56 occurrences in 10 translations

'Fro' in the Bible

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Verse ConceptsRavensBirds, Types Of BirdsCrowsWanderersWaters Drying UpPeople Sending CreaturesFloodsflying

And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyComing To GatesKilling Brothers

And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.

Verse ConceptsForty YearsGenerationsAnger Of God, ConsequencesNomadsThe Number FortyThe Homeless40 To 50 YearsHomelessnessGod Led Them Through The WildernessDying In The Desert Waiting For God's Timingwandering

“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtdefeatCarcass, Literal UseKingdomsSevenfoldDirectionfootball

But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Verse ConceptsTreesThe Honourable Will Be HonouredOlive Trees

But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Verse ConceptsSweetness

And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineHuman Comfort

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessThose Who Kept Stock

And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was just crossing over the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

And the king saith unto Joab, head of the host that is with him, 'Go to and fro, I pray thee, through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and inspect ye the people -- and I have known the number of the people.'

Verse ConceptsCensus

And they go to and fro through all the land, and come in at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsFive Months And More

Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

Verse ConceptsNosesPersonal ContactSeven TimesSneezingReceiving Sight

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Verse ConceptsCommitmentGod, Human Descriptions OfFaultsFace Of Godevil, believers' responses toCommitment, to GodGod, Present EverywhereVisionWatchfulness, DivineHelp From GodGod, All knowingEyesBeing Devoted to GodEarthSupport

Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfWanderersWhere From?SatanThe Devil

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfWanderersWhere From?wandering

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessMonotonySleeplessnessWakefulness

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Verse ConceptsChaffFoliageharassment

“He sinks a shaft far from habitation,Forgotten by the foot;They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

Verse ConceptsFeetSwinging

“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];Surely they make an uproar for nothing;Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.

Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

Do not kill them, or my people will forget;Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,O Lord our shield!

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesPeople Remembering

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.

Verse ConceptsWorldly DilemmasStormsStaggeringdrunkards

He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed,Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

Verse ConceptsBinding cornThe Soul Winners JoyTearsReapersPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it, or the saw magnify itself against [the] one who moves it to and fro? {As if a rod should move the one who lifts it}! {As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood}!

Verse ConceptsAxesSelf ConfidenceToolsWoodInfidelity To GodSawsClubsDo Not Be ProudScoffers

The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making DrunkThings Fallingrebelliondrunkards

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingHarvestCaterpillarsLocusts

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesAttitudes To BarrennessBereavementwandering

I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,And all the hills moved to and fro.

Verse ConceptsMountains Quaking

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Verse ConceptsBalances, Dishonest UseRoadsEvil TimesCitizenshipCity SquaresGod Will ForgiveFinding LoveGodly ManA Good ManBeing Singleseekingjerusalem

And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentOffenceRidicule, Nature OfMade A Horror

And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making Drunk

And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;

Verse ConceptsHissingFamine Coming From GodMade A Horror

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Verse ConceptsIronyPlaguesProclaimingFamine Coming From GodEvil And FreedomMade A Horror

Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

Among the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.

Verse ConceptsAppearances of

And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

Verse ConceptsGoing Through the Motions

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

Verse ConceptsLiversMagical Arts, Practice OfArrows, Uses OfHousehold GodsPeople Shaking

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingPeople OpposedPeople Appalled

Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesPerfumePlantsCommerceSteel

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

Verse ConceptsCreatures JumpingHouses Under Attackthievesgrandfathersjumping

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

Verse ConceptsNorthRestlessnessCompassesWanderersExpanse Of The SeaNot FindingReceiving God's WordThe End Of The WorldThe Word Of GodNot Being AloneEnd Timesdistractionscrusadesseekingwandering

For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh corn in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsSiftingGod ShakingSievingThings Falling

In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances are like torches, As lightnings they run.

Verse ConceptsChariotsLightningRoadsStreetsCity SquaresAttacking With ChariotsSpeedSparklingUsing RoadsSteelAutomobilesLightning Used Metaphorically

“Will your creditors not rise up suddenly,And those who collect from you awaken?Then you will become plunder for them.

Verse ConceptsSuddenlyawakening

And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

Verse ConceptsPatrollingMyrtleGod Sending Prophets

And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

Verse ConceptsPatrollingMyrtleTime Of PeaceRestEarth Being Fixed And Immovable

For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfContemptGod, Present EverywherePlumb LineVisionSmall Things God UsesSeven Body PartsSmall ThingsPatrollingGod Seeing All The Earth

And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

Verse ConceptsPatrolling

As Jesus was walking by the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Simon’s brother, Andrew, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

Verse ConceptsFishermenCall To ServiceFishing

But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the'sea of Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:

Verse ConceptsMonotonySeaMidnightTen Or More Dayssailing

"To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows: "'This is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says--He who walks to and fro among the seven lampstands of gold.

Verse ConceptsChurchLettersRight Hand Of GodChrist's HandsSeven LightsWriting Letters

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
נדף 
Nadaph 
drive away , drive , thrust him down , shaken , driven to and fro , tossed to and fro
Usage: 9

פּתל 
Pathal 
Usage: 5

שׁוּט 
Shuwt 
run to and fro , go to and fro , go about , gone , mariners , rowers , go through
Usage: 13

תּהפּכה 
Tahpukah 
Usage: 10

אזל 
'azal 
gone , fail , gaddest about , to and fro , spent
Usage: 6

הנּה 
hennah 
Usage: 55

הפכפּך 
Haphakpak 
Usage: 1

חגג 
Chagag 
Usage: 16

טופפה 
Towphaphah 
Usage: 3

כּפור 
K@phowr 
Usage: 12

לוּז 
Luwz 
Usage: 6

לכד 
Lakad 
Usage: 121

משּׁק 
Mashshaq 
running to and fro
Usage: 1

נדד 
Nadud 
tossings to and fro
Usage: 1

נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 10

עקּשׁ 
`iqqesh 
Usage: 11

עקּשׁוּת 
`iqq@shuwth 
Usage: 2

צפרדּע 
Ts@phardea` 
Usage: 13

קרח קרח 
Qerach 
Usage: 7

שׁובב 
Showbab 
Usage: 3

שׁקק 
Shaqaq 
Usage: 6

βάτραχος 
Batrachos 
Usage: 1

κλυδωνίζομαι 
Kludonizomai 
toss to and fro
Usage: 1

σκολιός 
Skolios 
Usage: 4

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