12 occurrences

'Mean' in the Bible

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

Verse ConceptsSeparating AnimalsWhat Is This?

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?

Verse ConceptsAskingcelebrating

that this may be a sign in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaning

And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children hereafter ask their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaning

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCovetousness, Example OfAnnihilation

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great pour of rain. And Ahab got on the chariot, and went to Jizreel.

Verse ConceptsBlackSkyGod Sending RainDarkness During Daytime

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought low: and do not thou forgive them!

Verse ConceptsUnforgivenessGod Not Forgiving

What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingUnkindnessPoor, The Wicked Response ToGrinding PeopleNot Helping The Poorcrushes

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

Verse ConceptsHumilityArrogance, Punishment OfBeing Humblearroganceimportance

And Asshur shall fall by the sword, not of a great man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become tributary;

Verse ConceptsSwordsGod KillingGod Will Kill The PeoplesForced Labour

What mean ye, ye who use this proverb of the land of Israel, saying, The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction OfTeethInfidelity To GodParents SinDentistrySins Of The FathersChildren SufferingOld SayingsFathers Responsibilitiesgrandfathersparenthood

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