11 Bible Verses about Meaning

You are telling us some very unusual things and we would like to know what they mean."

Then Jesus' disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

What did he mean by saying, 'You people will be looking for me, but will not find me; and you will not be able to go where I will be?'"

So, they [again] said, "What does He mean by saying, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

And they were amazed and perplexed [over this] and began saying to one another, "What does all this mean?"

Now at Joppa [Note: This was also a town on the west coast of Palestine, today called "Jaffa," and is now a part of Tel Aviv] there was a certain disciple named Tabitha (she was also called Dorcas, which means "Gazelle"). She practiced many good deeds and always gave money to poor people.

But [another] magician, named Elymas (which means "the magician") opposed them, trying to discourage the magistrate from hearing about the faith.

There are, no doubt, many kinds of sounds [i.e., languages] in the world, and none of them is meaningless.

So, if I do not know the meaning of the sound [i.e., language], I will [appear] as a foreigner to the person speaking [that language to me]. And the person speaking [to me] will [appear] as a foreigner to me.