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'Knew' in the Bible

And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And when he built a city {he named the city after his son, Enoch}.

Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyCityBuildingPregnancyCitiesCivilizationBuildersMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenPeople Naming ThingsSame Sex MarriageBuilding Relationships

Then Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for [she said] "God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him."

Verse ConceptsAdam, After The FallAbelAbel and CainMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenExchange Of IndividualsKilling Named IndividualsPeople With Apt NamesAdam and evepremarital

And the dove came to him {in the evening}, and behold, a freshly-picked olive tree leaf [was] in her mouth. And Noah knew that the waters had subsided from upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsOlivesBreaking SticksKnowing FactsWaters SubsidingOlive TreesFloodsRainbow

Then Noah awoke from his drunkenness, and he knew what his youngest son had done to him.

Verse ConceptsKnowing FactsDrunkenness

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be for him, so whenever he went in to the wife of his brother he would waste [it] on the ground so as not to give offspring to his brother.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningSemenNot GivingPeople With General KnowledgesexSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

The angel of Yahweh did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, and then Manoah knew that he [was] a messenger of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsGod Appearing

I will make him know that I am about to judge his household forever because of the iniquity that he knew, for his sons [were] bringing curses on themselves, but he did not rebuke them.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Kidsdiscipline, in the familyOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrder In The HomeRestraintReprobates

{And when} all who knew him {formerly} saw that he prophesied with prophets, the people said to one another, "What [is] this [that] has happened to the son of Kish? [Is] Saul also among the prophets?"

Verse ConceptsSchool

Then Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. So Jonathan knew {that his father had decided} to kill David.

Verse ConceptsSpearsThrowing Spears

But the boy did not know anything [about this]; only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

So the king said to the runners [who were] stationed around him, "Turn and kill the priests of Yahweh, because {they also support David} and because they knew that he was fleeing and {did not disclose it to me}." But the servants of the king [were] not willing to raise their hand to attack the priests of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesKilling PriestsOthers Who FledPeople UnwillingThose Who Did Not Tell

Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day that Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would certainly tell Saul. {I am responsible for the deaths of all your father's household}!

Verse ConceptsTelling Of Movements

So David took the spear and the jar of water from [near] Saul's head, and they went [away]. {No one saw, no one knew, and no one awakened}, for all of them [were] sleeping because a deep sleep of Yahweh had fallen upon them.

Verse ConceptsSleep, Physical

So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after his falling; I took the crown that [was] on his head and [the] bracelet which [was] on his arm; and here, I have brought them to my lord.

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

{When Joab was besieging} the city, he put Uriah toward the place which he knew {there were valiant warriors}.

Verse ConceptsMan Appointing

"You knew David my father, that he was not able to build a house for the name of Yahweh his God, {in view of the warfare} which surrounded him, until Yahweh placed them under the soles of his feet.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfFootstoolsFeetPeople's Inability To Serve GodSolomon's TemplePeople OvercomingReady For WarA Place For God's NameAll Enemies Under God's Feet

Hiram sent his servants with the fleet of ships, {sailors} who knew the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Verse ConceptsMarinersSkillShips For Trading

And David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel [and] that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

Verse ConceptsInsight

and prayed to him. And God responded to him and heard his plea and let him return to Jerusalem to his kingdom. And Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.

Verse ConceptsAnswered PrayerThose who returned from exile

When our enemies heard of this, all of the nations surrounding us were afraid and {lost their confidence}. They knew that this work had been done with [the help of] our God.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahSelf ConfidenceFear, Of UnknownSelf EsteemConfidence And Self Esteem

You gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all of his servants, and all of the people of his land because you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. You made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfArrogance, Punishment OfGod, All knowingAs At This Day

And the king said to the wise men, {the ones who know the times}--for it [was] the procedure of the king before all those who knew law and rights;

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature Of

{O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling.

Concerning your testimonies, I knew long ago that you have established them forever.

Verse ConceptsEternal Truth

And all of the people knew it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria in pride and arrogance of heart, saying,

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceProud People

Now they are created, and not from {of old}, and before today, and you have not heard them so that you could not say, "Look! I knew them."

Verse ConceptsNow

Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelTreacheryFrom Birth

Then Hanamel, the son of my uncle, came to me, to the courtyard of the guard {according to} the word of Yahweh, and he said to me, 'Please buy my field that [is] at Anathoth, that [is] in the land of Benjamin, for to you [is] the claim of possession, and to you the redemption; buy [it] for yourself.' Then I knew that this [was] the word of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsNegotiationRedemption, In Everyday Life

{And then} on the second day of the killing of Gedaliah--and {no one} knew--

Then all the men who knew that their wives [were] making smoke offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood [by], a great assembly, and all the people who lived in the land of Egypt in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, {saying},

Verse ConceptsDifferent GodsKnowing FactsOther Wives

Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How [the] staff of might is broken, [the] staff of glory.'

Verse ConceptsSceptreSorrowDeposing

This [was] the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel at the {Kebar River}, and I knew that they [were] cherubim.

Verse ConceptsCosmic CreaturesRecognising People

And he knew their widows, and he devastated their cities, and [the] land was appalled, and {everyone in it} at the sound of his roar.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of CitiesDestruction Of StrongholdsCities Under AttackPeople Appalled

"But you his {successor}, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart {even though} you knew all this.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toDrawbacks To KnowledgeHumbling OneselfHumble Yourself

Then the men {were greatly afraid}, and they said to him, "What [is] this you have done?" because they knew that he [was] fleeing {from the presence of} Yahweh (because he had told them).

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFear, Of UnknownFleeing From GodWhat Do You Do?Knowing FactsBeing ScaredThe Presence Of Godsailingjonah

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, [was] this not {what I said} while I was in my homeland? Therefore {I originally fled} to Tarshish, because I knew that you [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger {and having great steadfast love}, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Verse ConceptsGod, Patience OfGod, Repentance OfKnowing God, Nature OfReceptivenessRestraintGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindHasty ActionSaying The Same ThingsSaying RepeatedlyA Forgiving GodGod Turned Back From Harming ThemKnowing God's CharacterAnger And Forgivenessjonah

And it was broken on that day. Then the afflicted of the flock, the [ones who were] watching me, knew that it [was] the word of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsBreaking The Covenant

And [when] the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them,

Verse ConceptsJesus Using ParablesUnderstanding God's Wordpharisees

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

Verse ConceptsNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowOne Material ThingLarge DenominationsStrictnessKnowing God's CharacterReaping What You SowTalents

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

Verse ConceptsTalentsSlothfulnessNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowKnowing God's Character

And he healed many {who were sick} with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsdriving outDemons, Christ's AuthoritySpiritsMiracles Of ChristEvil Spirits DiscernmentJesus Casting Out DemonsChrist Concealing ThingsJesus Healing

For Herod was afraid of John, [because he] knew him [to be] a righteous and holy man and protected him. And [when he] listened to him, he was greatly perplexed, and [yet] he listened to him gladly.

Verse ConceptsPuzzlementSpecific Holy IndividualsFear Of Individuals

And they were seeking to arrest him, and they were afraid of the crowd, because they knew that he had told the parable with reference to them. And they left him [and] went away.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesLeaving People Alone

But [because he] knew their hypocrisy, he said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius so that I can look at [it]!"

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitMoney, Uses OfTrapTrickeryCaesarDiscernment of JesusTesting ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleShowing HypocrisyTax To Be PaidHypocrisy

And demons also were coming out of many, crying out and saying, "You are the Son of God!" And he rebuked [them] [and] did not permit them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsDemons, Exorcism OfRebukeShoutingJesus Recognised As The ChristEvil Spirits DiscernmentJesus Casting Out DemonsChrist Concealing ThingsSaid To Be The Christ

But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand in the middle," and he got up [and] stood there.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About People

And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

Verse ConceptsLaughterDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsKnowing FactsMocking Christ

But Jesus, [because he] knew the thoughts of their hearts, took hold of a child and had him stand beside him

Verse ConceptsThoughtChrist Knowing About PeopleDealing With Young PeopleSide Of People

And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.

Verse ConceptsAccording To His WillSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionKnowing God's WillKnowing FactsStrictnessDoing The Right ThingservanthoodNot Serving God

He said to him, '{By your own words} I will judge you, wicked slave! You knew that I am a severe man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

Verse ConceptsNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowCondemnation Of The WickedBeware Of Your SpeechStrictnessKnowing God's CharacterReaping What You Sow

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay [their] hands on him at [that] same hour, and they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had told this parable with reference to them.

Verse ConceptsChief priestsCrowdsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristTeachers Of The LawProper UnderstandingPeople OpposedArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus Using ParablesOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Now when the head steward tasted the water which had become wine and did not know where it was from--but the servants who had drawn the water knew--the head steward summoned the bridegroom

Verse ConceptsTasteDrawing WaterProviding WineNot Knowing WhereKnowing FactsWhere From?Jesus As A Bridegroompotential

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

Verse ConceptsdistrustEntrustingFaith And TrustTrusting Others

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying

So the father knew that [it was] that same hour at which Jesus said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Origins Ofevangelism, kinds ofHousesKept Alive By MenAt The Same TimeKnowing FactsThose Who Believed In Christ

Jesus, [when he] saw this one lying [there] and knew that he had [been sick] a long time already, said to him, "Do you want to become well?"

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesHealthChrist SeeingChrist Knowing About PeopleAction For A Long TimeHow Healing CameFaith And Healing

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

Verse ConceptsChrist Knowing About HimselfIdentityIdentity In ChristTestsexamstrying

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

Verse ConceptsHumility Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleMaking KingsOutward Compulsionmovement

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

Verse ConceptsAwarenessGrumblingChrist Knowing About PeopleThe Disciples WordsComplainingcriticism

But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristSkepticismJudas Betraying ChristNot Believing In JesusChrist Knowing About PeopleWho Is The Doer?Believing In Christa new beginning

(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report [it], in order that they could arrest him.)

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTArresting Christ

[because he] knew that the Father had given him all [things] into [his] hands, and that he had come forth from God and was going away to God,

Verse ConceptsChristmasCertaintyUniverseChrist Knowing About HimselfChrist's OriginGod Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristFathers Love

(Now no one of those reclining at table knew for what [reason] he said this to him.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing About ChristWhy Does Jesus Do This?

Jesus knew that they were wanting to ask him, and he said to them, "Are you deliberating with one another about this--that I said, 'A little [while], and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me'?

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristQuestioning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The End

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, also knew about the place, because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.)

Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristDisciples' MovementsPeople With General Knowledge

Then Jesus, [because he] knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeForeknowledge Of ChristChrist Knowing About HimselfDeath

Jesus said to them, "Come, eat breakfast!" But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" [because they] knew that it was the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDocetismInvitationsMealsBreakfastPeople EatingNot Asking OthersWho Is Jesus?Losing CouragecookingJesus Eating

Therefore, [because he] was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat {one of his descendants} on his throne,

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofChrist, The Seed OfOaths, DivineJesus Christ, KingGod Swearing BlessingsKnowing FactsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Paul wanted this one to go with him, and he took [him] [and] circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for [they] all knew that his father was Greek.

Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

This man had been instructed [in] the way of the Lord, and being enthusiastic in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the [things] about Jesus, [although he] knew only the baptism of John.

Verse ConceptseagernessChristian TeachersFervourZealousness, Examples OfAccuracyBaptised By JohnTeaching The Way Of GodBaptism

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