57 occurrences

'Man' in the Bible

The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly.”

Verse ConceptsJudging

So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.

The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day.

Verse ConceptsBuildingGiven Names To This Day

But when the sons of Israel cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

Verse ConceptsHandsTaxationTributesAnswered PrayerLeft Handed

He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

Verse ConceptsFatnessAssassinations, CompletedOverweightFat People

And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

But the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.”

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Nature OfOnly One PersonGod With Specific PeopleOvercominggideon

The Lord said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home.”

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Handsgroupsarmygideon

When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat.”

Verse ConceptsGrainTentsCakesTurning Upside DownDreams Involving Unusual Imagesgideon

His friend replied, “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and all the camp into his hand.”

Verse ConceptsThose God Gave Into Their Handsgideon

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels’ necks.

Verse ConceptsCamelsWearing JewelleryApproval To Kill Oneself

“Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

Verse ConceptsBodySeventySame Bone And FleshSeventies

Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so that it will not be said of me, ‘A woman slew him.’” So the young man pierced him through, and he died.

Verse ConceptsArmourArmorbearerApproval To Kill OneselfKilling Named Individuals

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Verse ConceptsDefenseRescueTribes Of Israelgrandfathers

The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, “Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”

Verse ConceptsFirst To FightFighting EnemiesCompetition

At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel,

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.

Verse ConceptsThe Angel Of GodNot Asking OthersWhere From?What Is God's Name?Man Of God

Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born.”

Verse ConceptsGod TeachingMan Of GodNamed Individuals Who PrayedRaising Children

So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the man who came the other day has appeared to me.”

Verse ConceptsGood Wives ExamplesRunning With News

Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “I am.”

Verse ConceptsIs It Really?

Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalTying Up

He said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofUnused

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how you may be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web [and fasten it with a pin, then I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Verse ConceptsSpinning And WeavingTying Updreadlocks

So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become weak and be like any other man.”

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

Verse ConceptsContentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.

And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

Verse ConceptsephodsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesConsecration

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseChaosSelfishnessAnarchyNo King

Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there.

Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

Verse ConceptsAdoption

So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah.

Verse ConceptsConsecrationMan Appointing

When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?”

Verse ConceptsVoicesAsking Particular QuestionsRecognising Things

They turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Verse ConceptsGreetings

They said to him, “Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersCurbing SpeechUnnamed Priests

So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsSittingPeople Who Delayed

Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go home.”

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him.

Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites.

Verse ConceptsEveningMen Working

And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where do you come from?”

Verse ConceptsWhere From?Where To?

He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to my house, and no man will take me into his house.

Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming People

Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodMangersWineFeeding Animals

The old man said, “Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square.”

Verse ConceptsSalutationsHospitalityTravellersCity Squareswelcome

While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have relations with him.”

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And Divine

Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”

Verse ConceptsdaughtersGirlsVirginAbusemistressharassmentvirginity

But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofActing All Night

He said to her, “Get up and let us go,” but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his home.

Verse ConceptsCarrying Dead BodiesGet Up!Others Not Answering

Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsCongregationShrinesAssembling IsraelUnified PeopleAll Peoplecrusades

Then all the people arose as one man, saying, “Not one of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us return to his house.

Verse ConceptsUnified People

This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every man and every woman who has lain with a man.”

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five Hundred

It shall come about, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we shall say to them, ‘Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take for each man of Benjamin a wife in battle, nor did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.’”

Verse ConceptsComplaints

The sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and each one of them went out from there to his inheritance.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

Bible Theasaurus

Blade (28 instances)
Bully (2 instances)
Equip (8 instances)
Fellow (213 instances)
Generation (166 instances)
Gentleman (1 instance)
Mankind (130 instances)
Master (460 instances)
Mister (4 instances)
Workman (25 instances)

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