The term "numberless" in the context of the Bible often refers to the vastness or immeasurable quantity of something, typically used to describe God's creation, His blessings, or His promises. This concept underscores the infinite nature of God and His works, emphasizing His omnipotence and the abundance of His provision.

1. Creation and the Stars: One of the most prominent uses of the concept of "numberless" is in reference to the stars in the sky. In Genesis 15:5, God promises Abram, "Look now at the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them." Then He said to him, "So shall your offspring be." This promise highlights the innumerable descendants that Abram would have, likening them to the stars, which are beyond human ability to count. The imagery of the stars serves as a powerful symbol of God's promise and the fulfillment of His covenant.

2. God's Blessings: The Bible frequently uses the idea of numberlessness to describe the abundance of God's blessings. In Deuteronomy 28:12, it is written, "The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands." The blessings of God are portrayed as limitless, reflecting His generosity and the boundless nature of His grace towards His people.

3. The Sand on the Seashore: Another metaphor for numberlessness is the sand on the seashore. In Genesis 22:17, God reiterates His promise to Abraham, saying, "I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore." This imagery is used again in Hosea 1:10, where it is prophesied, "Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted." The sand represents an innumerable multitude, reinforcing the idea of God's expansive promise and the future growth of His people.

4. God's Thoughts and Knowledge: The psalmist reflects on the numberless nature of God's thoughts in Psalm 139:17-18, "How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand." This passage highlights the infinite wisdom and knowledge of God, which surpasses human understanding and cannot be quantified.

5. The Multitude of Nations: In Revelation 7:9, the vision of a great multitude is described: "After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb." This vision of the redeemed from all nations underscores the universal scope of salvation and the fulfillment of God's promise to bless all the families of the earth through Abraham's seed.

The concept of "numberless" in the Bible serves as a reminder of the infinite nature of God's power, promises, and blessings. It points to the vastness of His creation, the immeasurable scope of His grace, and the ultimate fulfillment of His divine plan for humanity.(a.) Innumerable; countless.

Of those who Suppose that this World Indeed is not Eternal, but ...
... Chapter 11."Of Those Who Suppose that This World Indeed is Not Eternal, But that
Either There are Numberless Worlds, or that One and the Same World is ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 11 of those who suppose.htm

Acts xxi. 39, 40
... We too bear witness (Mod. text "have heard") that there is a Resurrection and
numberless good things: we are bound to bear witness of this to all men. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xlvii acts xxi 39.htm

Two Innumerable Series
... His wondrous dealings seem to the Psalmist's thankful heart as numberless as the
blades of grass which carpet the fields, or as the wavelets which glance in ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/two innumerable series.htm

The Adventure of the Three Sons of Saint George.
... Numberless were the strange adventures in which the gallant Champions of Christendom
were engaged, and numberless the noble deeds they performed; of the ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter fourteen the adventure of.htm

Another Portrait Gallery
... takes more faith than a Westerner can realise, to defy the legions of gwei which
at that time threaten your home and its inhabitants with numberless ills; and ...
/.../chapter xxi another portrait gallery.htm

Destruction of Idol Temples and Images Everywhere.
... which had been dedicated in every province, and which the deluded victims of
superstition had long vainly honored as gods with numberless victims and burnt ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter liv destruction of idol temples.htm

God Cannot be Attained unto by the Power of Memory, which Beasts ...
... Behold, in the numberless fields, and caves, and caverns of my memory, full without
number of numberless kinds of things, either through images, as all bodies ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xvii god cannot be attained.htm

How we must Meditate on God.
... very eyes, or the call with which from no antecedent merits of ours, but by the
free grace of His pity He receives us; or again the numberless opportunities of ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xv how we must.htm

Of the Miseries and Ills to which the Human Race is Justly Exposed ...
... parricides, cruelty, ferocity, wickedness, luxury, insolence, impudence, shamelessness,
fornications, adulteries, incests, and the numberless uncleannesses and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 22 of the miseries and.htm

1 Thessalonians i. 10-Aug
... And they say, that hearing from a certain philosopher, that there were infinite
worlds, he groaned bitterly, that when they were numberless, he had not ...
/.../homily ii 1 thessalonians i.htm

Numberless (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Innumerable; countless. Multi-Version
Concordance Numberless (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 48:19 Your seed ...
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Quotations
... Besides the quotations made directly, there are found numberless allusions, more
or less distinct, showing that the minds of the New Testament writers were ...
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Numberings (1 Occurrence)

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Embalming (3 Occurrences)
... complicated, and to such perfection was it carried that bodies embalmed thousands
of years ago are preserved to the present day in the numberless mummies that ...
/e/embalming.htm - 9k

Enchantment (4 Occurrences)
... They included enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, sooth-saying, augury, necromancy,
divination in numberless forms, and all kinds of magic article Nine varieties ...
/e/enchantment.htm - 16k

Bible
... at various periods during the space of about 1600 years: and yet, after all, it
is only one book dealing with only one subject in its numberless aspects and ...
/b/bible.htm - 101k

Coral (3 Occurrences)
... in which the animal lives. It is of numberless shapes as it grows, but usually
is branched like a tree. Great coral reefs and coral ...
/c/coral.htm - 12k

Apple (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree
(Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. ...
/a/apple.htm - 17k

Asmoneans
... defiled the temple by the sacrifice of swine on the altar of burnt offering, destroyed
all the holy writings that could be obtained, sold numberless Jews and ...
/a/asmoneans.htm - 27k

Lot (145 Occurrences)
... Certainly, the promise of a numberless seed, so often repeated to the patriarchs,
comes first to Abraham immediately after Lot has separated from him (see ...
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