21 Bible Verses about Meaning

The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'

He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'

For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean."

Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:

When the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you mean?"

Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" They understood that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp.

When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, "What does the noise of this tumult mean?" The man hurried, and came and told Eli.

Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was diverse from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."

They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.