41 occurrences in 13 translations

'Body guard' in the Bible

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsExecutionersCommerce

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersPrisons

The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time.

When Pharaoh was angry with some of his servants, he incarcerated me in custody of the captain of the bodyguard, along with Pharaoh's head chef.

Verse ConceptsBakingCaptainsNamed People Angry With Others

There was a Hebrew young man incarcerated with us, who was also working as a servant to the captain of the bodyguard.

Verse ConceptsTelling Dreams

Ahimelech replied to the king: “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David? He is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard, and honored in your house.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsLoyaltySons In Law

David replied to Achish, “Good, you will find out what your servant can do.”So Achish said to David, “Very well, I will appoint you as my permanent bodyguard.”

Verse ConceptsGuards

He was the most honored of the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Verse ConceptsGuardsThirtyPraising Specific People

And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains of the hundreds, of the bodyguard and the couriers, and brought them to him into the house of Jehovah, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and shewed them the king's son.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantCommanderMercenariesOaths, HumanCovenant RelationshipsPeople Made Known

The royal bodyguard took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.

Verse ConceptsWeapons

And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the bodyguard, and the couriers, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way through the gate of the couriers into the king's house. And he sat upon the throne of the kings.

Verse ConceptsThrone

And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, servant of the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsCommanderMonthMonth 5

And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the body-guard broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Verse ConceptsGuardsRemnantExile Of Judah To Babylon

But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

Verse ConceptsFarmersRemnantSmall RemnantsPloughmenImmigrants

And the censers and the bowls, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.

Verse ConceptsSilverTaking Mixed Metals

And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the high priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsHigh Priest, In OtPrisonersDoorkeepers

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

He was the most honored of the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Verse ConceptsGuardsThirty

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.

Verse ConceptsGuardsExecutionersExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left certain of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRemnantSmall Remnants

And Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had given charge concerning Jeremiah by Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard, saying,

So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,

The word that came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him, being bound in chains, among all the captivity of Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried away captive to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonPeople Set Free By People

And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thy God pronounced this evil upon this place,

Verse ConceptsGod Harmed Them

And while he had not yet given answer; he said, Yea, go back to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the cities of Judah, and abide with him in the midst of the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right in thy sight to go. And the captain of the body-guard gave him provisions and a present, and let him go.

And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsSurvivors Threatened

men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerijah;

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, which was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzar-adan, captain of the body-guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came unto Jerusalem;

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the body-guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the poorest sort of the people, and the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.

Verse ConceptsExile Of Judah To BabylonTurning Against Men

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

Verse ConceptsSmall RemnantsPloughmen

And the basons and the censers, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the cups, and the goblets, that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, the captain of the body-guard took away.

Verse ConceptsThe Golden LampstandSilverTaking Mixed Metals

And the captain of the body-guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsThree Men

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand six hundred.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine HundredFour Thousand

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Verse ConceptsExecutionersWise MenAttempting To Kill Specific People

So the king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring back John’s head. And he went and had John beheaded in the prison,

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom Of The SaintsDeath penaltyCommands, in NTPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfExecutionersRemoving HeadsKilling DisciplesDeath Penalty For Killing

Then Herod and his bodyguard treated Him with contempt and made sport of Him and put a gorgeous robe on Him and sent Him back to Pilate.

Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

The men who acted as Paul's bodyguard took him all the way to Athens, and then went back with orders for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofPaul, Life Of

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Body-Guard (39 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
στρατοπεδάρχης 
Stratopedarches 
captain of the guard
Usage: 1

πτῶμα 
Ptoma 
Usage: 4

σύσσωμος 
Sussomos 
of the same body
Usage: 1

σῶμα 
Soma 
Usage: 123

χρώς 
Chros 
Usage: 1

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