'Child' in the Bible
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,
"Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the midst of them,
Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,
But woe to those who are with child and to nursing mothers in those days!
When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up!"
She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.
Immediately the father of the child cried out with tears, "I believe. Help my unbelief!"
He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
"Whoever receives one such little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me, doesn't receive me, but him who sent me."
Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!
But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.
When eight days were fulfilled for the circumcision of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,
and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"
Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,
and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!"
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.
and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.
But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;
But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Good News.
to Timothy, my true child in faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare;
to Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
to Titus, my true child according to a common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior.
I beg you for my child, whom I have become the father of in my chains, Onesimus,
By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.
By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
She was with child. She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
When the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Baby (47 instances)
- Branch (67 instances)
- Child (442 instances)
- Daughter (342 instances)
- Descendant (129 instances)
- Heir (33 instances)
- Infant (22 instances)
- Innocent (124 instances)
- Kid (51 instances)
- Minor (10 instances)
- Youngster (5 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Banah
Bath
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Yalad
Na`ar
`alal
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