311 occurrences in 10 translations

'Unto' in the Bible

and it cometh to pass, on the third day, that lo, a man hath come in out of the camp from Saul, and his garments are rent, and earth on his head; and it cometh to pass, in his coming in unto David, that he falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance.

Verse ConceptsBowingThe Third Day Of The WeekBowing Before DavidDust On The HeadThose Who Tore ClothesPraising Specific People

And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingEscaping From PeopleWhere From?

And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingWhat Manner?

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

Verse Conceptssaul

And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsBehold Me!Kings Summoning

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.

Verse ConceptsSuicideAnguish, CauseDesire For DeathAs Long As Life LastsApproval To Kill Oneself

So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

Verse ConceptsBraceletsHeadsHead coveringOrnamentsKilling Kings

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

Verse ConceptsWhere From?

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

Verse ConceptsThe Lord's AnointedKilling KingsWhy Do You Do This?

And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UseHeadsThe Lord's AnointedKilling KingsWitness Against Oneselftraitors

I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsTendernessUnhappinessValuesFriendship, Examples OfThose Who LovedWoman's PlaceFriendship And LoveLosing A FriendTrue FriendsheartbrokenThe Love Of Women

And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, Receiving God's Adviceenquiring of GodAskingGuidance, Examples Of God'sPrayer, As Asking GodTribes Of IsraelAnswered Prayer

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutKindnessMay God Bless!

And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.

Verse ConceptsAppreciationGoodnessdevotion

And Abner saith unto Joab, 'Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;' and Joab saith, 'Let them rise.'

Verse ConceptsAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesRecreationBoxing

And Abner addeth again, saying unto Asahel, 'Turn thee aside from after me, why do I smite thee to the earth? and how do I lift up my face unto Joab thy brother?'

And he refuseth to turn aside, and Abner smiteth him with the hinder part of the spear unto the fifth rib, and the spear cometh out from behind him, and he falleth there, and dieth under it; and it cometh to pass, every one who hath come unto the place where Asahel hath fallen and dieth -- they stand still.

Verse ConceptsBackSpearsStomachsPiercingsMotionlessnessComing To RestStriking To Death

And Joab and Abishai pursue after Abner, and the sun hath gone in, and they have come in unto the height of Ammah, which is on the front of Giah, the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

and Abner calleth unto Joab, and saith, 'For ever doth the sword consume? hast thou not known that it is bitterness in the latter end? and till when dost thou not say to the people to turn back from after their brethren?'

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEternal Judgement

And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

Verse ConceptsFirstborn SonsDavid's Wives

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

Verse ConceptsConcubinesSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex Examplesmistress

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

Verse ConceptsBlameAnger, HumanLoyaltyOffenceNamed People Angry With OthersPeople Of Judah

to cause the kingdom to pass over from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel, and over Judah, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba.'

Verse ConceptsSaul And David

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAllegiances

And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, 'Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutForeskinsdowryBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningCourtingEngagementOne Hundred

And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who are with him, a banquet.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfTwenty

And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsMaking Kings

and Joab and all the host that is with him have come, and they declare to Joab, saying, 'Abner son of Ner hath come unto the king, and he sendeth him away, and he goeth in peace.'

Verse ConceptsSoldiers

Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

And David heareth afterwards and saith, 'Acquitted am I, and my kingdom, by Jehovah, unto the age, from the blood of Abner son of Ner;

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

Verse ConceptsPrincesRankGreat Individuals

and the Beerothites flee to Gittaim, and are there sojourners unto this day.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, go, and come in at the heat of the day unto the house of Ish-Bosheth, and he is lying down -- the lying down of noon;

Verse ConceptsHeatNoonHot Weather

and thither they have come, unto the midst of the house, taking wheat, and they smite him unto the fifth rib, and Rechab and Baanah his brother have escaped;

Verse ConceptsBetrayalStomachsTreachery

And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific People

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

Verse ConceptsBodySame Bone And FleshLeadership Qualities

And all the elders of Israel come unto the king, to Hebron, and king David maketh with them a covenant in Hebron before Jehovah, and they anoint David for king over Israel.

Verse ConceptsCovenant RelationshipsCovenant breakersOld Age, Attitudes ToAnointing, Performed OnAllegiancesCoronationsAnointing Kings

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesZion, As A PlaceEntering Cities

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth messengers unto David, and cedar-trees, and artificers of wood, and artificers of stone, for walls, and they build a house for David,

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenMessengers Sent OutCedarCarpentersBuildingMasonsStonesZion, As A PlaceCommerceCedar Wood

And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress,

Verse ConceptsFortificationsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingSelf DefenceAnointing Kings

And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodDivine DirectionThe Nations AttackedTo Be Given Into One's HandsDirection

and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, 'Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodTreesFalling

And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OT

And they come unto the threshing-floor of Nachon, and Uzzah putteth forth his hand unto the ark of God, and layeth hold on it, for they released the oxen;

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, PurposeRashnessThreshing FloorSacrilegeAnimals FallingTouching Holy Things

And it is displeasing to David, because that Jehovah hath broken forth a breach upon Uzzah, and one calleth that place Perez-Uzzah, unto this day;

Verse ConceptsAngry PeopleGiven Names To This Day

and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, 'How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'

Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of God

So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

Verse ConceptsThe Ark In JerusalemPeople Unwilling

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemExcitementBlessed By God

and he apportioneth to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, from man even unto woman, to each, one cake of bread, and one eshpar, and one ashisha, and all the people go, each to his house.

Verse ConceptsGiftsFruitFoodMale And Female

And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with DavidRulersSaul And DavidGod's Election Of DavidCelebrationcelebrating

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrenness

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionCedarProperty, HousesTentsBuilding God's DwellingRoyal HousesThe Ark Moved AroundCedar WoodNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And Nathan saith unto the king, 'All that is in thine heart -- go, do, for Jehovah is with thee.'

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleDoing God's Works

And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Inspiration Of OtVisions And Dreams In ScriptureVisions At Night

'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversWord Of GodBuilding God's Dwelling

for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptMoving OnMoving To A New Place

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Verse ConceptsHumilityServanthood, In Life Of BelieversPromotionNo More Tending The FlockSaul And DavidServant Leadership

And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod With Specific PeopleSource Of HonourLeadership Qualities

He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

Verse ConceptsEstablishingShrinesChrist Reigning ForeverBuilding God's DwellingThe Kingdom Of Solomon

and stedfast is thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'

Verse ConceptsHousesStabilityChrist Reigning ForeverThe Dynasty Of DavidThe Kingdom Of Solomon

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfThose Who Saw Visions

And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowing

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerMiracles, Nature OfNationalismUnique Israel

For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordUnity, Of God's PeopleEternally With GodYou Are Our God

'And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;

Verse ConceptsWhat God DoesPromises concerningPromisesperformancereality

And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts is God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,

Verse ConceptsGod As A Warrior

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfKnowing God, Nature OfThe Dynasty Of David

And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfCertaintyGod, Titles And Names OfHonestyTrustworthinessThe Lord Is GodGod's Word Is TrueGod's Trustworthiness

And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed -- to the age.'

Verse ConceptsEternal BlessingMay God Bless!DedicationBlessings From God

Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

Verse ConceptsGoldSilver

And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyIs It Really?

And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

Verse ConceptsCripplesLamenessFatherless, Examples Of

And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?

Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

Verse ConceptsTributesBowing Before DavidBehold Me!saul

And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

Verse ConceptsGrandparentsReinstatementRestitutionBenevolenceRestoring Thingsgrandfathersreassurance

And he boweth himself, and saith, 'What is thy servant, that thou hast turned unto the dead dog -- such as I?'

Verse ConceptsdogsBowing Before DavidI Am Unimportant

Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.

Verse ConceptsGiving To Others

Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.

Verse ConceptsTablesLike Good People

And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsenvoyCondolence

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfPrejudiceSpiesAccusations, False ExamplesSpying

And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingFractions, One HalfCutting HairPeople Stripping PeopleTrimming Facial HairHalf Of Things

When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

Verse ConceptsFacial HairHair GrowingWaiting Till Marriage

and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of all the chosen in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,

Verse ConceptsFront And BackSpiritual Warfarereinforcement

And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutAdulteress ExamplesImmorality, Examples Of SexualMinistry, Qualifications ForSleep, PhysicalExtra Marital Sex ExamplesPurifying OneselfIndividuals going home

And David sendeth unto Joab, 'Send unto me Uriah the Hittite,' and Joab sendeth Uriah unto David;

And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house.

Verse ConceptsNot going home directly

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

Verse ConceptsNot going home directly

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsOne FleshTribes Of IsraelAbsence Of SexThe Ark Moved Around

And David saith unto Uriah, 'Abide in this place also to-day, and to-morrow I send thee away;' and Uriah abideth in Jerusalem, on that day, and on the morrow,

Bible Theasaurus

American Standard Version Public Domain

King James Version Public Domain