'Number' in the Bible

You've increased the number of fatally wounded in this city and you've filled your streets with the dead."

so that their hearts melt and the number of those who stumble increase. I've set in place a slaughtering sword at the entrance to all their gates. Oh, no! It's made like lightning. It's drawn to slaughter.

After a number of years, they'll become allies and the daughter of the southern king will go to the northern king in order to craft alliances. But she won't remain in power, nor will he retain his power. Instead, she'll be surrendered, along with her entourage, the one who fathered her, and the one who supported her at that time.

He'll also take their gods, their molten images, and their valuable vessels of silver and gold into Egypt as hostages. He'll avoid the northern king for a number of years.

Despite this, the number of the people of Israel will be like ocean sand, which can neither be measured nor counted. And the time will come when instead of it being said, "You are not my people,' it will be said, "You are children of the living God.'

"The more they increased in number, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame.

You have plowed evil; you have reaped unrighteousness; you have eaten the fruit of hypocrisy; because you trusted in your own direction, and in the number of your mighty forces.

You added to your inventory of businessmen they number more than the stars of heaven. The creeping locust sheds its skin and flies away.

That other angel told him, "Run and tell that young man: "Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it.

Again, he sent other servants to them, a greater number than the first, but the tenant farmers treated them the same way.

because Simon and all the people who were with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught,

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

because he was one of our number and was appointed to share in this ministry."

So those who welcomed his message were baptized. That day about 3,000 people were added to their number.

They were praising God and enjoying the good will of all the people. Every day the Lord was adding to their number those who were being saved.

But many of those who heard their message believed, and the men grew to number about 5,000.

In those days, as the number of the disciples was growing larger and larger, a complaint was made by the Hellenistic Jews against the Hebraic Jews that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of food.

So the word of God continued to spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem continued to grow rapidly. Even a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith. And so a large number of people was brought to the Lord.

When Peter realized what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where a large number of people had gathered and were praying.

In Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

As they were proclaiming the good news in that city, they discipled a large number of people. Then they went back to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Many of them believed, including a large number of prominent Greek women and men.

After we had been there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus arrived from Judea.

When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

We sailed slowly for a number of days and with difficulty arrived off Cnidus. Then, because the wind was against us, we sailed on the sheltered side of Crete off Cape Salome.

For a number of days neither the sun nor the stars were to be seen, and the storm continued to rage until at last all hope of our being saved vanished.

For I want to let you know about this secret, brothers, so that you will not claim to be wiser than you are: Stubbornness has come to part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles comes to faith.

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest. We suffered in a number of ways. Outwardly there were conflicts, inwardly there were fears.

as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

Each of them was given a white robe. They were told to rest a little longer until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers was completed, who would be killed as they themselves had been.

I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000. Those who were sealed were from every tribe of Israel:

The number of cavalry troops was 200,000,000. I heard how many there were.

so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast's name or the number of its name.

Then I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who had conquered the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing on the sea of glass holding God's harps in their hands.