261 occurrences in 12 translations

'Court' in the Bible

Meanwhile, down in Egypt, the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials, who was also Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsExecutionersCommerce

Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

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

And he asked the court officials of Pharaoh that [were] with him in the custody of his master's house, "Why [are] your faces sad today?"

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

So Joseph went up [to Canaan] to bury his father, and with him went all the officials of Pharaoh, [the nobles of his court and] the elders of his household and all [the nobles and] the elders of the land of Egypt—

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

"If two men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman and her children are born prematurely, but there is no harm, he is certainly to be fined as the husband of the woman demands of him, and he will pay as the court decides.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesLawsuitsAccidental KillingsJudicial PunishmentFighting One AnotherstruggleHurt

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

Verse ConceptsLinenMaking The TabernacleLinen Items

And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

Verse ConceptsWestTen ThingsWest Sides

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

Verse ConceptsThe Sun

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Verse ConceptsembroideryFour SupportsPillars For The TabernacleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothMulti ColouredDimensions Of Other ThingsBlue Purple And Scarlet

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

Verse ConceptsSilverBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

Verse ConceptsLinen ItemsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

“You shall also make a basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. You shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it.

Verse ConceptsBasinsBronzeMeans Of PurifyingBase Of ThingsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,

Verse ConceptsPillars For The TabernacleSockets

The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords,

Verse ConceptsTentsPegsCords

And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

Verse ConceptsLinenLinen Items

And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

Verse ConceptsThree Other Things

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

Verse ConceptsLinen Items

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

Verse ConceptsSilverOverlaid With SilverBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Verse ConceptsembroideryColors, BlueGates Of The TempleRed MaterialBlue ClothPurple ClothBlue Purple And Scarlet

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.

Verse ConceptsPegsBronze Items For The Tabernacle

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Verse ConceptsRopesTentsPegsPillars For The TabernacleSocketsGates Of The Temple

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Verse ConceptsGates Of The Temple

And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

Verse ConceptsRemaining OfferingsFood For Priests Defined

The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Verse ConceptsSin OfferingFood For Priests Defined

Then she shall remain [intimately separated] thirty-three days to be purified from the blood; she shall not touch any consecrated thing nor enter the [courtyard of the] sanctuary until the days of her purification are over.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryTouchMore Than One MonthTouching Holy ThingsTouching Unclean ThingsPurifying OneselfHallowed

He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the sacred place [the courtyard of the tabernacle]; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingFood For Priests DefinedKilling SacrificesPriests Possessing

Then he shall go out to the altar [of burnt offering in the court] which is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides.

Verse ConceptsHornsPriests Atoning

and make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the Tent of Meeting, and for the altar [of burnt offering in the court]. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

Verse ConceptsPriests Atoning

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

Verse ConceptsTentsSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

Verse ConceptsPegs

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Verse ConceptsTentsPegs

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsInnocence, Teaching OnJustification, Necessity OfLawsuitsMagistrates

And Joshua said to Achan, "My son, please, give glory to Yahweh the God of Israel, and give him a doxology in court. Tell me, please, what you have done; do not hide [it] from me."

Verse ConceptsHiding Sins

And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was in [the courtyard of] the sanctuary of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBook of the LawWritingTreesMonumentsOaks

Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today.”

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOffspringPurchasingTownWidowsNamed Wives

All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem.

Verse ConceptsBethlehemBuildersLike Good PeopleGetting Rich

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

Verse ConceptsScribesRecorders

Zadok son of Ahituband Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;Seraiah was court secretary;

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesSecretary

So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesTen People

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardHiding From PeopleTelling Of Happenings

Adoram was in charge of forced labor; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

Verse ConceptsRecordersForced Labour

Sheva was court secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

Verse ConceptsSecretary

Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, Dry

His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors.

Verse ConceptsWestWest SidesTime Of Peacebridgesdominion

My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court."

Verse ConceptsRafts

and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DryWeights And Measures, LiquidWheatCommerceEvery Year

And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

Verse ConceptsSkillStoneworkCedar WoodThree Parts Of Constructions

And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

Verse ConceptsToolsCarpentry ToolsSawsstructure

And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardCedarWallsCedar WoodThree Parts Of Constructions

Then Solomon stood [in the courtyard] before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Verse ConceptsAssemblyAttitudes, in prayerPrayer, Practicalities OfThe Altar Of The LordLifting Hands

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardFatnessGrainSmall ThingsSacrifice On The Bronze AltarFat Of The SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsCourts Of The Temple

The king of Israel summoned a certain court official, and he said, "Quickly fetch Micaiah son of Imlah."

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

When the king asked the woman, she told him the story. So the king appointed a court official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, along with all the income from the field from the day she left the country until now.”

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsGiving Back

And the guards stood, each man with weapons in his hand, from the right side to the left side of the temple area, by the altar [in the courtyard] and by the temple [proper], all around the king.

Verse ConceptsWeapons

He removed from the house of the Lord the covered way for the Sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entrance of the king, because of the king of Assyria [who might confiscate them].

Verse ConceptsPavements

Then they called for the king, but Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebnah the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to them.

Verse ConceptsOfficersScribesSecretaryRecorders

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesRecordersThose Who Tore Clothes

Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

Verse ConceptsOfficersScribesSecretaryNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Inspiration Of OtWord Of God

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple, saying,

Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

Verse ConceptsArchivesScribesReading The ScripturesThe Law Given To Israel

Then Shaphan the court secretary went to the king and reported, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hand of those doing the work—those who oversee the Lord’s temple.”

Verse ConceptsWages

Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book,” and Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

Verse ConceptsReading The Scriptures

Then he commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah:

Verse ConceptsSecretary

He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech the court official, and he burned up the chariots of the sun.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his court officials. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

Verse ConceptsNoblesKings of judahSurrender

He deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king, the wives of the king, his court officials, and the citizenry of the land he caused to go into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon:

Verse ConceptsPolygamyKings Exiled

He took a court official who had been appointed over the warriors from the city; five trusted royal aides found in the city; the secretary of the commander of the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military duty; and 60 men from the common people who were found within the city.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionScribesSecretaryFive PeopleSixties

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

Verse ConceptsScribesRecorders

Zadok son of Ahituband Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests;Shavsha was court secretary;

As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

Verse ConceptsAmbiguityFour PeopleWest Sides

David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the brave warriors.

Verse ConceptsCommanderRankAssembling Leaders

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardOverlaid With BronzeBronze Gates

For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

Verse ConceptsKneelingPrayer, Practicalities OfBronze Items For The Tabernacle

Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingCourtyardSacrifice On The Bronze Altar

And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardMartyrdom Of The SaintsDeath penaltyTrapConspiracy

You say, ‘See, I have struck down and defeated Edom.’ Your heart lifts you up to boast [about your victory]. Now stay at home; why should you meddle and court disaster so that you, even you, will fall and Judah with you?”

Verse ConceptsSuccessArrogance, Characterizes The WickedTwelve Beings

Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.

Verse ConceptsSecretary

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

Consequently, Hilkiah told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the Lord’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan.

Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest gave me a book,” and Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.

Verse ConceptsScribes

Then he commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the court secretary, and the king’s servant Asaiah,

And stand in the holy place [of the priests] according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your fellow kinsmen the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of [the families of] a father’s household.

Verse Conceptsdivision

"Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfJudgesMagistratesBeyond The RiverTeaching The Way Of God

Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.

Verse ConceptsThe Angle

The people went out, brought back branches, and made booths for themselves on each of their rooftops, and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate, and the square by the Gate of Ephraim.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardHousesRoofHousetopsNamed Gates

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

Verse ConceptsOnce A Day

When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows. This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king’s presence.

Verse ConceptsTreasonPeople Hung To DeathHistorical BooksKilling Named Individuals

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Verse ConceptsOne MonthDeath Penalty For Violence

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekDistinctive Clothingroyalty

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

Verse ConceptsTouching Holy Things

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Chamber (78 instances)
Council (55 instances)
Courtroom (1 instance)
Fashion (39 instances)
Flatter (8 instances)
Homage (77 instances)
Persuade (27 instances)
Portico (41 instances)
Retinue (6 instances)
Solicit (4 instances)
Street (62 instances)
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Root Form
Definition
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חציר 
Chatsiyr 
Usage: 1

חצר 
Chatser 
Usage: 190

עזרה 
`azarah 
Usage: 9

αὐλή 
Aule 
Usage: 9

φιλανθρώπως 
Philanthropos 
Usage: 1

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