Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5125 Parts of the body and clothing  »  5171 nose

The nose as part of the human body

Human life is given and sustained through the nostrils

Genesis 2:7 See also Genesis 7:22; Numbers 11:20; Job 27:3; Isaiah 2:22

The nose and the sense of smell

Genesis 27:27 See also Job 39:25; Songs 4:11; Daniel 3:27; Amos 4:10; 1 Corinthians 12:17

Animals snort and sniff through their noses

Job 39:20; Job 41:18,20; Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 8:16

The nose and sneezing

2 Kings 4:35

The nose as an object of beauty

Songs 7:4

The nose may be adorned with rings

Ezekiel 16:12 See also Genesis 24:22,30,47; Isaiah 3:21

The nose is vulnerable to attack

Proverbs 30:33 See also Ezekiel 23:25

Captives are led by rings or hooks in the nose

2 Kings 19:28 pp Isaiah 37:29 See also 2 Chronicles 33:11; Amos 4:2

Contempt is communicated by means of the nose

Psalm 10:5; Isaiah 57:4; Malachi 1:13; Luke 16:14; Luke 23:35; Acts 17:32

Offence is taken, metaphorically, by the nose

People take offence

2 Samuel 16:21 See also Genesis 34:30; Exodus 5:21; 2 Samuel 10:6 pp 1 Chronicles 19:6

God takes offence

Isaiah 65:5

God's power is indicated by the blast of his nostrils

Exodus 15:8 See also 2 Samuel 22:9 pp Psalm 18:8; 2 Samuel 22:16 pp Psalm 18:15

Lifeless idols have noses

Psalm 115:6 See also Deuteronomy 4:28

See also

1095  God, patience of
1105  God, power of
1325  God, the Creator
4016  life, human
4496  perfume
4804  breath
5183  smell
5246  captivity
5818  contempt
6206  offence