1712 occurrences in 13 translations

'Taken' in the Bible

And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?

Verse ConceptsNaked In ShameEating Forbidden FoodTelling Of People's SituationsGod Forbidding

And Jehovah God saith, 'Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,' --

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheKnowledge, Of SinKnowledge Of Good And EvilUniquenessGod, TrinityImmortality, In OtSeeking LifeMetaphorical TreesArrogantly Like GodGraspingKnowing Right And WrongMen As GodsNot For EverPeople With Knowledgepotentialautonomy

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainBlood, as symbol of guiltDeath penaltyRevenge, And RetaliationSanctity Of LifeSevenfoldRestraints From KillingMarks On PeopleDeath Penalty For KillingMan AvengingRevenge

If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainAvenger of bloodRevenge, Examples OfSevenfoldSeventiesMan AvengingMental AbuseRevenge

The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

Verse ConceptsCommendationPalacesRoyal HousesPraising Specific PeopleImmigrants

Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

Verse ConceptsMisrepresentationReinstating PeopleTransferring WivesRelationship Troubles

And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.

Verse ConceptsSkillViolenceWarfare, Strategies InAbraham, Testing And VictoryBodyguardsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveBorn In One's HouseOvercoming Adversitytraining

And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High,Who has given your enemies into your hand.”And Abram gave him a tenth of all [the treasure he had taken in battle].

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics OfPraise, Reasons ForTaxationFractions, One TenthTithesGod On HighTithing For PeopleBlessed Be God!Those God Gave Into Their HandsTithes And Offering

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

Verse ConceptsPromises, HumanGod On HighAll Things Belong To God

And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

Verse ConceptsForeskinsAt The Same TimeGroups Of Slaves

And all the men of his house, those whose birth had taken place in the house and those whom he had got for money from men of other lands, underwent circumcision with him.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of Slaves

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

Verse ConceptsDust, Literal UseAshesHumility, Examples OfSelf AbasementApproaching GodCreatures From DustSpeaking To GodI Am Unimportantdust

And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

Verse ConceptsTwentyNumbers Of Righteous PeopleSpeaking To God

It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"

Verse ConceptsEscapingFuturedoubt, results ofExamples Of EscapingHesitationLooking BackwardEscaping To MountainsOutside The CityLooking Back

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Verse ConceptsBad DreamsDreamsDreams, Examples OfNightDeath As PunishmentTransferring WivesDirect Communication Through Dreams

And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Events CelebratedWeaningGrowing Upsarah

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

and said, "I have taken an oath to swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that since you have carried this out and have not withheld your only unique son,

Verse ConceptsAbrahamChild sacrificeOaths, DivineThe Only ChildOnly Child Of PeopleGod HimselfNot SparingSwearingmyself

Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him:

Verse ConceptsempiresCitiesBusiness At The GatewayIn Men's Presence

but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.'

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarrying RelativesTaking A Wife

Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence;

Verse ConceptsAbrahamLand, As A Divine GiftOaths, DivineServants, GoodAngels, Ministry To BelieversAngels Going At God's BiddingBringing People Out Of Other PlacesTaking A Wife

If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.

Verse ConceptsMarrying RelativesRelativesTaking A Wife

and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father;

Verse ConceptsWalking With GodMarrying RelativesAngels Going At God's BiddingTaking A WifeSuccess Through God

and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death.

Verse ConceptsRequesting FoodBefore DeathPeople Blessing

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

Verse ConceptsTremblingIndividuals TremblingWho Is This?People Blessing

And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

Verse ConceptsInjustice, Examples OfPeople BlessingThose Who Deceived

And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfDoing Things TwicePeople Naming PeopleGraspingPeople BlessingStoring Other Things

till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?'

Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesForgetting ThingsAnger SubsidingBereavement

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

Verse ConceptsConception

My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I've taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen."

Verse ConceptsHonestyBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfGetting RichTaking Possessions

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Verse ConceptsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of GodTaking Animals

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

Verse ConceptsGetting RichTaking Possessions

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

And now, it seems, you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house; but why have you taken my gods?

Verse ConceptsHomeLove, And The WorldRight DesiresRobbing Gods

Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it." (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.)

Verse ConceptsApproval To KillRobbing GodsIn Men's Presence

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Verse ConceptsHousehold GodsPeople Sitting DownSeeking For Concrete ThingsNot Findinghidingstatues

These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyRams20 To 30 YearsMiscarrying Animals

Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night.

Verse ConceptsCompensationLossOppression, Nature OfShepherds, As OccupationsAnimals Torn To PiecesDay Or Night

and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

Verse ConceptsSetting Out

their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which is in the city, and that which is in the field, have they taken;

Verse ConceptsOwning LivestockSpoils Of WarLoss Of DonkeysPossessing Sheep

and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that is in the house.

Verse ConceptsChildren SufferingOther Wives

And Deborah, the servant who had taken care of Rebekah from her birth, came to her end, and was put to rest near Beth-el, under the holy tree: and they gave it the name of Allon-bacuth.

Verse ConceptsBurials, Places OfNursesTreesOaksMourning Death

Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Verse ConceptsGrandchildren

And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

Now Joseph had been taken to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

For truly I was taken by force from the land of the Hebrews; and I have done nothing for which I might be put in prison.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsKidnappingImmigrants

And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsForgetting ThingsGod Healing SorrowPeople With Apt NamesFamily ProblemsFamily First

He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessTying Up

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

Verse ConceptsPeople OpposedIndividuals Passing AwayBereavement

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfBereavementPeople Showing MercyPeople Releasing Others

And the men take this present, double money also they have taken in their hand, and Benjamin; and they rise, and go down to Egypt, and stand before Joseph;

Verse ConceptsDouble MoneyIndeterminate Sums Of Money

But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the money that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

when ye have taken also this from my presence, and mischief hath met him, then ye have brought down my grey hairs with evil to sheol.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolAfflicted To DeathGrey

you are to tell him, "Your servants have been taking care of livestock since we were youths. We and our ancestors have taken care of livestock.' That way, you'll be able to live in the Goshen territory, since shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians."

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

And out of his brethren he hath taken five men, and setteth them before Pharaoh;

Verse ConceptsFive People

and I -- I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I have taken out of the hand of the Amorite by my sword and by my bow.'

Verse ConceptsFighting Enemies

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSceptreStaffUnity, God's Goal OfProphecies Concerning ChristMessianic PropheciesGathered By God

Benjamin is a wolf, searching for meat: in the morning he takes his food, and in the evening he makes division of what he has taken.

Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

And he said, Truly I will be with you; and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt, you will give worship to God on this mountain.

Verse ConceptsTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithProphetic SignsServanthood, And Worship Of GodSigns From GodWorship, Places OfWorship, Reasons ForGod Will Be With YouWorshipping GodQuestioning GodWorshiping GodWorshiping TogetherGod Being With You

Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersWatchfulness, DivineAssembling LeadersGod AppearingGod Paid Attention To ThemThe Elders GatheredThe Elderly

And it hath come to pass, if they do not give credence even to these two signs, nor hearken to thy voice, that thou hast taken of the waters of the River, and hast poured on the dry land, and the waters which thou takest from the River have been, yea, they have become -- blood on the dry land.'

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of Moses And AaronTurned To BloodBad WaterDry PlacesPouring WaterNot Believing SignsTwo Intangible ThingsThings Changed

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.

Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.

Verse ConceptsWorking Hard And Not Being Lazy

and have taken you to Me for a people, and I have been to you for God, and ye have known that I am Jehovah your God, who is bringing you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians;

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis ofGod, The LordRelationshipsUnity, Of God's PeopleRemoving BurdensYou Will Know I Am The LordI Will Be Their GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Eleazar, Aaron's son, hath taken to him one of the daughters of Putiel for a wife to himself, and she beareth to him Phinehas: these are heads of the fathers of the Levites, as to their families.

Moses said to Pharaoh, “You make the choice rather than me. When should I ask on behalf of you, your officials, and your people, that the frogs be taken away from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile?”

Verse ConceptsWhen?

'(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)

Verse ConceptsSmallnessEating Before GodAccording To PeopleFew PeopleNeighbours

and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambDoorpostsSprinklingBlood On The DoorTwo Parts Of Constructions

So keep the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have taken your armies out of the land of Egypt: this day, then, is to be kept through all your generations by an order for ever.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsLaw, OtNew Year, TheOrdinancesRegulations For PassoverEarthly ArmiesGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptThe Law Given To Israel

and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped it in the blood which is in the basin, and have struck it on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which is in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.

Verse ConceptsDoorpostsBasinsHyssopPlantsProperty, HousesSprinklingGoing OutsideBlood On The DoorTwo Parts Of Constructions

And they made unleavened cakes from the paste which they had taken out of Egypt; it was not leavened, for they had been sent out of Egypt so quickly, that they had no time to make any food ready.

Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadBread, Kinds OfDoughBakingUnleavened BreadYeastBaking BreadHurrying Others On

It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambBonesGospel, Confirmation OfPassoverBodies Of AnimalsNo Bones BrokenOutside The HouseMessianic Prophecies

And Moses said to the people, Let this day, on which you came out of Egypt, out of your prison-house, be kept for ever in memory; for by the strength of his hand the Lord has taken you out from this place; let no leavened bread be used.

Verse ConceptsCelebrationsHand Of GodHistoryYeastStrength Of GodLeaving EgyptGroups Of Slavesslavery

And he harnesseth his chariot, and his people he hath taken with him,

Verse ConceptsPreparing To Travel

And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodDying In The WildernessPossibility Of DeathWhat Do You Do?

The peoples have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.

Verse ConceptsGroups TremblingHearing About GodThe Nations Before God

And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeMeatSelf PityCynicismDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathPlenty In EgyptNo FoodGod Might Kill His PeoplePots For Cooking And EatingDying In The Desert WeedComplaininghungerpot

And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you out of the land of Egypt:

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod, The LordKnowledge, Of God

And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.

Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentGathering MuchLittle FoodGathering FoodPlenty For The PoorSurplus

And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersFaultsComplaintsMiracles, Responses ToResentment, Against GodSelf PityWaterDiscontentGrumbling At PeopleComplaining

And the hands of Moses are heavy, and they take a stone, and set it under him, and he sitteth on it: and Aaron and Hur have taken hold on his hands, on this side one, and on that one, and his hands are stedfast till the going in of the sun;

Verse ConceptsSittingSunsetsPeople Sitting DownOther Supportingtired

For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfThroneWarfare, Nature OfEternal JudgementGod Swearing Harm

Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Now Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken in Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,

Verse ConceptsLeaving Parents For Spouse

And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsPraise, Reasons ForRescueBless The Lord!

If she is unacceptable in the eyes of her master, who had taken her for himself, then shall he let her be ransomed: to sell her unto a foreign people he hath no power, after having dealt unfaithfully with her.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeLaws Restricting ForeignersNot Pleasing PeopleUnfaithful

If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.

Verse ConceptsSeveral DaysAlternatives To MoneyUnpunishedPropertyslavery

If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

Verse ConceptsCompensationHeadsLaw, OtRestitutionSheepFour CreaturesFive Animals

If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutGuiltFamily Deaththievesprocess

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁבי 
Sh@biy 
Usage: 50

גּזל 
Gazel 
Usage: 4

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 18

יעץ 
Ya`ats 
Usage: 80

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

צען 
Tsa`an 
Usage: 1

תּפשׂ 
Taphas 
Usage: 65

ἅλωσις 
Halosis 
to be taken 9
Usage: 1

παραλύω 
Paraluo 
sick of the palsy , taken with palsy , feeble
Usage: 5

συνέχω 
sunecho 
be taken with , throng , straiten , keep in , hold , stop , press , lie sick of , constrain , be in a strait
Usage: 10

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