27 occurrences

'Messenger' in the Bible

And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

Verse ConceptsBefore Death

And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

Verse ConceptsLossPriesthood, In OtThe Ark Moved AroundIsrael Fleeing

But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

Verse ConceptsMessengerHurrying Others On

And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

Verse ConceptsMessengerBeauty, In Women

And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofResigned To DeathEncourage Others!

And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

Verse ConceptsMessengerNews

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessengerPersecution, Nature OfProphets, Lives OfRevenge, Examples OfMan's Action TomorrowKilling Prophetsjezebel

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

Verse ConceptsMessengerImitating Wicked PeopleGood Words

And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutBodyMedicineMessengerRivers And StreamsWashingMiracles Of ElishaSeven TimesIn The Jordan

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

Verse ConceptsMessengerRemoving HeadsShutting DoorsKilling ProphetsSkullsSoundThe Elders Gathered

And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?

Verse ConceptsQuestionsGod Appointed AfflictionsGod DestroyingWhile Still SpeakingGod Harmed ThemWaiting On The Lord

So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.

Verse ConceptsWatchmanUnrelated Things

And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

Verse ConceptsTwo Of Body Parts

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Verse ConceptsInsightMediatorAmbassadors, Figurative UseAngels Looking After People

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Verse ConceptsPitilessnessRebellion against Godrebellion

Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,

Verse ConceptsMessengerCapturing Cities

And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentOrnamentsCosmeticsEyes Cared ForWearing Jewellerycatsjewelrymakeup

Then spake Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordPresent, TheGod With Yougays

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newElijah, Prophecies OfPreparing God's WayHeraldLast ThingsMissionaries, Call OfProphecies Concerning ChristNames And Titles For ChristForerunnersDivine MessengerMessianic PropheciesSudden EventsGod Sends ProphetsStatus Of The TemplePreparationEclipse

Bible Theasaurus

Ambassador (7 instances)
Attendant (57 instances)
Courier (6 instances)
Emissary (1 instance)

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