'Immediately' in the Bible

The Nephilim were on the earth at that time (and also immediately afterward), when those divine beings were having sexual relations with those human women, who gave birth to children for them. These children became the heroes and legendary figures of ancient times.

Also, let Pharaoh immediately proceed to appoint supervisors over the land of Egypt, who will collect one fifth of its agricultural production during the coming seven years of abundance.

If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.

The LORD told Moses, "Go down immediately, because your people whom you led out of Egypt have behaved corruptly.

Aaron and all the Israelis saw Moses and immediately noticed that the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him.

"Neither," he answered. "I have come as commander of the LORD's Army." Joshua immediately fell on his face to the earth and worshipped, saying to him, "Lord, what do you have for your servant by way of command?"

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the troops in ambush quickly got up from their place of hiding and attacked. They entered the city, seized it, and immediately set it on fire.

Saul immediately fell down full-length on the ground. He was terrified because of Samuel's words, and he had no strength because he had not eaten food all day and all night.

Now Ahithophel's advice that he provided at that time was being compared to one who inquired of God, so highly regarded was Ahithophel's counsel by both David and Absalom.

"Please!" the king begged the man of God, "Ask the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored for me!" So the man of God asked the LORD, and the king's hand was immediately and fully restored, just like it had been before.

But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.

So Jeremiah told Zedekiah, "This is what the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "If you will immediately surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, and this city won't be burned with fire. Both you and your family will live.

then go immediately to the exiles; that is, to your people's descendants, and tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says"' whether they listen or not."

So I prophesied, just as I had been ordered to do so. Immediately there was a noise and a rattling and then all of a sudden the bones came together by themselves! Each bone came together, all of them attached together!

Anyone who does not fall down and worship is immediately to be thrown into the blazing fire furnace."

Now, if you are ready at this very moment to obey "the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp,' and worship the image that I have made" If you do not so worship, you will immediately have cast yourselves into the middle of the blazing fire, and what god is there who can deliver you from my power?"

The decree was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar immediately. He was driven away from people to eat grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky, until his hair grew like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws.

At this, he permitted him to be baptized. When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.

they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

Jesus immediately had the disciples get into a boat and cross to the other side ahead of him, while he sent the crowds away.

"Have courage!" Jesus immediately told them. "It's me. Stop being afraid!"

Seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. He told it, "May fruit never come from you again!" And immediately the fig tree dried up.

"Immediately after the troubles of those days, "The sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Hello, Rabbi!" and kissed him tenderly.

So immediately they left their nets and followed him.

He immediately called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

So the man got up, immediately picked up his mat, and went out in front of all of them. As a result, all of the people were amazed and began to glorify God as they kept on saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Immediately the Pharisees and Herodians went out and began to plot how to kill him.

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

But when the grain is ripe, he immediately starts cutting with his sickle because the harvest time has come."

Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

Immediately the girl hurried back to the king with her request, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Jesus immediately had his disciples get into a boat and cross to Bethsaida ahead of him, while he sent the crowd away.

All of them saw him and were terrified. Immediately he told them, "Have courage! It's me. Stop being afraid!"

In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsions. He fell on the ground and kept rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

So Judas immediately went up to Jesus and said, "Rabbi," and kissed him tenderly.

So the man immediately stood up in front of them and picked up what he had been lying on. Then he went home, praising God.

Then Jesus told the crowds, "When you see a cloud coming in from the west, you immediately say, "There's going to be a storm,' and that's what happens.

Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.

Then he asked them, "If your son or ox falls into a well on the Sabbath day, you would pull him out immediately, wouldn't you?"

Immediately the man could see again and began to follow Jesus, glorifying God. All the people saw this and gave praise to God.

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

So they were glad to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside"and it was night.

Peter again denied it, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately came out.

Then Peter took hold of his right hand and began to help him up. Immediately his feet and ankles became strong,

He immediately started to preach about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This is the Son of God."

So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

As soon as he had seen the vision, we immediately looked for a way to go to Macedonia, because we were convinced that God had called us to tell the people there the good news.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

At that hour of the night, he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately.

That night the brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.

Then the brothers immediately sent Paul away to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed there.

Immediately the tribune took some soldiers and officers and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

Paul said, "But I was born a citizen." Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.

and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like.