27 occurrences

'Act' in the Bible

And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonBeing FirstMidwifeStretching OutFirstborn SonsCordsRed Cordsstories

And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsRegulations For Passover

And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

Verse ConceptsAskingcelebrating

And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will do this act of worship in this month.

Verse ConceptsFoodLand, As A Divine GiftLand, Spiritual Aspects OfMilk And HoneyRegulations For PassoverRich FoodFamine

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDeath penaltyKidnappingStealingDeath Penalty For ViolencePeople Possessing Other ThingsDeath Of A Family Member

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

You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

Verse ConceptsForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredsexSex Before MarriageSame Sex MarriageFather And Daughter Relationships

And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfBestialityLaws Of Sexual UnionRelation Of Animals To ManInterracial Marriagesex

And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCremationPunishment, Legal Aspects OfForbidden Sexual RelationshipsBurning PeopleDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMarriage ControlledSex Before MarriageSame Sex Marriage

And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceIncurring GuiltSexual Sin, Nature OfSistersForbidden Sexual RelationshipsNakedness UncoveredDeath Penalty For Sexual SinMothers And Daughters

By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.

Verse ConceptsCremationFireDeath penaltyBurning PeopleBreaking The CovenantUnder The Ban

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.

Verse ConceptsUnique Events

So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

Verse ConceptsLewdnessPeople Cut In Piecesmistresscutting

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the act of shame they have done in Israel.

Verse ConceptsA Tenth Of PeoplePeople Providing Food

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.

Verse ConceptsComplaints

And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

Verse ConceptsKindnessDealing With Young PeoplePoor Or RichYoung MarriageMay God Bless!

And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutKindnessMay God Bless!

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.

Verse ConceptsAppreciationGoodnessdevotion

For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

Verse ConceptsAdultery

But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionSevenfoldKarmathievespotential

For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingWhat God Does

Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindSeeking The Favour Of God

Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness Ofdiscipline, divineReward, DivineGod, All knowingGod Seeing All PeopleGod's CounselMighty OneRepaid For Deeds

Bible Theasaurus

Behave (50 instances)
Command (517 instances)
Dissemble (2 instances)
Enact (4 instances)
Introduction (4 instances)
Number (733 instances)
Officiate (2 instances)
Pretend (15 instances)
Represent (28 instances)
Routine (1 instance)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּבוּרה 
G@buwrah 
Usage: 61

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 334

מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

עבודה עבדה 
`abodah 
Usage: 146

עללה עלילה 
`aliylah 
Usage: 24

פּעל 
Po`al 
work , act , deeds , do , getting , maker
Usage: 37

צדקה 
Ts@daqah 
Usage: 157

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