55 occurrences in 11 translations

'Demanded' in the Bible

The next morning, Jacob realized that it was Leah! "What have you done to me?" he demanded of Laban. "Didn't I serve you for seven years in order to marry Rachel? Why did you deceive me?"

Verse ConceptsMorningWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

"What have you done?" Laban demanded of Jacob. "You've deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

Then Jacob got angry and started an argument with Laban. "What have I done?" he demanded. "What's my crime that would cause you to come pursue me so violently?

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousDisputesNamed People Angry With OthersWhat Sin?

I did not bring you any of the flock torn by wild beasts; I myself bore the loss. You demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or by night.

Verse ConceptsCompensationLossOppression, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsAnimals Torn To PiecesDay Or Night

After all the money had been spent throughout Egypt and Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and demanded, "Give us food! Why should we die right in front of you? Our money is spent!"

Verse ConceptsRequesting FoodPossibility Of DeathIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyShortage Other Than FoodFinancesSaving Money

And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?

Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesFloggingIncomplete Works

Take both your sheep and your cattle, just as you demanded and go! And bless me too!"

Verse ConceptsHerdsPeople Blessing

If instead a ransom is demanded of him, he can pay a redemption price for his life in the full amount demanded from him.

Then the Philistines demanded, "Who did this?" Someone said, "Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law took Samson's wife and gave her to the best man at Samson's wedding." In retaliation, the Philistines came up and burned her and her father to death.

Verse ConceptsSons In LawBurning PeopleWho Is The Doer?Transferring Wives

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?

And so it was that forty years after Israel had demanded a king, Absalom asked the king, "Please let me go to Hebron so I can pay my vow that I made to the LORD,

Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Think it over and you will see that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”

Verse ConceptsThe Elders Gathered

So he said to Ben-hadad’s messengers, “Say to my lord the king, ‘Everything you demanded of your servant the first time, I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers left and took word back to him.

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Did the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you?”

Verse ConceptsConfrontationRidicule, Nature OfInfidelity To GodSmitingSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The RighteousThe Spirit Of The LordCheeks

The king of Aram was enraged because of this matter, and he called his servants and demanded of them, “Tell me, which one of us is for the king of Israel?”

Verse ConceptsTurning Against Men

So the king of Assyria was told, “The nations whom you have sent into exile and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so He has sent lions among them, and they are killing them because they do not know the manner of [worship demanded by] the god of the land.”

Verse ConceptsRejection Of God

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you demand from me, I will pay.” The king of Assyria demanded 11 tons of silver and one ton of gold from King Hezekiah of Judah.

Verse ConceptsCoinageTreatyWe Have Sinned

Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the spirit from the Lord leave me to speak to you?”

Verse ConceptsThe Spirit Of The Lord

And that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor; for the service was heavy upon this people.

Verse ConceptsSix Things

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

Verse ConceptsEarsTeachablenessGod's DesiresThe Faculty Of HearingSacrificesSacrifice

To test God was in their minds, when they demanded food to satisfy their cravings.

Verse ConceptsSatan, As TempterTestingRequesting FoodTesting God

O God, arrogant and insolent men have risen up against me;A band of violent men have sought my life,And they have not set You before them.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofenemies, of believersPride, Results OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedAttempting To Kill MeIn Front

for it was there that our captors asked us for songs and our torturers demanded joy from us, "Sing us one of the songs about Zion!"

Verse ConceptsTorture

Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Verse ConceptsAstrologyClairvoyancesNecromancyPeople's Inability To UnderstandDisclosuresUnable To Understandpsychics

Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage demanded that they bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them before the king.

Verse ConceptsRageAnger, Sinful ExamplesAngry People

Where now is your king,that he may save you in all your cities,and the rulers you demanded, saying,“Give me a king and leaders”?

Verse ConceptsRulersAttitudes Towards KingsThings Which Cannot Save

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualSanhedrinTeachers Of The LawAssembling LeadersAsking Particular QuestionsChrist's OriginThe Chief Priests Convened

But when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea-Philippi, he demanded of his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?

Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of ManChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Ministry Of The Son Of Man

And his disciples demanded of him saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first have come?

Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadQuestioning ChristAre The Dead Raised?denial

And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is the first commandment of all?

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

Verse ConceptsAggressionGreed, Believers' Response ToOccupationsSatisfactionServants, BadSoldiersWagesWitnesses, FalseContentmentFalse AccusationsEmployersAvoiding ViolenceFalse WaysDo Not StealOne's DeedsBeing Content

But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsResponsibility, To GodSin, Nature OfStewardshipTrustworthinessWork, Divine And HumanIgnorance Of EvilGod's NeedsFaithful In MuchThose To Whom God GivesAccountabilityResponsibility

And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristNo SignsWhen?Pharisees Concerned About Christboyfriends

demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

Verse ConceptsOffspringWidowsConceptionQuestioning ChristLack Of Sons

And Pilate demanded of him saying, Art thou the king of the Jews? And he answering him said, Thou sayest.

Verse ConceptsClaimsKingship, DivineQuestioning ChristAssentingWho Is Jesus?Christ Is King Of IsraelSalvation For Israel

But Pilate, having heard Galilee named, demanded if the man were a Galilaean;

Verse Conceptsassertiveness

Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing), containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheJudaismRitual WashingWashingWaterWeights And Measures, LiquidSix ThingsWater ContainersStone ItemsMeans Of PurifyingPurifying OneselfOther Volume Measures

He demanded of them therefore again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus the Nazaraean.

Verse Conceptsseeking

The high priest therefore demanded of Jesus concerning his disciples and concerning his doctrine.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingOther References To The DisciplesRiversEducation

When he said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Jesus on the face and demanded, "Is that any way to answer the high priest?"

Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristSmitingSmiting Of The RighteousAnswering People

The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great day,) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheLegsBones BrokenCrucifiedOthers CrucifiedPreparing FoodRules About CorpsesSabbath Observed

And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly through fear of the Jews, demanded of Pilate that he might take the body of Jesus: and Pilate allowed it. He came therefore and took away the body of Jesus.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFaith, Growth InJews, TheSecrecyFear Of ManMyrrhAsking PermissionJesus CorpseFear Of EnemiesTaking Care Of Your Body

But you disowned and denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you.

Verse ConceptsBarabbasGod, Unity OfJesus Christ, Holiness OfChrist, Names ForDenying ChristJudged As MurderersRighteousness Of Christdenial

When they had put the men in front of them, they repeatedly asked, “By what sort of power, or in what name [that is, by what kind of authority], did you do this [healing]?”

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtPower, HumanIn The Name Of Christmagic

"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsThe Number Forty40 To 50 Years

Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofChainsIron ChainsInterrogatingWho Is This?What Do You Do?Two Other Things

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁאל שׁאל 
Sha'al 
Usage: 172

שׁאל 
Sh@'el (Aramaic) 
Usage: 6

שׁאלא 
Sh@'ela' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

ἐπερωτάω 
Eperotao 
Usage: 55

πυνθάνομαι 
Punthanomai 
Usage: 11

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