6 occurrences

'Country' in the Bible

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout and God-fearing men from every nation under heaven.

Verse ConceptsBaptism, Places UsedJudaismReverence, And ObedienceAll Nationspiety

and He said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come to the land that I will show you.’

Verse ConceptsAbrahamPilgrimsSeparating From Relativesland

Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God sent him to this country in which you now live.

At this remark Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.

Verse ConceptsReckoned As ForeignersTwo Sons

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [the people of] Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Support ForAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Apostles In ActionAcceptance

Now Herod [Agrippa I] was extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsPeople Providing FoodNamed People Angry With OthersPrivate Rooms

Bible Theasaurus

Commonwealth (2 instances)
Country (613 instances)
Nation (326 instances)