35 occurrences

'Forward' in the Bible

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

Moses called also to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp.”

So they came forward and carried them still in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said.

Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward,

Then he said to the people, “Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark of the Lord.”

And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the Lord went forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

Then Abimelech and the company who was with him dashed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate; the other two companies then dashed against all who were in the field and slew them.

It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand.

So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his military attire, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out.

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’

But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land, slaughtering the Moabites.

Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, “Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”

Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?”

Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘How?’

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

“Coastlands, listen to Me in silence,And let the peoples gain new strength;Let them come forward, then let them speak;Let us come together for judgment.

“Present your case,” the Lord says.“Bring forward your strong arguments,”The King of Jacob says.

Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward.

Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots,That the mighty men may march forward:Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield,And the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.

their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.

And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went.

For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews.

“All of them come for violence.Their horde of faces moves forward.They collect captives like sand.

They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward,

He *said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!”

The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and come forward!” And he got up and came forward.

So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias.

They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law;

On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.

Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly.

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προβάλλω 
Proballo 
Usage: 1

הלאה 
Hal@ah 
Usage: 16

יעל 
Ya`al 
Usage: 23

מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 140

נסע 
Naca` 
Usage: 146

נצח 
Natsach 
Usage: 65

פּשׁט 
Pashat 
Usage: 43

προέρχομαι 
Proerchomai 
go before , go farther , go forward , outgo , pass on
Usage: 9

προθυμία 
Prothumia 
Usage: 5

σπουδάζω 
Spoudazo 
Usage: 11

σπουδή 
Spoude 
Usage: 12

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