495 occurrences in 12 translations

'Leaders' in the Bible

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Number TwelveAbraham, Testing And VictoryAnswered PrayerProsperity PromisedGod Multipling PeopleTwelve BeingsBlessed By GodGod Paid Attention To MeSons Being A Blessingfruitfulness

These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelCastlesRulersTwelve Beings

These were the tribal leaders of Esau's descendants; that is, the children of Eliphaz, who was Esau's firstborn: tribal leaders Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the tribal leaders who descended from Eliphaz in the territory of Edom. These were Adah's sons.

These were the descendants of Esau's son Reuel: tribal leaders Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the tribal leaders who descended from Reuel in the territory of Edom. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

These were the descendants of Esau's wife Oholibamah: tribal leaders Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These tribal leaders descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, Anah's daughter.

These were the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom) and their tribal leaders.

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the tribal leaders who descended from the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the territory of Edom.

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

These were the tribal leaders who descended from the Horites: tribal leaders Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the tribal leaders who descended from the Horites, according to their tribal leaders in the territory of Seir.

These were the names of the chiefs who descended from Esau according to their clans, territories, and names: tribal leaders Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Verse ConceptsRulers Of Edom

Go, gather the elders (tribal leaders) of Israel together, and say to them, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified;trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts apiece, and all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses.

Verse ConceptsGathering FoodDouble PortionsThe Sixth Day Of The WeekDay 6

So Moses chose able men from all Israel and made them leaders over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Verse ConceptsBeing OrganizedTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeopleChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleLeadersLeadership Qualitiesinvestingorganizationgroups

But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

Verse ConceptsJewelsJewellery And God

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

Verse ConceptsMen

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsCounting Levites

Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

Verse ConceptsRank

They brought as their offering before the Lord six covered carts and 12 oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsOxenGiftsCartsDonationsWagonsSix ThingsTwelve Animals

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

Verse ConceptsSetting Up The Bronze AltarDedication

This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed: 12 silver dishes, 12 silver basins, and 12 gold bowls.

Verse ConceptsThe Number TwelveBowlsTwelve ThingsSetting Up The Bronze AltarAnointing ThingsGold Items For The Tabernacl

However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.

Verse ConceptsOne Material Thing

Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.

250 prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff.

Verse ConceptsAlmondsThe Number TwelveTwelve Things

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each of the leaders of their ancestral houses, 12 staffs in all. Aaron’s staff was among them.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Things

It's the well that the leaders dug, the one carved out by the nobles of the people with their scepters and staffs.

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as the Lord may speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyPrincesOvercoming Adversity

So Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak’s leaders, “Go back to your land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

Verse ConceptsGod Forbidding

The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and more distinguished than the former.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordGoing TogetherSpeaking The Word God Gives

Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him.

Verse ConceptsSheepSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord so that His burning anger may turn away from Israel.”

Verse ConceptsPeople Hung To DeathAction Lest God Be Angry

Eliab's descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFighting One Another

They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

Verse ConceptsGod's Orders

Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

Verse ConceptsMeeting People

But Moses was angry toward the leaders of the troops, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, who came from the battle of the war.

Verse ConceptsMilitary ServiceCommanderNamed People Angry With Others

“You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.

Verse ConceptsNumberingBoth Men And Animals AffectedRules About Booty

Then the leaders of the thousands of the army, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, approached Moses,

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes.

The family leaders from the clan of the descendants of Gilead—the son of Machir, son of Manasseh—who were from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders who were over the Israelite families.

Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human ImportanceCivil GovernmentLeadersExamples of LeadershipDiscernmentLeadership Qualitiesfitnessexperiencewise

“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: officials for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

Verse ConceptsCommanderWisdom, Human ImportanceHuman Authority, Nature OfTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand People

All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

Verse ConceptsFire Emanating From GodHearing God's Voice

“All of you are standing today before the Lord your God—your leaders, tribes, elders, officials, all the men of Israel,

Verse ConceptsStandingForeigners Included Among The People

Then Moses wrote down this Law and gave it to the Levitical priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and to all of Israel's leaders.

Verse ConceptsBooksMoses, Significance OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesThe Ark Moved AroundCarrying Holy ThingsThe Law Given Through Mosesthe Law of moses

Gather together the leaders of your tribes and your foremen so I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and the earth as witnesses against them,

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthAssembling LeadersThings As WitnessesThe Elders Gathered

I will make My arrows drunk with bloodwhile My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and the captives,the heads of the enemy leaders.”

Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsLong HairCovered With BloodGod KillingGod Making DrunkGod Will Kill The PeoplesGod's SwordArrows

So He became King in Jeshurunwhen the leaders of the people gatheredwith the tribes of Israel.

Verse ConceptsTheocracyAssembling Leaders

He chose the best part for himself,because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him.He came with the leaders of the people;he carried out the Lord’s justiceand His ordinances for Israel.

Verse ConceptsChoosing Things

Joshua instructed the leaders of the people:

After three days the leaders went through the camp

At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust.

Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

Verse ConceptsRising Early, Examples OfMustering TroopsThose Who Rose Early

All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsJudgesFractions, One HalfHalf Of GroupsPriests In Action

So our leaders and all of the inhabitants of our country told us, "Take provisions along with you for your journey, go to meet them, and tell them, "We are your servants. Come now and make a treaty with us."'

So the leaders of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not ask the LORD about it.

Verse ConceptsAskingNot Enquiring Of GodDirection

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsSealing A CovenantAgreements, LegalKept Alive By Men

But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. Then the whole community grumbled against the leaders.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsFaultsResentment, Against People

All the leaders answered them, “We have sworn an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsTouchUnable To Harm

They also said, “Let them live.” So the Gibeonites became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had promised them.

Verse ConceptsMan Providing WaterKept Alive By MenFirewood

When they had brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel and spoke to the leaders of the men who had gone out to war along with him, "Come close and put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

Verse ConceptsFeetNecksSubjectionCare Of FeetThose Subjected To People

It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.

Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityRank

They came before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our male relatives.” So they gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the Lord’s instruction.

These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

Verse ConceptsTent Of Meeting

The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there.

Verse ConceptsGatesWaiting At Gates

Then the family leaders of the descendants of Levi approached Eleazar the priest and Nun's son Joshua, along with the family leaders of the people of Israel.

They sent 10 leaders with him—one family leader for each tribe of Israel. All of them were heads of their families among the clans of Israel.

Verse ConceptsTen People

The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans,

Verse ConceptsReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him, heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were pleased.

Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report to them.

So Joshua summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and said to them, “I am old, getting on in years,

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInfirmities

Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem and summoned Israel’s elders, leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersRenewal, Of People Of GodAssembling Israel

You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.

Verse ConceptsCrossing Into The Promised LandThose God Gave Into Their Hands

Then the LORD raised up leaders, who delivered Israel from domination by their marauders.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorDeliverance, Means OfLeaders, PoliticalDeliverers

But they didn't listen to their leaders, because they were committing spiritual immorality by following other gods and worshiping them. They quickly turned away from the road on which their ancestors had walked in obedience to the commands of the LORD. They didn't follow their example.

Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofGod's WaysProstitutionRevelation, Responses ToDifferent Gods

As a result, whenever the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD remained present with their leader, delivering Israel from the control of their enemies during the lifetime of that leader. The LORD was moved with compassion by their groaning that had been caused by those who were oppressing and persecuting them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorCruelty, God's attitude toGrace, In OtSensitivitySympathyGod Saving From EnemiesGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed Mercy

God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel.

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpNo Help In Other GodsVolunteering

My heart is with the leaders of Israel,with the volunteers of the people.Praise the Lord!

Verse ConceptsDeborahPeople WillingVolunteering

Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim;Benjamin came with your people after you.The leaders came down from Machir,and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

Issachar's leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak's command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching.

Verse ConceptsPrincesRank

They captured two Midianite leaders, Oreb and Zeeb. While they were pursuing the Midianites, they executed Oreb at Oreb's Rock and Zeeb at Zeeb's Winepress, and then they carried the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from the east bank of the Jordan River.

Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the leaders of Midian, into your control. What was I able to do compared to you?" When he said this, their anger calmed down.

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile RulersThose God Gave Into Their Hands

The leaders of Succoth said, “Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?”

Verse ConceptsMan's Work Finished

He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth's officials and city leaders -- seventy-seven men in all.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersInterrogatingSeventies

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּרך 
Darak 
Usage: 63

יבל 
Yabal 
Usage: 18

נחה 
Nachah 
Usage: 39

ἀπάγω 
Apago 
Usage: 11

אשׁר אשׁר 
'ashar 
Usage: 16

ילך 
Yalak 
go , walk , come , depart , ...away , follow , get , lead , brought , carry , bring ,
Usage: 0

נגד נגיד 
Nagiyd 
Usage: 44

נהג 
Nahag 
Usage: 31

נהל 
Nahal 
Usage: 10

עפרת עופרת 
`owphereth 
Usage: 9

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ἄγω 
Ago 
bring , lead , go , bring forth , , vr bring
Usage: 55

αἰχμαλωτεύω 
Aichmaloteuo 
Usage: 2

αἰχμαλωτίζω 
Aichmalotizo 
Usage: 2

ἀναφέρω 
Anaphero 
offer up , bear , offer , bring up , lead up , carry up
Usage: 10

διάγω 
Diago 
lead a life 99 , living
Usage: 2

εἰσάγω 
Eisago 
bring in , bring , lead
Usage: 9

εἰσφέρω 
Eisphero 
bring , bring in , lead
Usage: 5

ἐξάγω 
Exago 
Usage: 12

ὁδηγέω 
Hodegeo 
Usage: 2

ὁδηγός 
Hodegos 
Usage: 2

περιάγω 
Periago 
Usage: 5

συναπαγω 
sunapago 
condescend , carry away with , lead away with
Usage: 3

χειραγωγέω 
Cheiragogeo 
lead by the hand
Usage: 2

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