Mark in the Bible

Meaning: polite; shiningpar

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And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainBlood, as symbol of guiltDeath penaltyRevenge, And RetaliationSanctity Of LifeSevenfoldRestraints From KillingMarks On PeopleDeath Penalty For KillingMan AvengingRevenge

In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsCircumcision

And Laban said moreover to Jacob, "Behold, this heap and this mark which I have set here, betwixt me and thee:

Verse ConceptsObelisksCairns

this heap be witness and also this mark, that I will not come over this heap to thee, and thou shalt not come over this heap and this mark, to do any harm.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByObelisksCairnsThings As Witnesses

And Jacob set up a mark in the place where he talked with him; even a pillar of stone, and poured drink offering thereon and poured also oil thereon,

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringCeremoniesOilPouringMonumentsObelisksStones As MonumentsAnointing ThingsMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of this land.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFliesGod DifferentiatingI Am The Lord

The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambPlaguesPassing OverBlood On The DoorThings As SignsAnimals Serving Human NeedsBloodThe Blood Of Jesus

And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsCeremoniesGod, Power OfHand Of GodLipsStrength Of GodMarks On PeopleSpeaking As From GodThe Law ProclaimedGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsForeheadsStrength Of GodMarks On PeopleGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtSacrifices At The DoorwayMale AnimalsPerfect Sacrifices

And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.

Verse ConceptsGoatsSheepMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesSheep And Goats

And if his offering is given for a peace-offering; if he gives of the herd, male or female, let him give it without any mark on it, before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsCripplesFellowship OfferingAnimals, religious role ofTypes Of ChristHerdsPerfect SacrificesMale And Female AnimalsPeace offerings

And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

Verse ConceptsPerfect SacrificesMale And Female AnimalsSheep And Goats

If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.

Verse ConceptsCripplesHigh Priest, In OtSin OfferingPerfect SacrificesSacrificing CattleGuilt

When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, let him give for his offering a goat, a male without any mark.

Verse ConceptsGoatsMale AnimalsSin Made KnownPerfect SacrificesSacrificing Goats

When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, then he is to give for his offering a goat, a female without any mark, for the sin which he has done.

Verse ConceptsGoatsFemale AnimalsSin Made KnownPerfect SacrificesSacrificing Goats

And if he gives a lamb as his sin-offering, let it be a female without any mark;

Verse ConceptsLambsFemale AnimalsPerfect Sacrifices

If anyone is untrue, sinning in error in connection with the holy things of the Lord, let him take his offering to the Lord, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you in silver by shekels, by the scale of the holy place.

Verse ConceptsGuilt OfferingRamsSilverPerfect SacrificesUnintentionalUnfaithful

Let him come to the priest with a sheep, a male without any mark out of the flock, of the value fixed by you, as an offering for his error; and the priest will take away the sin which he did in error, and he will have forgiveness.

Verse ConceptsGuilt OfferingPerfect SacrificesUnintentionalPriests Atoning

Then let him take to the Lord the offering for his wrongdoing; giving to the priest for his offering, a male sheep from the flock, without any mark, of the value fixed by you:

Verse ConceptsRamsPerfect Sacrifices

And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, BurntPerfect SacrificesSacrificing Cattle

And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;

Verse ConceptsGoatsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesSacrificing GoatsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

If a man has on his skin a growth or a mark or a white place, and it becomes the disease of a leper, let him be taken to Aaron the priest, or to one of the priests, his sons;

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtHuman SkinBlemished People

And if, when the priest sees the mark on his skin, the hair on the place is turned white and the mark seems to go deeper than the skin, it is the mark of a leper: and the priest, after looking at him, will say that he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsHairsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairHairAbscess

But if the mark on his skin is white, and does not seem to go deeper than the skin, and the hair on it is not turned white, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days;

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningHealingLonelinessQuarantineSeven DaysShallownessWhite HairWhite SpotsSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; and if the mark is less bright and is not increased on his skin, then let the priest say that he is clean: it is only a skin-mark, and after his clothing has been washed he will be clean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSpreadingWashingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekBlemished PeopleClean ClothesDay 7

But if the size of the mark on his skin is increased after he has been seen by the priest, let him go to the priest again:

Verse ConceptsSpreading

And if, after looking at him, he sees that the mark is increased in his skin, let the priest say that he is unclean; he is a leper.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

And on the same place there is a white growth of a bright mark, red and white, then let the priest see it;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The Body

But if the bright mark keeps in the same place and gets no greater, it is the mark of the old wound, and the priest will say that he is clean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscessscars

And if the bright place keeps the same size and gets no greater on the skin, but is less bright, it is the effect of the burn, and the priest will say that he is clean: it is the mark of the burn.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingscars

Then the priest is to see the diseased place: and if it seems to go deeper than the skin, and if there is thin yellow hair in it, then the priest will say that he is unclean: he has the mark of the leper's disease on his head or in the hair of his chin.

Verse ConceptsNarrow ThingsThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrownColorHair

Then the priest is to see him: and if the mark is increased, the priest, without looking for the yellow hair, will say that he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrown

Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper;

Verse ConceptsWhite SpotsRed Parts Of The Body

And any clothing of wool or of linen in which is the mark of the disease;

Verse Conceptsmold

if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal SkinsGreenRed Parts Of The Body

Then the priest shall look at the mark and shall quarantine the article with the mark for seven days.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And he is to see the mark on the seventh day; if the mark is increased in the clothing, or in the threads of the material, or in the leather, whatever the leather is used for, it is the disease biting into it: it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal Skinsmold

And if the priest sees that the mark is not increased in the clothing or in any part of the material or in the leather,

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCordsAnimal Skins

Then the priest will give orders for the thing on which the mark is, to be washed, and to be shut up for seven days more:

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysClean ClothesSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And if, after the mark has been washed, the priest sees that the colour of it is not changed and it is not increased, it is to be burned in the fire: the disease is working in it, though the damage may be inside or outside.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingUnclean Things

And if the priest sees that the mark is less bright after the washing, then let him have it cut out of the clothing or the leather or from the threads of the material:

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal Skinsmold

And if the mark is still seen in the clothing or in the threads of the material or in the leather, it is the disease coming out: the thing in which the disease is will have to be burned with fire.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingCordsAnimal Skinsmold

And the material of the clothing, or anything of skin, which has been washed, if the mark has gone out of it, let it be washed a second time and it will be clean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingCordsAnimal SkinsClean Clothes

This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal SkinsClean And UncleanUnclean Thingsmold

And the priest is to go outside the tent-circle; and if, after looking, the priest sees that the mark of the disease has gone from him,

Verse ConceptsQuarantiningOutside The CampInspectingHealing Lepers

And on the eighth day let him take two male lambs, without any marks on them, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, and three tenth parts of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidDay 8Oil On SacrificesMale AnimalsFemale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsOther Volume Measures

When ye enter into the land of Canaan which I am about to give you for a possession, - and I put a plague-mark of leprosy in a house, of the land of your possession,

Verse ConceptsInvasionsmold

then shall he that owneth the house come in, and tell the priest, saying, - A kind of plague-mark, appeareth to me in the house;

Verse ConceptsGiving Informationmold

and the priest shall give command, and they shall empty the house, ere yet the priest cometh in to view the mark, so that he do not pronounce unclean all that is in the house, - and, after this, shall the priest come in to view the house:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfEmptyingUnclean Things

then shall he view the mark and lo! if the mark is in the walls of the house, with sunken places greenish yellow or reddish, - and they appear to be lower than the surface of the wall,

Verse ConceptsGreenRed Parts Of The BodyDepressionmold

and the priest shall return on the seventh day, - and take a view, and lo! if the mark hath spread in the walls of the house,

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekInspectingDay 7mold

then shall the priest give command, and they shall pull out the stones, wherein is the mark, - and cast them forth outside the city, into an unclean place;

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesOutside The CityPlucking OutBuilding Stones RejectedUnclean Things

But if the mark again breaketh out in the house, after the taking out of the stones, - and after the scraping of the house and after the plastering,;

Verse Conceptsmold

then shall the priest come in, and take a view, and lo! if the mark hath spread in the house, a fretting leprosy, it is in the house unclean, it is,

Verse ConceptsSpreadingInspectingUnclean Thingsmold

But, though the priest do come, into the house, and take a view, yet lo! if the plague-mark hath not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then shall the priest pronounce the house clean, for, healed, is the plague.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingInspectingmold

This, is the law, - for every plague-mark of leprosy and for scall;

Verse Conceptsmold

And for a growth or a bad place or a bright mark on the skin;

Verse ConceptsBlemished Peoplescars

So that it may be pleasing to the Lord, let him give a male, without any mark, from among the oxen or the sheep or the goats.

Verse ConceptsSheepMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesBlemished CreaturesAcceptance

And whoever makes a peace-offering to the Lord, in payment of an oath or as a free offering, from the herd or the flock, if it is to be pleasing to the Lord, let it be free from any mark or damage.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingPerfection, DivineVowsUnblemishmentPerfect SacrificesPeace offerings

Anything blind or broken or damaged or having any disease or any mark on it may not be offered to the Lord; you may not make an offering of it by fire on the altar to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBoils Or UlcersMutilationAltars To The LordBlemished CreaturesSick AnimalsDischarges

And from one who is not an Israelite you may not take any of these for an offering to the Lord; for they are unclean, there is a mark on them, and the Lord will not be pleased with them.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipStrangersBlemished CreaturesAcceptancecorruption

And on the day of the waving of the grain, you are to give a male lamb of the first year, without any mark, for a burned offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringLambsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific Ages

And make his offering to the Lord; one he-lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a burned offering, and one female lamb of the first year, without a mark, for a sin-offering, and one male sheep, without a mark, for peace-offerings,

Verse ConceptsCripplesFellowship OfferingLambsOfferingsAnimal Sacrifices, Peace OfferingAnimal Sacrifices, Sin OfferingFemale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesSheep And GoatsPeace offerings

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaShaming People

This is the rule of the law which the Lord has made, saying, Give orders to the children of Israel to give you a red cow without any mark on her, and on which the yoke has never been put:

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesPerfection, DivineYokesAnimals, Types OfColors, ScarletHeifersRed AnimalsPerfect SacrificesUnused

Say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you are to give to the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without any mark, two every day as a regular burned offering.

Verse ConceptsCripplesMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific Ages

And on the Sabbath day, two he-lambs of the first year, without any mark, and two tenth parts of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with oil, and its drink offering:

Verse ConceptsFoodOilAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]Making Cereal Offerings And LibationsSabbaths InstitutedMeat offerings

And on the first day of every month you are to give a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;

Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalRamsSeven AnimalsTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And GoatsMonths

And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

These are in addition to the regular burned offering and its meal offering; take care that they are without any mark, and let them be offered with their drink offerings.

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringImperfection, And God's PurposesPerfect SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them:

Verse ConceptsAromasBurnt offeringPleasing GodRamsSmellsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give to the Lord a burned offering for a sweet smell; one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year: only those without any mark on them may be used:

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them;

Verse ConceptsBurnt offeringThirteenFourteenMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

On the second day of the feast give an offering of twelve oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without any mark on them;

Verse ConceptsFourteenThe Second Day Of The WeekMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesTwo AnimalsTwelve AnimalsAnimals At Specific AgesDay 2Sacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord: one ox, one male sheep, seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:

Verse ConceptsSeven AnimalsMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesAnimals At Specific AgesRefreshing GodSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;

from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;

And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

Verse Conceptsborders

But if it has any mark on it, if it is blind or has damaged legs, or if there is anything wrong with it, it may not be offered to the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsCripplesAnimals, religious role ofBlemishImperfection, And God's PurposesLamenessBlemished Creatures

No ox or sheep which has a mark on it or is damaged in any way may be offered to the Lord your God: for that is disgusting to the Lord your God.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCripplesBlemishImperfection, And God's PurposesAbominations, To GodBlemished CreaturesGod Hating Things

You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God gives you to possess.

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersAgriculture, RestrictionsBoundariesCheatingInjustice, Examples OfLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandStonesLandmarksReal EstatePropertyMoving OnConflictMoving To A New Placeborders

They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsSin, Nature OfCharacter Of WickedEvil GenerationsCrookednessIsrael As Sons Of GodTwisted Ways

And he will see the first-fruits to himself, for there the portion of the ruler he covered: and he will mark out the heads of the people; he did the justice of Jehovah, and his judgments with Israel.

Verse ConceptsChoosing Things

And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

Verse ConceptsLying Down To Rest

And mark if he go up by the way that leadeth unto his own coast, to Bethshemesh, then it is he that did us this great evil. But and if he do not, then it is not his hand that smote us, but it was a chance that happened us."

Verse ConceptsChanceDistinguishingNatural Disasters

And he will change his understanding in their eyes, and he will be foolish in their hand, and he will mark upon the doors of the gate, and his spittle will come down upon his beard.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesBeardsSalivaPretendingWriting On Objects

Thematic Bible



But Paul did not approve of taking with them a man who had deserted them in Pamphylia instead of going on with them to their work.


and so do my fellow-workers, Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.

No one but Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great assistance to me,

Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you, and so does Barnabas' cousin Mark. (About him you have had instructions; if he comes to see you, make him welcome.) So also does Jesus who is called Justus. They are the only ones among the converts from Judaism who have worked with me for the reign of God who have proved a comfort to me.


When Barnabas and Saul had performed their mission to Jerusalem, they went back, taking John who was called Mark with them.

When they reached Salamis, they proclaimed God's message in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their assistant.

When he realized his situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a number of people were gathered, praying.

Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia. There John left them and returned to Jerusalem,


Some time after, Paul said to Barnabas, "Come, let us go back and revisit the brothers in each of the towns where we made the Lord's message known, to see how they are doing." Now Barnabas wanted to take John who was called Mark with them. But Paul did not approve of taking with them a man who had deserted them in Pamphylia instead of going on with them to their work. read more.
They differed so sharply about it that they separated, and Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus.


Your sister-church in Babylon, chosen like you, and Mark my son wish to be remembered to you.


Aristarchus, my fellow-prisoner, wishes to be remembered to you, and so does Barnabas' cousin Mark. (About him you have had instructions; if he comes to see you, make him welcome.)