117 occurrences

'Certain' in the Bible

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheServanthood, In SocietyLikeningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSettling Accountsaccounting

Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, worshipping him , and asking a certain thing of him.

Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was priced, whom certain of the children of Israel did price;

Verse ConceptsValuesScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPrice Set On Individuals

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

Verse ConceptsReasoned Argument

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusPharisees Concerned About Christ

And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?

But a certain one of them that stood by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his ear.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilUnwise ZealAnonymityThings StrippedSevering Body Parts

And a certain young man followed with him, having a linen cloth cast about him, over his naked body : and they lay hold on him;

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristLinenIdentity In Christteenager

And there stood up certain, and bare false witness against him, saying,

Verse ConceptsPeople Getting Up

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Types Of In Nt TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodSubdivisionsNamed Gentile RulersTimes Of People

But certain of the Pharisees said, Why do ye that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day?

Verse ConceptsComplaintsConfrontationRitualLegalismDisputesPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesMastersEmployers, Good ExamplesNearness Of DeathDeath Looms NearPrecious

A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.

Verse ConceptsTwo Needy MenLending And BorrowingDebt

and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary that was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

Verse ConceptsSatanic InvasionSeven SpiritsThose Jesus HealedDemonsCasting Out Demons

And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSpiritsNaked In PovertyMeeting PeopleAction For A Long TimeThose DemonisedDemons

And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Verse ConceptsExaggerationsRoadsWhereverfollowing

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Verse ConceptsLawyersInheritance, SpiritualSeeking LifeTesting ChristDoing God's WorksTests

Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

Verse ConceptsInjuryMurderStealingSuffering, Causes OfTravelViolencePeople Stripping PeopleAfflicted To DeathActual Thievesthieves

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByHeartlessnessluckpriestsstories

But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

Verse ConceptsOpportunities, In LifeOutsidersTravelPeople Showing Mercy

Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Verse ConceptsAttitudes, to other peopleGuestsHospitality, Examples OfProperty, HousesHospitality Towards ChristWelcoming ChristReceiving Jesus As A Guestvacation

And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

Verse ConceptsHabitsJohn The BaptistTeachablenessChrist TeachingThe Disciples WordsDisciples Of John The BaptistEnd Of ActionsJesus PrayingPraying For OthersPrayingFinishing Strong

And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersCrowdsWombbreasts

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Verse ConceptsRich, TheFertile LandWealthy PeopleFarminguncertainty

And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsSeeking For Concrete Things

In that very hour there came certain Pharisees, saying to him, Get thee out, and go hence: for Herod would fain kill thee.

Verse ConceptsPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristAmbivalenceChrist Would Be KilledPharisees Concerned About Christpharisees

And behold, there was before him a certain man that had the dropsy.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfHealing Sickness

And he said, A certain man had two sons:

Verse ConceptsTwo Sons

And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheThriftWasteChrist Speaking To DisciplesWealthy PeoplePropertyA Fool And His Money Shall PartMoney Managementpossessionsaccusationsaccounting

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

Verse ConceptsLeprosyHealingLonelinessQuarantiningHygieneCrying To JesusQuarantineTen PeopleStanding At A Distance

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofeagernessRulersTeachersTeachablenessSeeking LifeGood PeopleDoing God's Works

And it came to pass, as he drew nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

Verse ConceptsBeggingBeggarsRoadsUsing RoadsBlindness

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

Verse ConceptsHeirsInheritance, SpiritualNoblesRich, TheIndividuals going homeFar From HereGifts And Talents

And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;

Verse ConceptsHeresiesJudaismPrejudiceResurrection, Of The DeadAre The Dead Raised?

And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

Verse ConceptsTeachers Of The Law

And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other ThingsActual Widows

And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

Verse ConceptsSevering Body Parts

And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light of the fire , and looking stedfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him.

Verse ConceptsSparklingLooking Intently At PeopleChrist With People On Earth

one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.

Verse ConceptsCriminalsImprisonmentsPrisonersJudged As Murderers

Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;

Verse ConceptsAmazingJesus Tomb

And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

Verse ConceptsJesus TombNot Seeing Christ

He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

Verse ConceptsParents Duty To ChildrenProviding WineDrinking WaterSick Individuals

for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstDisease

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesSick Individualsoverworkinglazarus

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

Verse ConceptsThose Who Were IgnorantRivers

Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

Verse ConceptsGreeksJudaismProselytesflexibility

And a certain man that was lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

Verse ConceptsCripplesGatesLamenessLonelinessWeakness, PhysicalBeauty, In ArtefactsHelplessnessChronic AilmentsSitting In The GatewayNamed GatesFrom The WombOnce A DayPeople Carrying Live PeopleInner BeautyThe Beauty Of Nature

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

Verse ConceptsProperty

and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles feet.

Verse ConceptsBad ConsciencesCorrupted ConsciencesCheatingKnowing FactsPutting Things DownThe Apostles In ActionPeople Giving Other Thingscouples

But there arose certain of them that were of the synagogue called the synagogue of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.

Verse ConceptsAlexandria The CityConfrontationMissionaries, Support ForSynagogueGod, Impartiality OfFalse Teachers, Examples OfDisputes

But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

Verse ConceptsClaimsPride, Examples OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityBoastersGreat IndividualsSorcerymagic

And as they went on the way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

Verse ConceptsRoadsSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfWater For BaptismChristian BaptismHindrancesBaptism

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said unto him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here , Lord.

Verse ConceptsecstasyGod, Revelation OfThose Who Saw VisionsThe Spirit SpeakingThis Is Medamascus

and he took food and was strengthened. And he was certain days with the disciples that were at Damascus.

Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherSeveral DaysPeople EatingSpecific Cases Of Strengtheningdamascus

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.

Verse ConceptsParalyticsEight Or Nine YearsBeds

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band ,

Verse ConceptsMilitaryArmies, RomanVolunteering

and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

Verse ConceptsFour CornersThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenFour SidesPutting Animals DownHeavenly Visionporksailing

So he called them in and lodged them. And on the morrow he arose and went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofInvitationsGoing TogetherWelcoming Other People

And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, practice ofCommands, in NTHospitality, Examples OfChristian Baptism

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

Verse ConceptsecstasyFour CornersLowering PeopleThose Who Saw VisionsFour SidesI PrayPutting Animals Down

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfLaying On Hands For Evilharassment

And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

And at Lystra there sat a certain man, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

Verse ConceptsCripplesdisabilitiesLamenessThe Healed WalkingFrom The Womb

And certain men came down from Judaea and taught the brethren,'saying , Except ye be circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

Verse ConceptsCouncil of JerusalemAbraham, Family And DescendantsExclusivenessBarnabasHeresiesDenominationsMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionSalvation By Other Things

And when Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and questioning with them, the brethren appointed that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

Verse Conceptselders, in the churchBelieversVisitingDissensionDisputesMan AppointingThe Apostles In ActionResolving Conflict

But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying, It is needful to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalBelieversHeresiesJudaismSectsNecessity Of CircumcisionThose Who Believed In ChristKeep The Commandments!pharisees

Forasmuch as we have heard that certain who went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls; to whom we gave no commandment;

Verse ConceptsHeresyMen's OrdersTroubling Groups Of People

And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.

Verse ConceptsBelieversGrandmothers

and from thence to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofProvinces

And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened to give heed unto the things which were spoken by Paul.

Verse ConceptsHearingListeningColors, PurpleReceptivenessResponseProselytesThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersPurple ClothMissionariesevangelising

And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

But the Jews, being moved with jealousy, took unto them certain vile fellows of the rabble, and gathering a crowd, set the city on an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them forth to the people.

Verse ConceptsEnvyIntoleranceJealousyMarketsUnbelieversEnvy, Example OfUnbelief, Examples OfDisorder Among PeopleBringing People Out Of Other PlacesIsrael HardenedMaking Israel Jealous

And when they found them not, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

And certain also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, What would this babbler say? others, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.

Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

Verse ConceptsMeaning

But certain men clave unto him, and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Verse ConceptsConverts To ChristianityThose Who Believed In Christ

And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome: and he came unto them;

Verse Conceptsevangelism, motivation forempiresCaesarCommands, in NTPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRefugeesGood Wives ExamplesAquilaRoman EmperorsGroups Sent Away

And he departed thence, and went into the house of a certain man named Titus Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.

Verse ConceptsProselytes

Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.

Verse ConceptsAlexandria The CityEloquenceMissionaries, Call OfApollosMissionary ExamplesUse Of The ScripturesRace

And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:

Verse ConceptsFindingRoadsflexibility

But certain also of the strolling Jews, exorcists, took upon them to name over them that had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdriving outSuperstitionAdjurationWanderersPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristThose DemonisedDemonsCasting Out Demons

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen;

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

Verse Conceptsrisk

And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Means OfSleep, PhysicalPeople Falling From A HeightThree Parts Of ConstructionsBad LuckteenagerFalling Backwards

And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And there went with us also certain of the disciples from Caesarea, bringing with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we should lodge.

Verse ConceptsHospitality, Examples OfIslandsflexibility

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with certain elders, and with an orator, one Tertullus; and they informed the governor against Paul.

Verse ConceptsAttorneyGovernorsHigh Priest, In NtFour Or Five DaysPeople Accusing People

amidst which they found me purified in the temple, with no crowd, nor yet with tumult: but there were certain Jews from Asia--

Verse ConceptsTumultDisciples In The Temple

But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds of

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

אחד 
'echad 
one , first , another , other , any , once , eleven , every , certain , an , some , .
Usage: 432

אכן 
'aken 
Usage: 18

אנושׁ 
'enowsh 
Usage: 42

אשׁם אשׁם 
'asham 
Usage: 35

גּבר 
G@bar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 21

ידע 
Yada` 
Usage: 946

יצּיב 
Yatstsiyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

כּוּן 
Kuwn 
Usage: 217

נחשׁ 
Nachash 
Usage: 11

פּלמוני 
Palmowniy 
Usage: 1

קשׁט קשׁט 
Qoshet 
Usage: 2

רגם 
Ragam 
Usage: 16

ἀσφάλεια 
Asphaleia 
Usage: 3

ἀσφαλής 
Asphales 
Usage: 5

δῆλος 
Delos 
Usage: 3

ὄντως 
Ontos 
Usage: 9

πού 
Pou 
Usage: 3

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