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'Men' in the Bible

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

Verse ConceptsGiantsAntediluviansBefore The FloodWarriorsMarital SexAngels As Sons Of GodMarital Sex BetweenAngels Interacting With PeoplePeople Have HonourInterracial MarriageSame Sex Marriageheroes

And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

Verse ConceptsGod Going DownGod Seeing The Wicked

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTThe King's Orders

save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their portion.

Verse ConceptsFood PermittedSharing Material Things

and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of Slaves

And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men standing near him. And when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to the earth,

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordBowingSalutationsThree MenIndividuals RunningTrinity

And the men rose up thence, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to conduct them.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryGoing TogetherSetting Out

And the men turned thence, and went towards Sodom; and Abraham remained yet standing before Jehovah.

Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest all the people from every quarter.

Verse ConceptsEnemies Surrounding

And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.

Verse ConceptsSelf IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

And the men stretched out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutShutting DoorsPulling People

And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod BlindingNot Finding

And the men said to Lot, Whom hast thou here besides? a son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city bring them out of the place.

Verse ConceptsSons In LawRelatives Also InvolvedBringing People Out Of Other Places

And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.

Verse Conceptsdelay, humanHandsHesitationSafetyUnbelief, As Response To GodGod's Mercy, Example OfOutside The CityPulling PeopleTaking By The HandPeople Who DelayedBringing People Out Of Other PlacesGod Showed Mercy

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and spoke all these words in their ears; and the men were greatly afraid.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he clave the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up and went to the place that God had told him of.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men

And Abraham said to his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

Verse ConceptsBowing Before God

And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

Verse ConceptsDrawing Water

And the man came into the house; and he ungirded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who were with him.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingGuestsMangersStrawWaterFeet WashingThings StrippedEntering HousesFeeding AnimalsMan Providing WaterClean FeetCare Of Feet

And they ate and drank, he and the men that were with him, and lodged. And they rose up in the morning; and he said, Send me away to my master.

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesEating And DrinkingPeople Sending People

And they sent away Rebecca their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningMarriage, The BrideNamed SistersPeople Sending People

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, She is my sister; for he feared to say, my wife, saying to himself, Lest the men of the place slay me on account of Rebecca because she was fair in countenance.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitdoubtersAsking Particular QuestionsMisrepresentationOther WivesBeautiful Women

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother, to Esau; and he also is coming to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutFour To Five HundredMeeting PeopleFour And Five Hundred

And he said, Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God, and with men, and hast prevailed.

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristChanged NamesGod Naming PeopleGod Renaming PeopleHuman Nature, OvercomingStruggles

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he distributed the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two maidservants:

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSexual Sin, Nature OfSorrowRapeNamed People Angry With Others

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Stewardship OfLiving In The LandMen Of Peace

But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

Verse ConceptsUnified PeopleBecoming Like PeopleConsentLiving In The LandNecessity Of Circumcision

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfNosesSmellsFew PeopleTroubling IndividualsNations Attacking IsraelFamily Problems

And Midianitish men, merchants, passed by; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silver-pieces; and they brought Joseph to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsMerchantsSilverTradeCommercePrice Set On IndividualsTrade With Metals

And he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute that was at Enaim, by the way-side? And they said, There was no prostitute here.

Verse ConceptsWhere Are People?whores

And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

that on a certain day he went into the house to do his business, and there was none of the men of the house there in the house.

Verse ConceptsBusiness, ExamplesEntering HousesGone Away

that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us, to mock us: he came in to me, to lie with me; and I cried with a loud voice;

Verse ConceptsSexual Union IntendedMisleading Children

And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.

Verse ConceptsDouble MoneyIndeterminate Sums Of Money

And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the man who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.

Verse ConceptsHourMealsNoonStewardshipDinnerKilling Domesticated AnimalsSeeing People

And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyLoss Of DonkeysWhy People Did ThingsFear Of Individuals

And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.

Verse ConceptsAblutionGuestsWaterFeet WashingFeeding AnimalsClean Feet

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsFirstbornBrothersBirthrights

In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

Verse ConceptsIngratitudePeople Not Far AwayRepaying Evil For Good

and the men are shepherds, for they have been occupied with cattle; and they have brought their sheep, and their cattle, and all that they have.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As Occupations

then ye shall say, Thy servants are men that have been occupied with cattle from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

And he took from the whole number of his brethren, five men, and set them before Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsFive People

The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land settle thy father and thy brethren: let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if thou knowest men of activity among them, then set them as overseers of cattle over what I have.

Verse ConceptsAbilityCompetence

My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.

Verse ConceptsIrritationParticipation, In SinAnger Of Man, CauseSelf WillEvil AssociationsObstinate IndividualsReady To KillSports

And he went out on the second day, and behold, two Hebrew men were quarrelling; and he said to him that was in the wrong, Why art thou smiting thy neighbour?

Verse ConceptsFighting One AnotherTwo Other Men

And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill

Let them put heavier labour on the men, that they may be taken up with it, and not regard vain words.

Verse ConceptsWorking Hard And Not Being Lazy

And now send, and secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.

Verse ConceptsHow Death Is InevitableBoth Men And Animals Killed

And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsStretching OutBoth Men And Animals Affected

And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

Verse ConceptsBoth Men And Animals AffectedHarming Trees

And Pharaoh's bondmen said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: dost thou not yet know that Egypt is ruined?

Verse ConceptsMan TrappingBefore People ActWorshipping God

Not so: go now, ye that are men, and serve Jehovah! for it is that ye have desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Verse Conceptsdriving outMen WorshippingWorshipping God

And the Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men!

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's PresenceHurrying Others On

And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children.

Verse ConceptsThree To Nine Hundred Thousand

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of men and the firstborn of cattle: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that breaketh open the womb being males; and every firstborn of my children I ransom.

Verse ConceptsStubbornness, Consequences OfDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingMale AnimalsBoth Men And Animals KilledHindering God's WorkGod Killed The PeoplesRegulating Sacrifices

Then the princes of Edom were amazed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling hath seized them; All the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

But they did not hearken to Moses; and some men left of it until the morning; then worms bred in it and it stank. And Moses was wroth with them.

Verse ConceptsInsectsSmellsMaggotsFood DecayingNamed People Angry With Othersworms

And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.

And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.

Verse ConceptsBeing OrganizedTen PeopleFiftiesOne HundredA Thousand PeopleChoosing PeopleSkilled PeopleLeadersLeadership Qualitiesinvestingorganizationgroups

And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed,

Verse ConceptsDisputesBatteryBedsBeating PeopleBeing Struck With StonesNot Dyingstriving

And if men strive together, and strike a woman with child, so that she be delivered, and no mischief happen, he shall in any case be fined, according as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and shall give it as the judges estimate.

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombUnborn FetusesLawsuitsAccidental KillingsJudicial PunishmentFighting One AnotherstruggleHurt

And ye shall be holy men unto me; and ye shall not eat flesh torn in the field: ye shall cast it to the dog.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofdogsPeople Of God, In OtAnimals, Types OfAnimals Torn To PiecesA Holy NationForbidden FoodPets

And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpKilling Within Israelgenocide

And Moses called to them; and they turned to him, Aaron and all the principal men of the assembly; and Moses talked with them.

Verse ConceptsAddressing Someone

And they came, both men and women; every one who was of willing heart brought nose-rings, and earrings, and rings, and bracelets, all kinds of utensils of gold: every man that waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsEarringsGenerosity, HumanGoldMale And FemaleOrnamentsRingsTreasureWave OfferingsDonationsNecklaceGold TransferredJewellery And GodPeople Willingjewelry

And the principal men brought the onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

Verse ConceptsJewelsJewellery And God

And all the wise men that wrought all the work of the sanctuary came, every man from his work which they wrought,

Verse ConceptsSkilled Peoplecraftsmanship

For whoever eateth the fat of the beast of which men present an offering by fire to Jehovah, the soul that hath eaten shall be cut off from his peoples.

Verse ConceptsForbidden FoodThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart from men; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsCarrying SinPreparing For Actionliberation

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);

Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen.

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering unto Jehovah, all that they give of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodVows

Nothing devoted, which shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed: it shall certainly be put to death.

Verse ConceptsDebaucheryRansomJudicial PunishmentNot Redeemed

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,

These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

Verse ConceptsTwelve Beings

And there were men, who were unclean through the dead body of a man, and could not hold the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel?

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

And Jehovah said to Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and their officers; and take them to the tent of meeting, and they shall stand there with thee.

Verse ConceptsSeventiesLeadersIdentityResponsibilityThe Elderlyeldersorganizationgathering

And Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah; and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tent.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

And Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not repeat it.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToRevelation, In OtProphesyingOnceOnly Onceelders

And two men remained in the camp, the name of the one, Eldad, and the name of the other, Medad; and the Spirit rested upon them (and they were among them that were written, but they had not gone out to the tent); and they prophesied in the camp.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other Men

And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them!

Verse ConceptsWork From YouthServant Leadershipservanthood

Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

Verse ConceptsSpyingTwelve Tribesexploring

These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming People

But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofBad Decision Making ExamplesStrong NationsUnable To Expel

And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;

Verse ConceptsBad Newsdoubt, results ofGiantsexploring

for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorTen TimesTesting GodNot Believing Signs

And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,

Verse ConceptsDiscontentSpying

even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofAnger Of God, Examples OfDeath As Punishmentnegativity

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