21 Bible Verses about Meaning

Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?"

The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, 'Why are these stones important to you?'

He told the Israelites, "When your children someday ask their fathers, 'What do these stones represent?'

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

"Say to the rebellious house of Israel: 'Don't you know what these things mean?' Say: 'See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.

When your people say to you, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean?'

When your children ask you later on, "What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?"

Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."

When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, "What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?" Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp.

When Eli heard the outcry, he said, "What is this commotion?" The man quickly came and told Eli.

"Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.

Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."

All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"

Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity.

But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.