Topic
Enlarge; Enlargement
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 9:27ISBE
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- 1 Samuel 2:1ISBE
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
- 2 Samuel 22:37ISBE
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
- Esther 4:14ISBE
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a…
- Psalms 4:1ISBE
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- Ezekiel 41:7ISBE
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to…
- 2 Corinthians 6:11ISBE
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
- 2 Corinthians 6:13ISBE
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
en-larj', en-larj'-ment:
"To enlarge" is very frequently used figuratively: "God enlarge Japheth" (Ge 9:27), i.e. "make him a great nation"; or "Thou hast enlarged my steps under me" (2Sa 22:37), i.e. "Thou hast given me success." A very peculiar use of "enlarge" is found in the King James Version Ps 4:1: "Thou hast enlarged me" (the Revised Version (British and American) "set me at large"), i.e. "Thou hast given me freedom, deliverance from distress." "Our heart is enlarged" (platuno; 2Co 6:11), and "Be ye also enlarged" (2Co 6:13), express great love of one party to another. See also 1Sa 2:1, "My mouth is enlarged," i.e. "full of praise." Eze 41:7, "were broader" (the King James Version "an enlarging").
Enlargement, the King James Version, Es 4:14 from rawach, "to enlarge," "to respite," is rendered "relief" by the Revised Version (British and American) in better harmony with "deliverance" with which the word is paired.
A. L. Breslich
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.