13 occurrences

'Meanwhile' in the Bible

Meanwhile, Ehud escaped while they were delayed, passed by the idols, and escaped in the direction of Seirah.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingEscaping From People

Meanwhile, Heber the Kenite had been separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Moses' father-in-law Hobab. He had pitched his tents far away, near the Elon-bezaanannim.

Verse ConceptsBrothersTentsFathers In LawsOaksBrothers in law

Meanwhile, Sisera had escaped on foot to a tent belonging to Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, since there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the household of Heber the Kenite.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingNomadsNamed WivesTime Of Peace

Meanwhile, as Barak continued chasing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. "Come with me," she told him, "and I'll show you the man you're looking for!" So he went with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead with the tent peg still embedded in his temple!

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

Meanwhile, Gideon and the 300 soldiers with him came to the Jordan, exhausted but continuing their pursuit.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

Meanwhile, Ebed's son Gaal arrived with his relatives and crossed over into Shechem. The "lords" of Shechem put their faith in him.

Verse ConceptsOptimismTrusting Other People

But Samson retorted to his father, "Get her for me, since she looks fine to me." Meanwhile, his father and mother did not know that she was from the LORD, because he had been seeking a favorable opportunity concerning the Philistines, since the Philistines were dominating Israel at that time.

Verse ConceptsCaused By God

Meanwhile, Samson had sex until midnight, then at midnight he got up, grabbed the doors, the two door posts, and the bars of the city gate, and uprooted them. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the mountain opposite Hebron.

Verse ConceptsStrength, SpiritualMidnightLocks And BarsCarrying Other Loads

Meanwhile, some kidnappers were hiding inside an inner room, waiting for her signal. So she told him, "The Philistines are attacking you!" But he snapped the cords as one might break a burned candle wick. So his secret remained undiscovered.

Verse ConceptsAmbush

the five men who had gone to scout out the land arrived, entered Micah's home and confiscated the carved image, the ephod, the household idols, and the cast image. Meanwhile, the priest stood outside by the entrance to the gate with the 600 men armed with military weapons.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Examples OfFive PeopleSix To Seven HundredStanding In The GatewaySix Hundred And Above

Meanwhile, we also have straw and fodder for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me, for this young woman servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. We don't need anything else."

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodMangersWineFeeding Animals

Meanwhile, the army of Israel had arranged to signal their soldiers who had been hiding in ambush by sending up a cloud of smoke from the city.

Verse ConceptsSmokeBurning Cities

Meanwhile, the army of Israel went back to fight the surviving descendants of Benjamin. They attacked the entire city with swords, including its cattle and everyone they could find. Then they set fire to all of the cities that they could find.

Verse ConceptsBurning CitiesBoth Men And Animals Killed

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Meantime (6 instances)
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μεταξύ 
metaxu 
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