'Means' in the Bible

which means, "God with us." When Joseph got up from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary as his wife.

"O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"

Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."

If you had known what "I want mercy and not sacrifice' means, you would not have condemned the innocent,

When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Skull Place"),

About three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eli, eli, lema sabachthani?", which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

He took her by the hand and told her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Young lady, I tell you, get up!"

They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means Skull Place.

At three o'clock, Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani?" (which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")

"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

"I'm telling you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they will welcome you into eternal homes.

They kept saying, "What is this "in a little while' that he keeps talking about? We don't know what he means."

Jesus told her, "Mary!" She turned around and told him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means "Teacher").

One man, Joseph, a descendant of Levi and a native of Cyprus, who was named Barnabas by the apostles (the name means "a son of encouragement"),

For that is what the Lord ordered us to do: "I have made you a light to the gentiles to be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'"

It sounds rather strange to our ears, and we would like to know what it means."

Therefore, God will not justify any human being by means of the actions prescribed by the Law, for through the Law comes the full knowledge of sin.

For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.

What should we say, then? Is the Law sinful? Of course not! In fact, I wouldn't have become aware of sin if it had not been for the Law. I wouldn't have known what it means to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."

I am telling the truth because I belong to the Messiah I am not lying, and my conscience confirms it by means of the Holy Spirit.

For they are ignorant of the righteousness that comes from God while they try to establish their own, and they have not submitted to God's means to attain righteousness.

What, then, does this mean? It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened.

Now if their stumbling means riches for the world, and if their fall means riches for the gentiles, how much more will their full participation mean!

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

Am I suggesting that an offering made to idols means anything, or that an idol itself means anything?

In the Law it is written, "By means of foreign languages and through the mouths of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me," declares the Lord.

and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.

Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade people. We ourselves are perfectly known to God. I hope we are also really known to your consciences.

Why, then, was the Law added? Because of transgressions, until the descendant came about whom the promise pertained. It was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

But the Scripture has captured everything by means of sin's net, so that what was promised by the faithfulness of the Messiah might be granted to those who believe.

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.

The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.

Do your best to maintain the unity of the Spirit by means of the bond of peace.

I want to know the Messiah what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

For we declare to you what the Lord has told us to say: We who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have died.

Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. In the first place, his name means "king of righteousness," and then he is also king of Salem, that is, "king of peace."

At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

A brother of humble means should rejoice in his having been exalted,

You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.

Or do you think the Scripture means nothing when it says that the Spirit that God caused to live in us jealously yearns for us?