'Errand' in the Bible

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

While they went on this errand, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail of what had happened.