5 occurrences

'Byword' in the Bible

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

Verse ConceptsBywordRidicule, Nature OfFun

then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

Verse ConceptsBywordMockerySongsjoking

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

Verse Conceptsjoking

Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Verse ConceptsBywordOutsidersPriests, Function In Ot TimesPorchesGod Not ExistingBeing ReprovedWhere Is God?

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