233 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sending' in the Bible

for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheRainWeeksElements, Control OfDivine Power Over NatureSeven DaysMore Than One MonthGod KillingGod Killing All People

and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud,

Verse ConceptsVisibilityThe RainbowRainbow

You will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have only done what was good to you, sending you away in peace. You are now blessed by the Lord.”

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

Esau noticed that after Isaac had blessed Jacob as he was sending him off to Paddan-aram to marry a wife from there, he had instructed Jacob, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman."

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTaking A WifePeople Who Blessed Others

And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Verse ConceptsDriving

I now have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I'm sending this message to you, sir, so that you'll show favor to me."'"

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

then you are to reply, "We're from your servant Jacob. The herds are a gift. He's sending them to my master, Esau. Look! There he is, coming along behind us.'"

You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."

Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."

Verse ConceptsMeaning

Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.

Verse ConceptsSheepBehold Me!People Sending People

if thou art sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for thee food,

Verse ConceptsGoing Together

and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down, for the man said unto us, Ye do not see my face without your brother being with you.'

Verse ConceptsNot With People

Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

for, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.

Verse ConceptsFliesbugs

and Moses saith, 'Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitGod's Action TomorrowThose Who Deceived

Indeed, this time I'm sending all my plagues against you, your officials, and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

Verse ConceptsNo One Is Like GodKnowing God's Character

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'One plague more I do bring in on Pharaoh, and on Egypt, afterwards he doth send you away from this; when he is sending you away, he surely casteth you out altogether from this place;

Verse ConceptsRetributionorganization

For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornGod, The LordDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingI Am The LordBoth Men And Animals KilledGod Will Kill The Peoples

For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentPassing OverPassing ThroughThe DestroyerBlood On The DoorTwo Parts Of ConstructionsAngel Of DeathFamily Death

And it cometh to pass in Pharaoh's sending the people away, that God hath not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it is near; for God said, 'Lest the people repent in their seeing war, and have turned back towards Egypt;'

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfPeople Changing Their MindsReturning to the oldPrinciples Of WarMind BattlesStress And Hard Times

And Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, took Zipporah the wife of Moses after her sending away,

Verse ConceptsLeaving Parents For Spouse

So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

Verse ConceptsGod, Repentance OfRepentance, Nature OfGod Changing His Mind

But the goat chosen by lot for azazel is to be presented alive before the Lord to make purification with it by sending it into the wilderness for azazel.

Verse ConceptsAtonementLiving In The WildernessDriving Out AnimalsTaking Away EvilWhilst Alive

'And he who is sending away the goat for a goat of departure doth wash his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and afterwards he cometh in unto the camp.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfScapegoatClean ClothesTaking Away Evil

'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Verse ConceptsPollutionsPollution ForbiddenThe Lord Will Drive Them OutDefilement

and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with them;

Verse ConceptsCustomAbhorConformityExamples, Badevil, warnings againstMannersPollutionsEvil AssociationsNot Imitating EvilGod Hating People

The Israelites did this, sending them outside the camp. The Israelites did as the Lord instructed Moses.

Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

Verse ConceptsWasteThighsSwellingPeople Bound By OathsSwearing

So that's just what Moses did, sending them from the Wilderness of Paran according to the LORD's instructions. All of the men were Israeli leaders.

Then we cried to the LORD and he heard our voice, sending us a messenger who brought us out of Egypt. Now look! We've arrived in Kadesh, a city at the extreme end of your territory.

Verse ConceptsAngels as God's servantsPrayer, Answers ToAngels Going At God's BiddingGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.

Verse ConceptsDawnForeheadsBethlehemLight, SpiritualNewsSceptreStarsThe Morning StarClosenessThe First Sight Of ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelMessianic Prophecies

'Thus did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land;

Verse ConceptsSpying

and in Jehovah's sending you from Kadesh-Barnea, saying, Go up, and possess the land which I have given to you, then ye provoke the mouth of Jehovah your God, and have not given credence to Him, nor hearkened to His voice;

Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfRebellion Against God, Shown InUnbelief, Examples OfDoubting God

'It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

Verse ConceptsValuesSix YearsHardship

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative Usedust

Keep in mind what Moses, the servant of the Lord, said to you, The Lord your God is sending you rest and will give you this land.

a son of forty years am I in Moses, servant of Jehovah, sending me from Kadesh-Barnea, to spy the land, and I bring him back word as with my heart;

Verse ConceptsSpying

yet am I to-day strong as in the day of Moses' sending me; as my power then, so is my power now, for battle, and to go out, and to come in.

Verse ConceptsInfirmitiesStrong IndividualsStrength In Battlefaith and strengthWarBattleAgeenergystrengh

Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you.

Verse ConceptsArsonActing AloneBurning People

Then they turned around and left, sending their little ones, their livestock, and their valuables on ahead.

Verse ConceptsDealing With Young People

Meanwhile, the army of Israel had arranged to signal their soldiers who had been hiding in ambush by sending up a cloud of smoke from the city.

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

No, my sons, the account which is given me, which the Lord's people are sending about, is not good.

Verse ConceptsThe Saints, Without Offence

And they say, 'If ye are sending away the ark of the God of Israel, ye do not send it away empty; for ye do certainly send back to Him a guilt-offering; then ye are healed, and it hath been known to you why His hand doth not turn aside from you.'

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass OfferingEmpty ThingsGod Heals

Take the ark of the Lord, place it on the cart, and put the gold objects that you’re sending Him as a restitution offering in a box beside the ark. Send it off and let it go its way.

Verse ConceptsCartsGoldAnimal Sacrifices, Trespass Offering

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

Verse ConceptsCivil authoritiesHornsLeaders, PoliticalMissionaries, Task OfRejection Of God, Results OfHorns Of AnimalsAnointing KingsGod Abandoning IndividualsBefore People ActMourning In RegretSaul And DavidRejectionLeadership Qualitiesgrievingsaul

Then he took his stick in his hand, and got five smooth stones from the bed of the stream and put them in a bag such as is used by sheep-keepers; and in his hand was a leather band used for sending stones: and so he went in the direction of the Philistine.

Verse ConceptsBagsequipping, physicalSlingsSmall Things God UsesFive ThingsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!" Michal replied to Saul, "He said to me, 'Help me get away or else I will kill you!'"

Verse ConceptsRestraints From KillingEscaping From PeopleThose Who Deceived

'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;

Verse ConceptsTargetsThree Other ThingsMissing The Mark

But if I say this to the youth: ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you!’ then go, for the Lord is sending you away.

David answered Ahimelech the priest, “The king gave me a mission, but he told me, ‘Don’t let anyone know anything about the mission I’m sending you on or what I have ordered you to do.’ I have stationed my young men at a certain place.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtDo Not TellMan Appointing

the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, "Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!"

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPrejudiceSpiesAccusations, False ExamplesSpying

And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

Their two sons Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan are with them there. You'll be sending me everything that you hear through them."

So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UsedirtThrowing StonesWiping DustCursing The Ungodly

And the king saith, 'Peace to the youth -- to Absalom?' And Ahimaaz saith, 'I saw the great multitude, at the sending away of the servant of the king, even thy servant by Joab, and I have not known what it is.'

Verse ConceptsConfusionCareServanthood, In Society

And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'

Verse ConceptsFugitivesThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine ComingFamine Will ComeGod Will Cause Defeat

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Verse ConceptsRegretUnhappinessAngels, Ot AppearancesDestruction Of JerusalemGod Changing His MindMore Than EnoughAngels Activities Among Unbelievers

“Let there be a treaty between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

Verse ConceptsNegotiationList Of Kings Of Israel

They replied, “A man came to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and declare to him: This is what the Lord says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you’re sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not get up from your sickbed—you will certainly die.’”

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon Happen

and Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me on to Bethel.”But Elisha replied, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsBest friendIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfCompanionshipMotionlessnessStaying Put

Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here; the Lord is sending me to Jericho.”But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

Verse ConceptsCompanionship

Elijah said to him, “Stay here; the Lord is sending me to the Jordan.”But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.

Verse ConceptsCompanionshipGoing TogetherMotionlessnessStaying Put

When the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and cried out, "Am I God? Can I kill and give life? Is this man sending me a request to heal a man's leprosy? Let's think about this he's looking for a reason to start a fight with me!"

Verse ConceptsLiteracyGod Giving LifeGod KillingThose Who Tore ClothesGod In Relation To ManGod KillsMan's Relation To God

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him [to behead Elisha]; but before the messenger arrived, Elisha told the elders, “Do you see how this son of [Jezebel] a murderer has sent [a man] to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it securely against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet [just] behind him?”

Verse ConceptsMessengerRemoving HeadsShutting DoorsKilling ProphetsSkullsSoundThe Elders Gathered

In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.

Verse ConceptsActivity BegunActual Attacks On Jerusalem

And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to seek Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, The words that thou hast heard --

And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodGod Spoke By The Prophets

And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after his sending them away; Hushim and Baara are his wives.

the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, "Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!"

Verse ConceptsSpiesSpying

either for three years -- famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?'

Verse ConceptsThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine Coming

David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the Lord, and the Lord responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.

Verse ConceptsMediationAnswers By FireAltars To The LordBuilding AltarsFire From HeavenBurning SacrificesGod Answered

And Solomon sent to Huram, king of Tyre, saying, As you did for my father David, sending him cedar-trees for the building of his house,

Verse ConceptsBuilding

"Just as you did with my father David, sending him cedars to build him a palace to live in, do the same for me. Look, I'm building a temple dedicated to the name of the LORD my God, to his glory, so we can burn fragrant incense in his presence, display rows of the bread of his presence continuously, and make burnt offerings in the morning, evening, on Sabbath days, during New Moon festivals, and during appointed festivals scheduled by the LORD our God. This is mandated forever in Israel.

Verse ConceptsNew Moon FestivalOrdinancesSabbath, In OtSmells

Now I'm sending along Hiram-abi, a skilled craftsman, who is very creative.

Verse Conceptscraftsmanship

“Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

Verse ConceptsAliances

Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsInvasions

And Uzziah had all these forces armed with body-covers and spears and head-covers and coats of metal and bows and stones for sending from leather bands.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesCoatsArmourHead coveringShieldsSlingsSpearsArchers, In ArmiesArmor ProtectionArmorySports

And in Jerusalem he made machines, the invention of expert men, to be placed on the towers and angles of the walls for sending arrows and great stones. And his name was honoured far and wide; for he was greatly helped till he was strong.

Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

and so with the ambassadors of the heads of Babylon, those sending unto him to inquire of the wonder that hath been in the land, God hath left him to try him, to know all in his heart,

Verse ConceptsenvoyProving, Through TestingRulersTesting

'And unto the king of Judah, who is sending you to inquire of Jehovah, thus do ye say unto him: Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, whose words thou hast heard:

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfMediatorRejection Of GodSpeech, Divine

In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information

Verse ConceptsSaltLosing HonourSourness

Meanwhile, at that time the nobles of Judah continued to send many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah kept sending letters to them.

Furthermore, they kept reporting Tobiah's good deeds to me, and kept repeating what I told him. Tobiah kept sending letters to intimidate me.

Verse ConceptsPraising Specific PeopleFear Of Individuals

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Verse ConceptsExcitementMonth 12The CountrysidePeople Providing Food

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Verse ConceptsOvercoming EnemiesPeople Providing FoodRejoicing In God's Works

Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsEzekiel Invasion

God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

Verse ConceptsGod Handing Over

Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of Godpiety

He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAccuracyGod's Handclouds

To the Overseer. -- 'Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.

Verse ConceptsMusicGod Saving From EnemiesGod's ProtectionProtection From EnemiesProtection And SafetyEnemy AttacksProtecting Your Family

You make the ploughed lands full of water; you make smooth the slopes: you make the earth soft with showers, sending your blessing on its growth.

Verse ConceptsFurrowsShowersSoftnessGod BlessesChange And Growth

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseGroups ShoutingFlags

Bible Theasaurus

Direct (89 instances)
Sending (233 instances)
Station (86 instances)
Transmit (5 instances)
Transport (32 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀποστέλλω 
Apostello 
Usage: 73

ἐξαποστέλλω 
Exapostello 
Usage: 8

שׁלח 
Shalach 
send , go , forth , send away , lay , send out , put , put away , cast out , stretch out , cast , set , put out , depart , soweth , loose ,
Usage: 848

ἀναπέμπω 
Anapempo 
Usage: 4

ἐκπέμπω 
Ekpempo 
Usage: 1

πέμπω 
Pempo 
Usage: 39

συμπέμπω 
Sumpempo 
send , send with
Usage: 2

טוּל 
Tuwl 
Usage: 14

משׁלח משׁלח משׁלוח 
Mishlowach 
Usage: 10

משׁלחת 
Mishlachath 
Usage: 2

נבע 
Naba` 
Usage: 11

נוּף 
Nuwph 
Usage: 37

נתן 
Nathan 
give , put , deliver , made , set , up , lay , grant , suffer , yield , bring , cause , utter , laid , send , recompense , appoint , shew ,
Usage: 2011

קל קול 
Qowl 
Usage: 506

שׁלּח שׁלּוּח 
Shilluwach 
Usage: 3

ἀπολύω 
Apoluo 
Usage: 52

ἀποτάσσομαι 
Apotassomai 
Usage: 5

βρύω 
Bruo 
Usage: 1

ἐκβάλλω 
Ekballo 
Usage: 43

μεταπέμπω 
metapempo 
Usage: 8

προστίθημι 
Prostithemi 
Usage: 11

συναποστέλλω 
sunapostello 
send with
Usage: 1

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

King James Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible