272 occurrences in 13 translations

'Lead' in the Bible

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingEntering Cities

O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah)

Verse ConceptsIsrael In The WildernessGod WalkingPsalm Interjections

Singers lead the way,with musicians following;among them are young womenplaying tambourines.

Verse ConceptsVirginMusical Instruments, types ofOrchestrasSingersYoung Ladiesinstrumentsdrums

The youngest is there, Benjamin, ruling them,The princes of Judah and their company [the southern tribes],The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali [the northern tribes].

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

For the choir director; set to El Shoshannim; Eduth. A Psalm of Asaph.Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,You who lead Joseph like a flock;You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!

Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdCarvings Of FlowersDivine ManifestationsJudgment SeatKnowing God, Effects OfMetaphorsMusicPeople Of God, In OtShepherds, As Kings And LeadersSittingCherubim, At God's ThroneGod's Shekinah GloryCherubim

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Verse ConceptsEntering Cities

As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

Verse ConceptsBacksliding, CausesBanishmentCrookednessEvildoersTwisted Ways

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someoneawakening

by me, princes lead,as do nobles and all righteous judges.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAuthority

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysWisdom And GuidancePaths

The words of the wicked lead to bloodshed, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Verse ConceptsSpeech, Power And Significance OfAmbush

Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin, and do not tell the messenger that it [was] a mistake. Why anger God at your words, so that he destroys the work of your hands?

Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingMistakesGod Angry With IndividualsErrorGuiltMaking MistakesSpeechjoking

Because many words lead to pointlessness, how do people benefit from this? 12Who knows what is best for people in this life, every day of their pointless lives that they pass through like a shadow? Who informs people on earth what will come along after them?

Verse ConceptsToo Many WordsUseless Words And ThinkingSchoolThe Power Of Wordsfate

I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

Verse ConceptsPomegranatesLove And Wine

For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sBeing MisleadMisleading ChildrenLeaders

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Verse ConceptsLeopardMillennial KingdomLambsLionsAnimals, Types OfDeliverance From LionsWolvesChildren And The KingdomDeerPetsSleeping Peacefully

The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.

Verse ConceptsCornerstoneMemphisFoolish PeopleStrong Delusion

The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholDrunkenness, Figurative OfBewildermentStaggeringPuzzlementuncertaintydrunkards

So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetPrisonersAfrica

His breath is like an overflowing torrentthat rises to the neck.He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destructionand to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoplesto lead them astray.

Verse ConceptsBridlesdrossHorsesSiftingSievingBinding As AnimalsLike A Flood

Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

Verse ConceptsTumultHorsesNoses

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesdecisionsGuardiansGuidance, God's Promises OfWalking In DarknessPaths Of BelieversStraight ThingsLight Of God's PeopleNot Knowing WhereDarknessBlindnessguidancePathscredibility

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

Verse ConceptsBeing ConfidentPride, Results OfArrogant ExistenceWisdom, Source Of HumanSelf ExaltationUnseenDrawbacks To KnowledgeFalse WisdomDeceiving OneselfWorldly WisdomUnique NationsStrong Delusion

I, I have spoken -- yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed.

Verse ConceptsMissionaries, Task Of

And I will {make} all my mountains like a road, and my highways shall lead up.

Verse ConceptsHighwayMaking RoadsHighways

There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionGod HealsGod Will ComfortGod's Healing LoveHealing And ComfortHope And Healing

Yes, the islands will wait for Mewith the ships of Tarshish in the lead,to bring your children from far away,their silver and gold with them,for the honor of the Lord your God,the Holy One of Israel,who has glorified you.

Verse ConceptsHonorIslandsSeafaringShipsThe NavySea TravelGod Bestowing GloryPeople From Far Away

As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

Verse ConceptsDivine LeadingThe Spirit Of GodThe Spirit Of The LordGod Has GuidedGod Giving Rest

The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

Verse ConceptsUseless Labour

I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessPeace, Human Destruction OfPersecution, Forms OfSympathyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversWatching To EntrapDefamationDeceiving OneselfFear Will ComeFriends FailingMan AvengingUnder One's BreathRevengeterrorism

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfListeningFalse ProphetsVisionsWord Of GodFalse Doctrines, AvoidanceFalse HopesNo VisionsDo Not Listen!Prophets Who Were Not SentFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersProphecyimagination

Look, I'm against those who prophesy based on false dreams," declares the LORD, "and relate them and lead my people astray with their lies and their recklessness. I didn't send them; I didn't command them, and they provide no benefit at all to these people," declares the LORD.

Verse ConceptsLiesMisleading DreamsBeing MisleadGod Not SendingDreams And False Prophets

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfAdoption, nature ofFirstbornIntimacyPeople Of God, In OtSpring Of WaterWeepingAnswered PromisesSpiritual AdoptionFirstborn SonsStraight PathsNot StumblingBrookssupplication

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day of my taking them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith Jehovah.

Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTHusbandsKnowing God, Effects OfMarriage, Between God And His PeopleRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodUnion With Christ, Nature OfUnity, God's Goal OfBreaking The CovenantMarriage To GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod As A Husband

And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToKings Exiled

They built the high places of Baal that are in the Hinnom Valley in order to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech something that I didn't command, nor did it ever enter my mind for them to require this utterly repugnant thing and lead Judah into sin."

Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

Escape from Babylon;depart from the Chaldeans’ land.Be like the rams that lead the flock.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonComing Out From Evil

"Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.

Verse ConceptsCaterpillarsTrumpetTrumpets For BattleFlags

"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats."

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An Animal

The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples and enter into judgment with you there face to face.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodBeing Face To Face With God

I will accept you [graciously] as a pleasant and soothing aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands in which you have been scattered; and I will prove Myself holy and manifest My holiness among you in the sight of the nations.

Verse ConceptsAromasHoliness, Purpose OfSmellsGathering IsraelRefreshing GodLooking At God's Works

When I lead you into the land of Israel, the land I swore to give your fathers, you will know that I am Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsAssurance, basis of

"Now, Son of Man, demarcate two pathways by which the sword of Babylon's king will arrive in the land. Both pathways will lead from a single land.

Verse ConceptsTwo Intangible Things

Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

Verse ConceptsCopperdrossIronTinWicked Described AsFurnacesThings Like SilverUseless People

As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

Verse ConceptsIronTinMeltingGathered By GodFurnaces

And she doth add unto her whoredoms, And she seeth graved men on the wall, Pictures of Chaldeans, graved with red lead,

Verse ConceptsPortraitsGrowth Of EvilSpiritual Harlotry

Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

Verse ConceptsLeadIronMineralsSilverTinCommerce

I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest,” declares the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChurchGod Giving Rest

"I'll lead my people, my nation of Israel, across you mountains, and they will take possession of you again, and you'll be their inheritance once more. Never again will you leave them robbed of children.

Verse ConceptsInhabitationBereavementPeople Possessing Other Things

Therefore, prophesy and say to them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, My people, and lead you into the land of Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningPromise of return

I will turn you around, drive you on, and lead you up from the remotest parts of the north. I will bring you against the mountains of Israel.

Verse ConceptsOut Of The NorthCausing People To TurnThe Mountains Of Israel

The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The Lord himself will lead them.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsTravelling With GodNames And Titles For ChristThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersHindrancesExamples of LeadershipBreakupsBreaking Chainslimitations

This is what the Lord saysconcerning the prophetswho lead my people astray,who proclaim peacewhen they have food to sink their teeth intobut declare war against the onewho puts nothing in their mouths.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual MalnutritionSelf DeceptionChantingBeing MisleadPeople Providing FoodNo PeacePrinciples Of WarPeace And SafetyWar

In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerFreedom, Acts Of In OtRedemption, In Everyday LifeGod Bringing Israel Out Of EgyptGod's InterventionslaveryServant Leadership

I must endure the Lord's anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsGod, Righteousness OfGod Giving LightGod DefendingGod Does Right For PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

Verse ConceptsdovesPeople Stripping PeopleBeating OneselfBird SoundsPeople Carrying Live People

At that time I will lead you -- at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsHomeProphecy, Methods Of OtGathering IsraelPeople Have HonourPraising Specific PeopleGiving Back

And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningWomen In ProphecyTalents

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

Verse ConceptsSealing ThingsPutting Things DownThe Entrance Of Sinwickednessweight

saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose them and lead them to me.

Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals

and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHanding Over ChristTying Up

and says to them, Go into the village which is over against you, and immediately on entering into it ye will find a colt tied, upon which no child of man has ever sat: loose it and lead it here.

Verse ConceptsOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As Animals

And Jesus answering them, began to say, 'Take heed lest any one may lead you astray,

Verse ConceptsLast Days

Bible Theasaurus

Direct (89 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Leash (1 instance)
Millstone (11 instances)
Precede (1 instance)
Principal (36 instances)
Soundings (1 instance)
Steer (1 instance)
Supremacy (3 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀπάγω 
Apago 
Usage: 11

G71
ἄγω 
Ago 
bring , lead , go , bring forth , , vr bring
Usage: 55

αἰχμαλωτεύω 
Aichmaloteuo 
Usage: 2

αἰχμαλωτίζω 
Aichmalotizo 
Usage: 2

ἀναφέρω 
Anaphero 
offer up , bear , offer , bring up , lead up , carry up
Usage: 10

διάγω 
Diago 
lead a life 99 , living
Usage: 2

εἰσάγω 
Eisago 
bring in , bring , lead
Usage: 9

εἰσφέρω 
Eisphero 
bring , bring in , lead
Usage: 5

ἐξάγω 
Exago 
Usage: 12

ὁδηγέω 
Hodegeo 
Usage: 2

ὁδηγός 
Hodegos 
Usage: 2

περιάγω 
Periago 
Usage: 5

συναπαγω 
sunapago 
condescend , carry away with , lead away with
Usage: 3

χειραγωγέω 
Cheiragogeo 
lead by the hand
Usage: 2

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