In the context of the Bible, the term "throbs" is not directly mentioned in the Berean Standard Bible or other traditional translations. However, the concept of throbbing, often associated with a pulsating or intense emotional or physical sensation, can be related to various biblical themes and narratives.

Heart and Emotion

The heart is frequently used in Scripture as a metaphor for the center of emotions, thoughts, and will. The throbbing of the heart can symbolize deep emotional experiences, whether of joy, sorrow, fear, or love. In Psalm 38:10 , David expresses a physical and emotional state of distress: "My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded." Here, the pounding heart reflects a profound sense of anguish and vulnerability before God.

Fear and Awe

The Bible often describes the reaction of individuals who encounter the divine or experience God's mighty acts as one of fear and awe, which can be understood as a throbbing of the heart. In Exodus 15:14-16 , the nations tremble at the power of God displayed in the deliverance of Israel: "The peoples will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; the dwellers of Canaan will melt away; terror and dread will fall upon them."

Love and Longing

The throbbing of the heart can also be associated with love and longing, particularly in the poetic expressions found in the Song of Solomon. This book celebrates the beauty and intensity of love between a bride and her bridegroom, often interpreted allegorically as the love between Christ and His Church. In Song of Solomon 5:4 , the bride describes her emotional response to her beloved: "My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart pounded for him."

Suffering and Compassion

The throbbing of the heart can also be linked to compassion and empathy for those who suffer. In the New Testament, Jesus exemplifies this deep emotional response. In Matthew 9:36 , it is written, "When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." The compassion of Christ is a profound, throbbing response to the needs and suffering of humanity.

Spiritual Zeal

The throbbing of the heart can also symbolize spiritual zeal and fervor. In Romans 12:11 , Paul exhorts believers to maintain their spiritual intensity: "Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord." This fervor is a passionate, throbbing commitment to the service and worship of God.

In summary, while the specific term "throbs" is not used in the Bible, the concept is richly woven into the fabric of biblical language and themes, illustrating the depth of human emotion and spiritual experience in relation to God and others.5503. sachar -- to go around or about, travel about
... go around or about, travel about NASB Word Usage commercial (1), customer (3),
customers (2), merchant (1), merchants (6), roving about (1), throbs (1), trade ...
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Love Makes Suns
... They are in singular contrast with the tone of fierce enthusiasm for battle which
throbs through the rest of the chant, and with its stern approval of the deed ...
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Sin a Power in Reversed Action.
... annihilation. The sinner is dead to God, but in this very death throbs
and thrills his life to Satan, to sin, and to the world. ...
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Foreword
... of Kate Lee, who surely lives again in these folios"the simple, unsophisticated,
devoted daughter of the Salvation Army, but this book throbs with that life ...
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John Smith, Platonist --"An Interpreter of the Spirit"
... out of the world, our love cannot die, for I love him even as my own soul, and so
my affection must remain forever."[9] The whole sermon throbs with intense ...
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At Masaarah
... In the one scant lapse between two throbs of her heart, Rachel knew her lover,
remembered all the power of his attraction, and realized that her joy and love ...
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Tertullian Refutes, Physiologically, the Notion that the Soul is ...
... feel in the embryo within you any vital force [1672] other than your own, with which
your bowels tremble, your sides shake, your entire womb throbs, and the ...
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The Heresy Compared to the Hydra of the Poets. The Tales of Poets ...
... the inward parts of that most dangerous birth, in the new heresy to be put down,
so that at last its monstrous fecundity may cease to answer to its dying throbs ...
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A Song of Deliverance
... The enthusiastic triumph which throbs in this psalm, and the specific details of
a great act of deliverance from a great peril which it contains, sufficiently ...
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A Threefold Thought of Sin and Forgiveness
... One must be very dull of hearing not to feel how it throbs with emotion, and is,
in fact, a gush of rapture from a heart experiencing in its freshness the new ...
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Experience, Resolve, and Hope
... So, brethren! all the past, as it is recorded for us in Scripture, lives
and throbs with faithful promises for us to-day. Though ...
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Throbs (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Throbs (1 Occurrence). Psalms 38:10 My heart throbs. My
strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. ...
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Fails (35 Occurrences)
... My bones are wasted away. (WEB RSV NIV). Psalms 38:10 My heart throbs. My strength
fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. (WEB NAS RSV NIV) ...
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Throbbeth (1 Occurrence)

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Throes (6 Occurrences)

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Pounds (16 Occurrences)
... Job 37:1 "Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place. (See
NIV). Psalms 38:10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. ...
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Christianity
... The life that throbs in it from beginning to end, the life that always fills us
again with wonder, as it beats upon us from its pages, is the life which the ...
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