The word in Scripture

Bone in the Bible

The word bone appears 19 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Bone speaks of strength, kinship, and frailty in Scripture. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What bone means in the Bible

Bone speaks of strength, kinship, and frailty in Scripture.

Where the word bone appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word bone appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”Genesis 2:23

“And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.”Genesis 29:14

“In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.”Exodus 12:46

“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”2 Samuel 5:1

“But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”Job 2:5

“Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.”Psalms 3:7

“By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.”Proverbs 25:15

“For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.”John 19:36