Crushing as physically breaking in pieces
Deuteronomy 9:21 See also 2 Chronicles 34:7; Job 39:14–15; Isaiah 27:9; Daniel 2:40
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
Crushing in the preparation of food and drink
Leviticus 2:14, Leviticus 2:16; Numbers 11:8; Job 24:11; Micah 6:15
Crushing denoting physical violence
2 Samuel 22:38–39; Psalm 110:5–6; Isaiah 53:5 See also Leviticus 22:24; Deuteronomy 23:1; Job 6:8–9; Isaiah 3:15; Amos 2:13; Malachi 1:4
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
Crushing used metaphorically
Genesis 3:15 Widely regarded as being the earliest prediction of Jesus Christ's triumph over Satan; Proverbs 18:14; 2 Corinthians 4:8 See also Job 19:2; Proverbs 15:4; Matthew 21:44 parallel Luke 20:18; Romans 16:20
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but who can survive a broken spirit?
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.