10 occurrences

'Country' in the Bible

And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Divine In Ot

And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesFour To Five Hundred

But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

Verse ConceptsAsylum

And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of the Moabites after driving out Hushim and Beerah his wives;

There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.

Verse ConceptsSeersVillages

And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.

Verse ConceptsWeeksWeekly

And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises Of

And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was controller of the king's property; Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, had control of all store-houses in country places and in the towns and little towns and strong places;

Verse ConceptsStoringTowersStorehousesStores Of Food

For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.

Verse ConceptsForeignersBeing A PilgrimHope, Results Of Its AbsenceLife, HumanPhysical LifePessimismPassing ThroughShadowsYear Of JubileeLife, Brevity OfPilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfImmigrantsAliens

Bible Theasaurus

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

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