Bible Themes · Creation

Snow

Snow in winter

2 Samuel 23:20 parallel 1 Chronicles 11:22 See also Proverbs 31:21

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

Snow all year round on Mount Lebanon

Jeremiah 18:14

Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?

Melting snow forms temporary streams

See also Job 6:16, Job 24:19

Snow under divine control

Psalm 148:8 See also Job 37:6, Job 38:22; Psalm 147:16; Isaiah 55:10–11

lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,

Snow as a symbol of whiteness

Exodus 4:6; Revelation 1:14 See also Numbers 12:10; 2 Kings 5:27; Lamentations 4:7; Daniel 7:9; Matthew 28:3

Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

Snow as a symbol of purity

Psalm 51:7; Isaiah 1:18

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

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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.

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