'Mean' in the Bible

And when your children say to you, "What does this ritual mean?'

Let this serve as a sign among you, so that when your children ask in times to come, "What do these stones mean to you,'

You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! You've made it abundantly clear today that your officers and the men under them mean nothing to you! I've learned today that you would rather have Absalom alive today and all the rest of us dead!

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

"Tell my rebellious house, "Don't you know what these things mean? Look! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, captured her king and princes, and took them with him to Babylon.

"Cry and wail, you Son of Man! It's headed against my people. It's also against all the princes of Israel, who have been tossed to the sword, along with my people. So it's time to grieve like you mean it,

Then the people told me, "Are you going to explain what these things that you're doing should mean to us?"

When the descendants of your people ask you, "Would you please explain to us what you mean by this?'

The angel who had been speaking with me answered by asking, "You don't know what these mean, do you?" So I responded, "No, sir."