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'Thing' in the Bible

And the Lord said to Samuel, See, I will do a thing in Israel at which the ears of everyone hearing of it will be burning.

And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?

Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of Saul: the only thing for me to do is to get away into the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up hope of taking me in any part of the land of Israel: and so I may be able to get away from him.

Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living Lord, and by the life of your soul, I will not do such a thing.

And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.

And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.

So now, let not my lord the king take this thing to heart, with the idea that all the king's sons are dead: for only Amnon is dead.

And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

Has this thing been done by my lord the king, without giving word to your servants who was to be placed on my lord the king's seat after him?

And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

And had given him orders about this very thing, that he was not to go after other gods; but he did not keep the orders of the Lord.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.

He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

And the Lord said, How may Ahab be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.

Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

But may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this one thing: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon for worship there, supported on my arm, and my head is bent in the house of Rimmon; when his head is bent in the house of Rimmon, may your servant have the Lord's forgiveness for this thing.

Then the captain whose arm was supporting the king said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has made it clear to me that you will be king over Aram.

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.

And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another.

And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and all the people.

So Hilkiah, and those whom the king sent, went to Huldah the woman prophet, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the robes (now she was living in Jerusalem, in the second part of the town); and they had talk with her about this thing.

Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

If only a clean thing might come out of an unclean! But it is not possible.

Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

The thing feared by the evil-doer will come to him, but the upright man will get his desire.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

That which has been, is that which is to be, and that which has been done, is that which will be done, and there is no new thing under the sun.

And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

And I saw a thing more bitter than death, even the woman whose heart is full of tricks and nets, and whose hands are as bands. He with whom God is pleased will get free from her, but the sinner will be taken by her.

Look! this I have seen, said the Preacher, taking one thing after another to get the true account,

There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

The waters of Nimrim will become dry: for the grass is burned up, the young grass is coming to an end, every green thing is dead.

For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the wisdom of their wise men will come to nothing, and the sense of their guides will no longer be seen.

You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? will the thing made say of him who made it, He made me not: or the thing formed say of him who gave it form, He has no knowledge?

And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!

All the nations are as nothing before him; even less than nothing, a thing of no value.

From time long past I am God, and from this day I am he: there is no one who is able to take you out of my hand: when I undertake a thing, by whom will my purpose be changed?

See, I am doing a new thing; now it is starting; will you not take note of it? I will even make a way in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country.

Your chiefs have made my holy place unclean, so I have made Jacob a curse, and Israel a thing of shame.

Sending for a bird of strong flight from the east, the man of my purpose from a far country; I have said it, and I will give effect to it; the thing designed by me will certainly be done.

If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;

And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.

And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.

For go over to the sea-lands of Kittim and see; send to Kedar and give deep thought to it; and see if there has ever been such a thing.

The evil you yourselves have done will be your punishment, your errors will be your judge: be certain then, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing to give up the Lord your God, and no longer to be moved by fear of me, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.

A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;

And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חרם חרם 
Cherem 
Usage: 38

שׁלישׁי 
Sh@liyshiy 
Usage: 108

מחץ 
Machats 
Usage: 15

צמא 
Tsame' 
Usage: 10

εἰδωλόθυτον 
Eidolothuton 
Usage: 8

κἀκεῖθεν 
Kakeithen 
and from thence , and thence , and afterward , thence also
Usage: 9

ταῦτα 
Tauta 
Usage: 188

τούτων 
Touton 
Usage: 43

אנּה אנּא 
'anna' 
I beseech thee , I pray thee , Oh , O
Usage: 13

דּקר 
Daqar 
Usage: 11

הדף 
Hadaph 
Usage: 11

נקב 
Naqab 
Usage: 22

עב עב 
`ab 
Usage: 2

עתק 
`athaq 
Usage: 4

רבּוא רבּו 
Ribbow 
Usage: 10

רמשׂ 
Remes 
Usage: 17

רפס 
Raphac 
Usage: 3

תּהפּכה 
Tahpukah 
Usage: 10

G18
ἀγαθός 
Agathos 
Usage: 70

ἀξιόω 
Axioo 
Usage: 7

ἀπωθέομαι ἀπώομαι 
Apotheomai 
Usage: 6

ἄρα 
Ara 
therefore , so then , now therefore , then , wherefore , haply , not tr ,
Usage: 35

ἀρεστός 
Arestos 
Usage: 3

βιωτικός 
Biotikos 
Usage: 2

διέρχομαι 
Dierchomai 
pass , pass through , go , go over , go through , walk , , vr to go
Usage: 37

διορύσσω 
Diorusso 
Usage: 0

ἑβδομήκοντα 
hebdomekonta 
Usage: 5

ἐκεῖθεν 
Ekeithen 
Usage: 21

κἀκεῖ 
Kakei 
Usage: 6

ὅσος 
Hosos 
Usage: 76

πᾶς 
Pas 
all , all things , every , all men , whosoever , everyone , whole , all manner of , every man , no Trans , every thing , any , whatsoever , whosoever 9 , always , daily , any thing , no , not tr ,
Usage: 704

ῥῆμα 
Rhema 
word , saying , thing , no thing Trans , not tr
Usage: 57

σός 
Sos 
Usage: 10

σοῦ 
Sou 
thy , thee , thine , thine own , thou , not tr
Usage: 241

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

τούτοις 
Toutois 
Usage: 17

τούτους 
Toutous 
Usage: 21

τριάκοντα 
Triakonta 
Usage: 7

ὑπάγω 
Hupago 
go , go way , go away , get thee , depart , get thee hence
Usage: 26

ὑπέρ 
Huper 
Usage: 138

H9
אבדה 
'abedah 
Usage: 4

אדין 
'edayin (Aramaic) 
then , now , time
Usage: 57

אדּר 
'iddar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

אדשׁ 
'adash 
Usage: 0

או או 
'ow 
Usage: 320

אדות אודות 
'owdowth 
Usage: 10

אז 
'az 
Usage: 141

אחד 
'achad 
go thee one way or other
Usage: 1

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 16

אטד 
'atad 
Usage: 6

אין 
'iyn 
there not
Usage: 1

אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

אל 
'el 
Usage: 9

אל 
'el (Aramaic) 
Usage: 0

אלּה 
'el-leh 
Usage: 746

אלּה 
'elleh (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

אלּוּ 
'illuw 
but if , yea though
Usage: 2

אליל 
'eliyl 
idol , image , no value , things of nought
Usage: 19

אלּן אלּין 
'illeyn (Aramaic) 
these , the
Usage: 6

אלּך 
'illek (Aramaic) 
Usage: 14

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 504

אלף אלף 
'alaph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 4

אמר 
'omer 
Usage: 6

אנּין אנּוּן 
'innuwn (Aramaic) 
are , these , them
Usage: 2

אנתּה 
'antah (Aramaic) 
thou , thee
Usage: 15

אסף 
'acuph 
Usage: 3

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 134

אפלה 
'aphelah 
Usage: 10

ארבּעה ארבּע 
'arba` 
Usage: 318

אשׁ 
'ish 
Usage: 2

אתּנּה אתּנה אתּן אתּם אתּי את אתּ אתּהo 
'attah 
thou, you, ye
Usage: 1085

בּד 
Bad 
Usage: 202

בּהל 
Bahal 
Usage: 38

בּהן 
Bohen 
Usage: 16

בּמו 
B@mow 
with , in , into , through , for , at , non translated variant
Usage: 8

בּעד 
B@`ad 
at, for, by, over, upon, about, up, through
Usage: 104

בּקע 
Baqa` 
cleave , ...up , divide , rent , ... out , break through , rend , breach , asunder , hatch , brake , burst , cleft , break forth , pieces , tare , tear , win
Usage: 51

בּריאה 
B@riy'ah 
Usage: 1

בּשׁת 
Bosheth 
Usage: 30

בּתק 
Bathaq 
Usage: 1

גּאוּת 
Ge'uwth 
Usage: 8

גּדוּלּה גּדלּה גּדוּלה 
G@duwlah 
Usage: 12

גּו 
Gav (Aramaic) 
Usage: 13

גּלגּל 
Galgal 
Usage: 11

גּלוּת 
Galuwth 
Usage: 15

גּלל 
Galal 
because , ... sake , because of thee , for
Usage: 9

גּנּב 
Gannab 
Usage: 17

גּנבה 
G@nebah 
Usage: 2

גּעשׁ 
Ga`ash 
Usage: 9

גּרן גּרון 
Garown 
Usage: 8

גּרן 
Goren 
Usage: 36

גּרשׁ 
Garash 
Usage: 48

דּאג 
Da'ag 
Usage: 7

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

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