54 occurrences

'Certain' in the Bible

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Verse ConceptsNightThe SunBedsSunsetsStones As Monuments

A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Verse ConceptsWandererswandering

It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingAt The Same Time

Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningMarital SexMarital Sex Between

There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;

Verse ConceptsTwo Hundred And SomeRosesrebellion

Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known;

Verse ConceptsSatan, Agents OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTownAbominations, Judgments OfApostatesUnknown GodsDifferent GodsEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

then you shall inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in the midst of you,

Verse ConceptsInvestigatingrumorsresearch

and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,

Verse ConceptsInvestigating

A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed By A RockSkullscrushes

There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfAppearances Of God In OtChildren, responsibilities to parents

It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him!"

Verse ConceptsVulgarityCrude LanguageDecadenceHomosexualityKnockingSexual Union IntendedAbuse

It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfJudgesRefugeesSojourningJudging IsraelTimes Of People

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

Verse Conceptsgrandfathers

But certain worthless fellows said, "How shall this man save us?" They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

Verse ConceptsGiftsReproachInsultsPrejudiceSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuperiorityTreasonIndividuals Being SilentNo One Can SaveNot Giving

Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

Verse ConceptsTelling Of People's Situations

For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head."

Verse ConceptsRiver Crossings

The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Didn't I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'

Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.

A certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his fellow by the word of Yahweh, "Please strike me!" The man refused to strike him.

Verse ConceptsSons Of The Prophets

A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded."

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmourDeath Of The Wicked, Examples OfArchers, Men Shot ByChancearmorlungs

When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now."

Verse ConceptsRestoring NationsGiving Back

Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.

He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:

Verse ConceptsAskingOccupationsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfThanksgivingPraise, Should Be Offered ByPraising GodRelationships And Dating

Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return."

Verse ConceptsCutting HairTrimming Facial HairHair Growing

Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:

Verse ConceptsCommanderHarpsLyreMinistry, Nature OfMusicMusical Instruments, types ofServanthood, And Worship Of GodCymbalsInstrumentalistsLyres

After certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. Ahab killed sheep and cattle for him in abundance, and for the people who were with him, and moved him to go up [with him] to Ramoth Gilead.

Verse ConceptsVisiting

A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded."

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesBow And Arrows, Uses OfArmour

Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsHumilityReligious Awakenings

The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers' [houses], after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Verse ConceptsMonth 10

that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsRemnantAsking Particular Questions

In Jerusalem lived certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

Of the Levites, certain divisions in Judah [were joined] to Benjamin.

and certain of the priests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph;

Verse ConceptsTrumpets For Celebration

But in all this [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The KingGone Away

I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFloggingHairsDisputesHair PluckingCursing The UngodlyPeople Bound By OathsSwearinginterracial

There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Examples OfDifferent TeachingsBreaking Man's LawThe Law Given To Israel

Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

Verse ConceptsAffirmationsHonestyInnocence, Teaching OnGod Sending Prophets

Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying,

and Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, [namely], Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt;

Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me.

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersSynagogueSitting At The Feet

It happened in the seventh year, in the fifth [month], the tenth [day] of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of Yahweh, and sat before me.

Verse ConceptsSynagogueDay 10Month 5Sitting At The Feet

The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in [certain] of the children of Israel, even of the seed royal and of the nobles;

Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.

Verse ConceptsFuturePredictionsTrustworthinessCutting StonesChrist The RockSure KnowledgePredicting The FutureIron Objects

Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

Verse ConceptsPeople Accusing People

There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don't serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.

Verse ConceptsConformityServanthood, And Worship Of GodAnger Of Man, UnrighteousAvoiding IdolatryHow Not To WorshipNot Worshipping Idols

He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Verse ConceptsTying Up

Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, How long shall be the vision [concerning] the continual [burnt offering], and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot?

Verse ConceptsBefore God ActsTrampling PlacesSurrender

I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.

Verse ConceptsFaintingdiseasesAstonishmentUnintelligiblenessSick IndividualsPeople AppalledPeople Getting UpServing KingsIllnessgabriel

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