9:4 having a golden censer, and the ark of the testament, covered all around and on every part with gold, in which was a golden urn containing manna, and the rod of Aaron which had blossomed, and the tablets of the testament.Hebrews 9:4
Number of the word / term ‘Contain’ in Hebrews: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
