36 occurrences in 12 translations

'Surely' in the Bible

And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansCapital PunishmentResponsibility For Blood ShedDeath Penalty For KillingRelation Of Animals To ManAnimals Having A SoulThe RainbowPetsaccounting

And he said to Abram, "{You must surely know} that your descendants shall be [as] aliens in a land {not their own}. And they shall serve them and they shall oppress them four hundred years.

Verse ConceptsForeignersOppression, Nature Of100 Years And MoreSojourningSure KnowledgeThose OppressedReckoned As ForeignersGroups Of SlavesStrangers in israelDescendants ofslaveryoppression

A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyProselytesThe Eternal CovenantBorn In One's HouseCircumcisionGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsGroups Of Slaves

He said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him.

Verse ConceptsListeningSanctity Of LifeConceptionBirths ForetoldThe Promise Of A Babysarah

Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.

Verse ConceptsMediatorAbraham, The Friend Of GodKept Alive By MenDeath As PunishmentReinstating PeoplePraying For SinnersNamed Prophets Of The LordHusband And WifeGiving Back

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

Verse ConceptsFailureNo Fear Of GodWhy People Did Things

And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, 'Lo, she is surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She is my sister?' and Isaac saith unto him, 'Because I said, Lest I die for her.'

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

Verse ConceptsTouching To HarmDeath Penalty For KillingThe King's Orders

And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Verse ConceptsFear, Caused ByRising EarlyMorning DevotionsThe Presence Of Godawakening

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodTithesFractions, One TenthObelisksStones As MonumentsBethel The House Of GodTithing ProduceTithes And OfferingGiving Back

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Verse ConceptsBonesBodyOne MonthSame Bone And Fleshspace

And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingMen And Women Who LovedPeople With Apt Names

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Verse ConceptsHiringMarital SexMeeting PeopleMarital Sex Between

Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has said to you.”

Verse ConceptsGetting RichTaking Possessions

Now, you have surely gone because you desperately longed for the house of your father, [but] why did you steal my gods?"

Verse ConceptsHomeLove, And The WorldRight DesiresRobbing Gods

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Verse ConceptsUncountableImpossible For PeopleGod Doing GoodSand And Gravel

Then he examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesFine ClothesAnimals Eating PeopleWild Animals Devouring

Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

'Surely if thou hast remembered me with thee, when it is well with thee, and hast done (I pray thee) kindness with me, and hast made mention of me unto Pharaoh, then hast thou brought me out from this house,

Verse ConceptsRemembering PeoplePeople Releasing Othersjail

For I was surely kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me in this pit."

Verse ConceptsDungeonsKidnappingImmigrants

'And because of the repeating of the dream unto Pharaoh twice, surely the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceGod Not DelayingEverything Happening For A Reason

This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest Child

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Verse ConceptsPrisonersSpyingPeople Sending People

They said to one other, "Surely we're being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!"

Verse ConceptsGuilty ConsciencesGuilt, Human Aspects OfAfflicted Saints, Examples OfFound GuiltyPeople Without MercyWhy It HappenedHuman Awareness Of Guilt

For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwicePeople Who Delayed

And they said, "Please, my lord, we surely came down once before to buy food,

Verse ConceptsBuying Food

Then Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man who [is] like me surely practices divination?"

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:

Verse ConceptsPeople Torn To PiecesNot Seeing People

I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Verse ConceptsPreparation For BurialLaying On Hands To HealGod Will Be With YouGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egyptefficiency

And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofProperty, LandThe Promised LandGod VisitingNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenDeath Approaching

And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

Verse ConceptsBonesFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsLove, And The WorldExhumationsGod VisitingPeople Bound By Oaths

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נבל 
Nabel 
Usage: 25

βέβαιος 
Bebaios 
Usage: 9

H6
אבד 
'abad 
Usage: 184

אוּלם 
'uwlam 
but , but truly , surely , very deed , howbeit , wherefore , truly , not translated
Usage: 18

אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

אם 
'im 
Usage: 999

אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

אמן 
'aman (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

אמנה 
'amanah 
Usage: 2

אמנם 
'omnam 
Usage: 8

אמנם 
'umnam 
Usage: 5

אמת 
'emeth 
Usage: 127

בּטח 
Batach 
Usage: 120

בּטח 
Betach 
Usage: 42

בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

גּוּר 
Guwr 
Usage: 98

גּרשׁ 
Garash 
Usage: 48

הרג 
Harag 
Usage: 166

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

חרב חרב 
Charab 
Usage: 40

טרף 
Taraph 
Usage: 25

יסד 
Yacad 
Usage: 43

מבטח 
Mibtach 
Usage: 15

מהר 
Mahar 
Usage: 2

מוּת 
Muwth 
die , dead , slay , death , surely , kill , dead man , dead body , in no wise ,
Usage: 839

מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

נגף 
Nagaph 
Usage: 49

נקם 
Naqam 
Usage: 35

נשׂג 
Nasag 
Usage: 50

סקל 
Caqal 
Usage: 22

סתר 
Cathar 
Usage: 81

עבט 
`abat 
Usage: 6

עזב 
`azab 
Usage: 28

עטה 
`atah 
Usage: 17

ענשׁ 
`anash 
Usage: 9

ערבּה 
`arubbah 
Usage: 2

צנף 
Tsanaph 
Usage: 3

קבץ 
Qabats 
Usage: 127

קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

קיּם 
Qayam (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

קרע 
Qara` 
Usage: 63

רהב 
Rahab 
Usage: 4

רחם 
Racham 
Usage: 47

רק 
Raq 
only, surely, nothing but, except, but, in any wise
Usage: 107

סכר שׂכר 
Sakar 
Usage: 21

ἀληθῶς 
Alethos 
of a truth , indeed , surely , truly , very ,
Usage: 13

ἀσφαλής 
Asphales 
Usage: 5

ἀσφαλίζω 
Asphalizo 
Usage: 4

ἔγγυος 
Egguos 
Usage: 1

μήν 
men 
surely 9
Usage: 1

ναί 
Nai 
yea , even so , yes , truth , verily , surely
Usage: 24

πάντως 
Pantos 
by all means , altogether , surely , must needs , no doubt , in no wise , at all
Usage: 8

πιστός 
Pistos 
Usage: 51

πληροφορέω 
Plerophoreo 
Usage: 5

στερεός 
Stereos 
Usage: 4

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