6 occurrences

'Instead' in the Bible

So he said to me, "All right then, I will substitute cow's manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it."

Verse ConceptsCowsdung and manureDefecationDung For Fuelcookingpoop

Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!'"

Verse ConceptsConformityImitating Wicked PeopleWhat Foreigners DoYou Will Know I Am The LordThey Do Not Keep Commands

"'Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

Verse ConceptsWivesRelations With ForeignersWifespouseloversadultry

All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

Verse ConceptsEffect Of BribesPaying For Goodswhores

But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Verse ConceptsProfaning God's NameBringing People Out Of Other PlacesLooking At God's Works

The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by.

Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilCultivation

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
תּחת 
Tachath 
instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, in the same place
Usage: 505

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