1187 occurrences

'Us' in the Bible

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”

Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem. They are rebuilding this rebellious and evil city and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations.

Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not proper for us to witness the king’s dishonor, for that reason we have sent word and informed the king,

The document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

So now, if it pleases the king, let a search be conducted in the king’s treasure house [in the royal archives] there in Babylon to see if it is true that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send us his decision concerning this matter.”

And I sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring us servants (ministers) for the house of our God.

And as the good hand of our God was upon us, they brought us a man of understanding (insight) from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers (relatives), 18 men;

Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our possessions.

For I was ashamed to request troops and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, “The hand of our God is favorable toward all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who abandon (turn away from) Him.”

We set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and those who lay in ambushes along the way.

But now for a brief moment grace has been [shown to us] from the Lord our God, who has left us a surviving remnant and has given us a peg (secure hold) in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

For we are slaves; yet our God has not abandoned us in our bondage, but has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to revive us to rebuild the house of our God, to repair the site of its ruins and to give us a wall [of protection] in Judah and Jerusalem.

And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God have punished us less than our wrongdoings deserve, and have given us survivors like these,

shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who practice these repulsive acts? Would You not be angry with us to the point of total destruction, so that there would be no remnant nor survivor?

Therefore let us now make a covenant with our God to send away all the [foreign] wives and their children, in accordance with the advice of my lord and of those who tremble [in reverent obedience] at the commandment of our God; and let it be done in accordance with the Law.

Let our leaders stand for and represent the entire assembly; let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the burning anger of our God over this matter is turned away from us.”

Then I said to them, “You see the bad situation that we are in—how Jerusalem is desolate and lies in ruins and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Then I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they thoroughly supported the good work.

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked us and regarded us with contempt and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

I answered them, “The God of heaven [has appointed us for His purpose and] will give us success; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion, right, or memorial in Jerusalem.”

When the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times (repeatedly), “From every place you turn, they will come up against us.”

Now when our enemies heard that we knew about their plot against us, and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each one to his work.

Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

At that time I also said to the people, “Let each man with his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem so that they may serve as a guard for us at night and a laborer during the day.”

So neither I, my brothers (relatives), my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes; each took his weapon [even] to the water.

For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”

I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed (purchased back) our Jewish brothers who were sold to the [Gentile] nations; now would you even sell your brothers, that they might be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a [single] word to say.

And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest.

Moreover, there were at my table a hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.

Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

Also [it is reported that] you have appointed prophets to make a proclamation concerning you in Jerusalem, saying, ‘There is a king in Judah!’ And now these things will be reported to the [Persian] king. So come now, and let us consult together.”

For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, [O God,] strengthen my hands.

When I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, “Let us meet [and take refuge] together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, because they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.”

When all our enemies heard about it, and all the [Gentile] nations around us saw it, they lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.

“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness,Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

“However, You are just and righteous in everything that has come upon us;For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

“Its abundant produce is for the kingsWhom You have set over us because of our sins;They also rule over our bodiesAnd over our cattle as they please,So we are in great distress.

Did your fathers (ancestors) not do the same, and did our God not bring all this trouble on us and on this city? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

“There is no arbitrator between us,Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were].

“What do you know that we do not know?What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?

“Yet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!What can the Almighty do for us or to us?’

‘Surely our adversaries are cut off and destroyed,And fire has consumed their abundance.’

“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?

“Why do you complain against Him?That He does not answer [you with] all His doings.

“Let us choose for ourselves that which is right;Let us know among ourselves what is good.

‘For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his [unacknowledged] sin;He claps his hands among us [in open mockery and contempt of God],And he multiplies his words [of accusation] against God.’”

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earthAnd makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

“Tell us [Job] what words [of man] shall we say to such a Being;We cannot state our case because of darkness [that is, our ignorance in the presence of the unsearchable God].

“Let us break apart their [divine] bands [of restraint]And cast away their cords [of control] from us.”

Many are saying, “Oh, that we might see some good!”Lift up the light of Your face upon us, O Lord.

Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are our own; who is lord and master over us?”

You, O Lord, will preserve and keep them;You will protect him from this [evil] generation forever.

They track us down and have now surrounded us in our steps;They set their eyes to force us to the ground,

O Lord, save [the king];May the King answer us in the day we call.

Let Your [steadfast] lovingkindness, O Lord, be upon us,In proportion as we have hoped in You.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,And Your thoughts toward us;There is none to compare with You.If I would declare and speak of your wonders,They would be too many to count.

We have heard with our ears, O God,Our fathers have told usThe work You did in their days,In the days of old.

Through You we will gore our enemies [like a bull];Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

But You have saved us from our enemies,And You have put them to shame and humiliated those who hate us.

But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

You make us turn back from the enemy,And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton]And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.

You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors,A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

You make us a byword among the nations,A laughingstock among the people.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You,Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackalsAnd covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?Awaken, do not reject us forever.

Rise up! Come be our help,And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.

The Lord of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

He subdues peoples under usAnd nations under our feet.

He chooses our inheritance for us,The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,For they say, “Who hears us?”

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.

You have made Your people experience hardship;You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger and fall.

That Your beloved ones may be rescued,Save with Your right hand and answer us.

Have You not rejected us, O God?And will You not go out with our armies?

Give us help against the enemy,For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).

They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda;They talk of laying snares secretly;They say, “Who will discover us?”

By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Who keeps us among the living,And does not allow our feet to slip or stumble.

You brought us into the net;You laid a heavy burden [of servitude] on us.

You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat];We went through fire and through water,Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].

The earth has yielded its harvest [as evidence of His approval];God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us,And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder].

Your God has commanded your strength [your power in His service and your resistance to temptation];Show Yourself strong, O God, who acted on our behalf.

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

And I said, “This is my grief,That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
למּד למּוּד 
Limmuwd 
Usage: 6

משּׁא 
Mashsha' 
Usage: 3

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 16

נשׁא 
Nasha' 
Usage: 4

נשׁה 
Nashah 
Usage: 12

נשׁך 
Nashak 
Usage: 16

נשׁך 
Neshek 
Usage: 12

קסם 
Qacam 
Usage: 20

ἀναστρέφω 
Anastrepho 
Usage: 11

ἀπόχρησις 
Apochresis 
Usage: 1

αὐθεντέω 
Authenteo 
Usage: 1

βαττολογέω 
Battologeo 
Usage: 0

δολιόω 
Dolioo 
Usage: 1

ἕξις 
hexis 
use
Usage: 1

ἐπηρεάζω 
Epereazo 
Usage: 1

εὐχρηστος 
Euchrestos 
Usage: 3

μαγεύω 
Mageuo 
Usage: 1

μετέχω 
metecho 
Usage: 8

πράσσω 
Prasso 
do , commit , exact , require , deed , keep , use arts
Usage: 35

ὑβρίζω 
Hubrizo 
Usage: 3

φιλόξενος 
Philoxenos 
Usage: 3

χράομαι 
Chraomai 
Usage: 11

χρεία 
Chreia 
Usage: 36

χρῆσις 
Chresis 
use
Usage: 2