Topic
Arm
47 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 98:1Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
- Exodus 6:6ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 15:16Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
- Deuteronomy 4:34ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for…
- Deuteronomy 33:27ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
- Psalms 77:15Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
- Psalms 89:10ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
- Psalms 89:13Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
- Isaiah 40:11ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Isaiah 52:10ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 53:1Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
- Isaiah 63:5ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
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- Jeremiah 21:5 ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Jeremiah 48:25 Easton · ISBE
- Ezekiel 30:21 Easton · ISBE
- Acts 13:17 Easton · Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Deuteronomy 5:15 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Deuteronomy 7:19 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Deuteronomy 9:29 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Deuteronomy 11:2 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Deuteronomy 26:8 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- 1 Samuel 2:31 ISBE
- 1 Kings 8:42 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- 2 Kings 17:36 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- 2 Chronicles 6:32 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Job 22:9 ISBE
- Job 31:22 ISBE
- Job 35:9 ISBE
- Psalms 10:15 Easton
- Psalms 89:21 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Psalms 136:12 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Song of Songs 2:6 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 33:2 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 40:10 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 49:22 ISBE
- Isaiah 51:5 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 51:9 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 59:16 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 62:8 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Isaiah 63:12 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Jeremiah 27:5 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Jeremiah 32:17 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Jeremiah 32:21 ISBE
- Ezekiel 20:33 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- Luke 1:51 Nave FIGURATIVE USE OF
- John 12:38 Easton
- Acts 11:21 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God (Ex. 15:16; Ps. 89:13; 98:1; 77:15; Isa. 53:1; John 12:38; Acts 13:17)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 19 references
arm (zeroa`, 'ezroa`, dera`; brachion; chotsen, katheph): The usual form is zeroa` from the root zara`, "to spread." The arm may be "stretched out." 'Ezroa` is this form with prosthetic 'aleph (Job 31:22; Jer 32:21), and dera` is the Aramaic form. Chotsen is really "bosom," thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Isa 49:22); and katheph is "shoulder," thus the Revised Version (British and American) (Job 31:22). Compare cheir, also, in Ac 11:21.
Figurative: The arm denotes influence, power, means of support or conquest. The arms of Moab (Jer 48:25) and of Pharaoh (Eze 30:21 ff) are broken. The arm of Eli and the arm of his father's house are to be cut off (1Sa 2:31). Because the arm wielded the sword it signified "oppression" (Job 35:9). The arms are the means of support, therefore to refuse to aid the fatherless is to break their arms (Job 22:9).
Applied anthropomorphically to God, the arm denotes also His power, power to deliver, support, conquer. His "outstretched arm" delivered Israel from Egypt (Ex 6:6; De 4:34, etc.). They support: "Underneath are the everlasting arms" (De 33:27). His arm protects (Isa 40:11). Yahweh is sometimes likened to a warrior and smites with His arm (Ps 89:10; Isa 63:5; Jer 21:5). The arm of Yahweh is holy (Ps 98:1; Isa 52:10). Many other passages of Scripture might be quoted showing how the power of God to redeem, judge, protect, punish is expressed by the idea of "the arm of Yahweh."
S. F. Hunter
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 36 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.