258 occurrences in 12 translations

'Promised' in the Bible

Then everyone who callson the name of Yahweh will be saved,for there will be an escapefor those on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,as the Lord promised,among the survivors the Lord calls.

“Arise and depart [because the captivity is inevitable],For this [land] is not the place of restBecause of the defilement that brings destruction,A painful and terrible destruction.

But each man will sit under his grapevineand under his fig treewith no one to frighten him.For the mouth of the Lord of Hostshas promised this.

And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly.

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man {named} Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin [was] Mary.

as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

He went there to be registered with Mary, who had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.

And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

While he was meeting with them, he ordered them, "Don't leave Jerusalem. Instead, wait for what the Father has promised, about which you heard me speak,

Therefore, since he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him with an oath to put one of his descendants on his throne,

Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also announced these days.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

It was from this man's descendants that God, as he promised, brought to Israel a Savior, who is Jesus.

We're telling you the good news: What God promised our ancestors

And [as for the fact] that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay [in the grave], He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David [those blessings and mercies that were promised to him].’

(as it is written [in Scripture], “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the sight of Him in whom he believed, that is, God who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.

In hope against hope Abraham believed that he would become a father of many nations, as he had been promised [by God]: “So [numberless] shall your descendants be.”

So then, being always filled with good courage and confident hope, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord—

Therefore I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance the generous gift you promised, so that it will be ready as a gift and not as an extortion.

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

For the Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the Law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise,

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

and if anyone takes away from or distorts the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away [from that one] his share from the tree of life and from the holy city (new Jerusalem), which are written in this book.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐπαγγέλλω 
Epaggello 
Usage: 15

אמר 
'omer 
Usage: 6

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

תּנוּאה 
T@nuw'ah 
Usage: 2

ἐξομολογέω 
Exomologeo 
Usage: 8

ἐπαγγελία 
Epaggelia 
Usage: 51

ἐπάγγελμα 
Epaggelma 
Usage: 2

ὁμολογέω 
Homologeo 
Usage: 19

προεπαγγέλλομαι 
Proepaggellomai 
Usage: 1

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