12 occurrences

'Mean' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsSeparating AnimalsWhat Is This?

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.”

Verse ConceptsMeaning

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

Verse ConceptsAskingcelebrating

“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?’

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaningThe Future

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

Verse ConceptsAskingMeaning

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.

Verse ConceptsShoutingMeaningImmigrants

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.

Verse ConceptsMeaning

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

Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingUnkindnessPoor, The Wicked Response ToGrinding PeopleNot Helping The Poorcrushes

“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.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToNoblesRebellion, Of IsraelKings ExiledMeaningIgnorant Of Facts

“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’?

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

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

Verse ConceptsMeaning

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

Verse ConceptsMeaning

Bible Theasaurus

Average (1 instance)
Breathe (22 instances)
Compromise (1 instance)
Contemptible (26 instances)
Convey (9 instances)
Declare (445 instances)
Express (27 instances)
Hateful (20 instances)
Ignoble (7 instances)
Imply (3 instances)
Import (1 instance)
Indicate (12 instances)
Intend (64 instances)
Involve (5 instances)
Medium (8 instances)
Middle (266 instances)
Middle (266 instances)
Servile (16 instances)
Signify (11 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
μήπως μήπως 
mepos 
Usage: 12

בּינה 
Biynah 
Usage: 38

דּמה 
Damah 
Usage: 30

חשׁך 
Chashok 
Usage: 1

מחשׁבת מחשׁבה 
Machashabah 
Usage: 56

נקה 
Naqah 
Usage: 44

ἄσημος 
Asemos 
Usage: 1

εἴην 
Eien 
should be , be , meant , might be , should mean , wert , not tr
Usage: 9

εἴπως 
Ei pos 
if by any means
Usage: 4

μεταξύ 
metaxu 
Usage: 4

πάντως 
Pantos 
by all means , altogether , surely , must needs , no doubt , in no wise , at all
Usage: 8

πῶς 
Pos 
Usage: 65

τρόπος 
Tropos 
as Trans , even as 9 9 , way , means , even as 9 , in like manner as 9 , manner , conversation
Usage: 11

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