29 occurrences

'Town' in the Bible

Not long after this, Mary rose up and went in haste into the hill country to a town in Judah.

Verse ConceptsHillsHasty Action

and all went to be registered--every one to the town to which he belonged.

Verse ConceptsCensusActing For OneselfNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

So Joseph went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judaea, to David's town of Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

Then, as soon as they had accomplished all that the Law required, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.

Verse ConceptsAccording To ThingsFulfilling The Law

They rose, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff;

Verse ConceptsRejection Of ChristPersecution Of ChristThrowing PeopleDriving Out ChristPeople Getting Upjumping

So He came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, where He frequently taught the people on the Sabbath days.

Verse ConceptsTown

Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.

Verse ConceptsDawnHabitsSeeking ChristSolitudeCrowds SeekingLeaving

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusDisciples' Movements

And just as He reached the gate of the town, they happened to be bringing out for burial a dead man who was his mother's only son; and she was a widow; and a great number of the townspeople were with her.

Verse ConceptsGatesCrowdsLonelinessWidowsCrowds Around JesusThe Only ChildCarrying Dead BodiesOnly Child Of PeopleActual WidowsCorpses Of Other PeopleDeath Of A Mother

And there was a woman in the town who was a notorious sinner. Having learnt that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house she brought a flask of perfume,

Verse ConceptsOintmentBoxesReclining To Eat

And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;

Verse ConceptsLooking And SeeingOthers Who FledTelling Of JesusStock Keeping

"Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of Godevangelists, identity ofTestify On God's BehalfFervourZealousness, Examples OfChrist's WorkTelling Of JesusFamily And FriendsGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

The Apostles, on their return, related to Jesus all they had done. Then He took them and withdrew to a quiet retreat, to a town called Bethsaida.

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

"But whatever town you come to and they will not receive you, go out into the broader streets and say,

Verse ConceptsNot Welcoming PeopleUsing Roadswelcome

"'The very dust of your town that hangs about us we wipe off as a protest. Only be sure of this, that the Kingdom of God is close at hand.'

Verse ConceptsGesturesWiping DustPeople Abandoning PeopleGod's Blessings Are NearKnowing About God's Kingdom

"I tell you that it will be more endurable for Sodom on the great day than for that town.

Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day

He was passing through town after town and village after village, steadily proceeding towards Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsChrist Teaching

"In a certain town," He said, "there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for man.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceBeing Seen By ManNo Fear Of GodRespectFearing GodPersistencefearless

And in the same town was a widow who repeatedly came and entreated him, saying, "'Give me justice and stop my oppressor.'

Verse ConceptsWidowsSaying RepeatedlyRevengeProtection From Enemiesvindication

So He entered Jericho and was passing through the town.

Verse ConceptsGod's Mercy, Example OfPassing Through

who came from the Jewish town of Arimathaea and was awaiting the coming of the Kingdom of God. He had not concurred in the design or action of the Council,

Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfWaiting

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Townspeople (3 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּרזה 
P@razah 
Usage: 3

בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

חוּה 
Chavvah 
Usage: 4

חצר 
Chatser 
Usage: 190

עיר ער עיר 
`iyr 
Usage: 1094

קירה קר קיר 
Qiyr 
Usage: 74

γραμματεύς 
Grammateus 
Usage: 49

κώμη 
Kome 
Usage: 22

κωμόπολις 
Komopolis 
Usage: 0