21 Bible Verses about Meaning

Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”

so that this will be a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

For what you say sounds strange to us, and we want to know what these ideas mean.”

“Now say to that rebellious house: Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’—

“When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances, which the Lord our God has commanded you?’

So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession I met?”

“To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.

The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, “What’s this loud shout in the Hebrews’ camp?” When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the Lord had entered the camp,

Eli heard the outcry and asked, “Why this commotion?” The man quickly came and reported to Eli.

“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one different from all the others, extremely terrifying, with iron teeth and bronze claws, devouring, crushing, and trampling with its feet whatever was left.

Then His disciples asked Him, “What does this parable mean?”

What is this remark He made: ‘You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’?”

They said, “What is this He is saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”

They were all astounded and perplexed, saying to one another, “What could this be?”

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, which is translated Dorcas. She was always doing good works and acts of charity.

But Elymas the sorcerer (this is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

There are doubtless many different kinds of languages in the world, and all have meaning.

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