4 occurrences in 12 translations
'Purposes' in the Bible
They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know all hearts [their thoughts, motives, desires], show us which one of these two You have chosen
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets [who spoke a new message of God to the people] and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch, and Saul.
and said, “You [Elymas] who are full of every [kind of] deceit, and every [kind of] fraud, you son of the devil, enemy of everything that is right and good, will you never stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets (divinely inspired spokesmen), encouraged and strengthened the believers with many words.
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Aim (30 instances)
- Design (99 instances)
- Determination (8 instances)
- Function (10 instances)
- Intent (65 instances)
- Intention (33 instances)
- Propose (5 instances)
- Purport (1 instance)
- Purpose (564 instances)
- Purposes (100 instances)
- Resolve (13 instances)
- Role (7 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
זמּה זמּה
Zimmah
Zimmah
lewdness , wickedness , hief , lewd , heinous crime , wicked devices , lewdly , wicked mind , purposes , thought
Usage: 29
חפץ
Chephets
Chephets
Usage: 39
חשׁב
Chashab
Chashab
count , devise , think , imagine , cunning , reckon , purpose , esteem , account , impute , forecast , regard , workman , conceived ,
Usage: 124
יעץ
Ya`ats
Ya`ats
counsel , counsellor , consult , give , purposed , advice , determined , advise , deviseth , taken ,
Usage: 80
יצר
Yatsar
Yatsar
Usage: 62
מחשׁבת מחשׁבה
Machashabah
Machashabah
Usage: 56
עצה
`etsah
`etsah
Usage: 88