Tyre in the Bible
Meaning: strength; rock; sharppar
Exact Match
It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib,
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
and they came to the fortified city of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites; and went out to the south of Judah, to Beer-sheba.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram always loved David.
And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was full of wisdom and understanding and knowledge, to do all kinds of works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and made all his work.
Hiram king of Tyre having supplied Solomon with timber of cedar, and with timber of fir, and with gold, according to all his desire, that, then, King Solomon gave unto Hiram twenty cities, in the land of Galilee.
And Hiram came out from Tyre to view the cities which, Solomon, had given him, - and they were not pleasing in his eyes.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers unto David, and timber of cedars, with masons and artificers, to build for him a house.
and cedar-trees innumerable; for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-wood in abundance to David.
And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein so do for me.
And Huram king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loved his people, he made thee king over them.
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and whose father was a man of Tyre, experienced in working in gold, and in silver, in bronze, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in byssus, and in crimson, and for doing any manner of engraving, and for inventing every device which shall be put to him, besides thy skilful men, and the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
And they gave silver, unto the masons and carpenters, - and food and drink and oil, unto them of Zidon and unto them of Tyre, to bring in cedar-trees out of the Lebanon, unto the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of Persia unto them.
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
The oracle on Tyre, - Howl! ye ships of Tarshish, For it is laid too waste to be a haven to enter, From the land of Cyprus, hath it been unveiled to them.
And they were on great waters.
The grain of the
And she was the market of nations.
Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now like a widow bereaved of her children];
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
“I have neither labored nor given birth [to children];
I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
Like the report of Egypt, They shall be in pangs at the like report of Tyre.
Cross over to Tarshish [to seek safety as exiles];
Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland [of Tyre].
Who hath purposed this, against Tyre, The bestower of crowns, - Whose merchants are princes, Her traders the honourable of the earth?
Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more restraint [on you to make you pay tribute to Tyre].
He has stretched out His hand over the sea,
He has shaken the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and her fortresses [like Tyre and Sidon].
Now look at the land of the Chaldeans (Babylonia)—this is the people which was not; the Assyrians allocated Tyre for desert creatures—they set up their
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold [of Tyre] is destroyed.
So shall it be in that day, That Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, According to the days of a certain king: At the end of seventy years, shall it befall Tyre according to the song of the harlot:
So shall it be, at the end of seventy years, That Yahweh will visit Tyre, And she will return to her hire, - Yea she will play the harlot - with all the kingdoms of the earth, upon the face of the ground.
But all her occupying and wining shall be hallowed unto the LORD. For then shall they lay up nothing behind them nor upon heaps: but the merchandise of Tyre shall belong to the citizens of the LORD, to the feeding and sustaining of the hungry, and to the clothing of the aged.
all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea;
Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete.
"Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,'
therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves.
They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock.
and it will become a place where nets will be spread out right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Because I have declared this to happen,' declares the Lord GOD, "Tyre will be treated as the spoils of war by the invading nations.
Also Tyre’s daughters (towns, villages)
"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people.
Because of the great number of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls [O Tyre] will shake from the noise of the horsemen and the wagons and the chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached.
I will make you [Tyre] a
"This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst!
then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit (the place of the dead), to the people of old, and I will make you [Tyre] live in the depths of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory and splendor in the land of the living.
"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful."
The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains.
The ships of Tarshish were the caravans for your merchandise,
In the heart of the seas.
As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: "Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?"
"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" -- yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike.
Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you,
The most ruthless and violent of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre]
And defile your splendor.
"Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
"Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.
I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord.
Ephraim! just as I provided for Tyre, was planted in a meadow, - yet, Ephraim, must needs bring forth for a murderer his children.
And also, what are ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their delivering up a complete captivity to Edom, And they remembered not the brotherly covenant,
And I have sent a fire against the wall of Tyre, And it hath consumed her palaces.
and also Hamath, [which] borders on it; Tyre and Sidon--yes, they are very wise!
Tyre has built a fortification for itself, and it heaped up silver like dust, and gold like [the] mud of [the] streets.
Behold, the Lord will
And throw her wealth into the sea;
And Tyre will be devoured by fire.
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Nevertheless I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and for Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!
And departing from there, Jesus went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan: and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him.
And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should have known of him: But he could not be hid.
And he departed again from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of the ten cities.
and He came down the hill with them, and stood in the plain; with the rest of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all the parts of Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases,
Wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida, for if the miracles wrought among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgement than for you.
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to proceed to Jerusalem.
And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Search Results by Versions
- ACV (55)
- AM (68)
- ANDERSON (11)
- ASV (56)
- AUV (11)
- BBE (53)
- COMMON (12)
- DARBY (54)
- EMB (55)
- GODBEY (9)
- GOODSPEED (12)
- HAWEIS (11)
- HCSB (54)
- ISV (54)
- JULIASMITH (50)
- KJ2000 (56)
- KJV (36)
- LEB (51)
- MACE (11)
- MKJV (55)
- MNT (12)
- MOFFATT (12)
- MSTC (55)
- NASB (53)
- NET (55)
- NHEB (56)
- NOYES (11)
- SAWYER (11)
- TCV (12)
- WBS (56)
- WEB (56)
- WESLEY (12)
- WILLIAMS (12)
- WNT (13)
- WORRELL (11)
- WORSLEY (11)
- YLT (51)
Search Results by Book
Thematic Bible
Market » Traffic » Tyre
Paul » Tyre » ptolemais
On finishing the sail from Tyre we landed at Ptolemais. Here we greeted the brothers and spent a day with them.
Pride » Exemplified » Tyre
national Sins » Exemplified » Tyre
Tyre » Supplied » Stones and timber for building the temple, &c
Tyre » City of » Commerce of
Tyre » Strongly fortified
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » All nations to be terrified at its destruction
Tyre » City of » Prophecies relating to
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Its second destruction by the macedonians
Tyre » Insular position of
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Proud and haughty
Tyre » Supplied » A master-builder for the temple
Tyre » Often confederated against the jews and rejoiced in their calamities
Tyre » Kingdom of » Men and materials sent from, to solomon, for the erection of the temple and his castles
Tyre » Supplied » Seamen for solomon's navy
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Superstitious
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » To be scraped as the top of a rock, and to be a place for the spreading nets
Tyre » Celebrated for » Its wealth
Tyre » David and solomon formed alliances with
Tyre » Governed by kings
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Inhabitants of, to emigrated to other countries, &c
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » To participate in the blessings of the gospel
Tyre » Antiquity of
Tyre » City of » To be judged according to its opportunity and privileges
Tyre » Christ » Visited the coasts of
Tyre » City of » Heals the daughter of the non-jewish, syrophenician woman near
But He answered, "I have been sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house." But she came and bowed to Him, and kept praying, "Lord, help me!" He answered, "It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the house dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs usually eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." Then Jesus answered her, "O woman, wonderful is your faith! You must have what you want." And her daughter was cured at that very moment.
But He was saying to her, "Let the children first eat all they want, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it out to the house dogs." But she answered Him, "Yes, Lord, and yet the house dogs under the table usually eat the crumbs the children drop." Then He said to her, "Because you have said this, go home; the demon has gone out of your daughter." She went home and found her daughter lying in bed, and the demon gone out. He left the neighborhood of Tyre and went by way of Sidon through the district of the Ten Cities down to the Sea of Galilee.
Tyre » Christ » Was followed by many from
Tyre » City of » Fortified
Tyre » City of » Riches of
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » The king of babylon to be rewarded with the spoil of egypt for his service against
Tyre » Kingdom of » Hiram, king of
Tyre » Christ » Alluded to the depravity of
Tyre » Soldiers of, supplied by persia, &c
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Its restoration to commercial greatness after seventy years
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » To be destroyed by the king of babylon
Tyre » City of » Multitudes from, come to hear jesus, and to be healed of their diseases
Tyre » City of » Besieged by nebuchadnezzar
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Pride a cause of its destruction
Tyre » Celebrated for » Strength and beauty of its ships
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Self-conceited
Tyre » Celebrated for » Its beauty
Tyre » The jews condemned for purchasing from the people of, on the sabbath
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » The ruins of the first city to be employed in making a causeway to effect the destruction of insular tyre
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Never to recover its greatness
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Sea-faring men
Tyre » Celebrated for » Its commerce
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Wicked
Tyre » Called » The renowned city
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Envy against the jews a cause of its destruction
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » To lie waste and be forgotten for seventy years
Tyre » Called » The daughter of tarshish
Tyre » Called » The daughter of zidon
Tyre » Inhabitants of » Mercantile men
Tyre » City of » The hostility of herod agrippa i toward
But the angel of the Lord at once struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; he was eaten by worms, and so died.
Tyre » Christ » Saint paul found disciples at
Tyre » Called » The crowning city
Tyre » Called » The joyous city
Tyre » Prophecies respecting » Its inhabitants to be sold as slaves, as a recompense for their selling the jews
Tyre » Christ » Depended for provision upon galilee
Tyre » Propitiated the favor of herod
Tyre » City of » On the northern boundary of the tribe of asher
Tyre » City of » Paul visits
there we bade one another goodbye, and we went aboard the ship, while they went back. On finishing the sail from Tyre we landed at Ptolemais. Here we greeted the brothers and spent a day with them.