'Mean' in the Bible

Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?”

And he said, “What do you mean by all this company which I have met?” And he said, “To find favor in the sight of my lord.”

And when your children say to you, ‘What does this rite mean to you?’

“When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the Lord our God commanded you?’

Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp.

When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli.

“What do you mean by crushing My peopleAnd grinding the face of the poor?”Declares the Lord God of hosts.

“Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying,‘The fathers eat the sour grapes,But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

When the sons of your people speak to you saying, ‘Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?’

They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant.

And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”

You do not mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’

For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean.”

Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ.”

I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything?

I mean not your own conscience, but the other man’s; for why is my freedom judged by another’s conscience?

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.