'Intend' in the Bible
Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord."
So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you?
Gideon said to God, "If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.
Now, my dear, don't worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.
So he said to her, "How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!"
The Lord said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons."
"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?
So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, "Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage."
Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.
Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.
Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.
In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend."
Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done."
So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Edom, what I intend to do to the people who live in Teman. Their little ones will be dragged off. I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done.
So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Babylon, what I intend to do to the people who inhabit the land of Babylonia. Their little ones will be dragged off. I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done.
All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand.
saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!"
Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have.