13 occurrences

'Often' in the Bible

and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfCrying To JesusPeople TumblingConvulsionsBurning PeopleBe Merciful!Demons Causing TormentwaterfallsDemonic Influence

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

Verse ConceptsChainsIron ChainsNo Strength To CopeBreaking Chains

It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us."

Verse ConceptsSelf PityThrowing PeopleBurning PeopleGod Help!Signs Of Possible Demon Possessionjumpingpity

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAffection, ExpressingBeing Earnest For IsraelMale And FemaleMercy, Of Jesus ChristMothers, As A SymbolProphets, Lives OfSensitivityWingsChickensGathered By GodDuplicating WordsWings Of BirdsKilling ProphetsPeople Unwilling

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfLove, Abuse OfMoney, Uses OfCovetousness, Example OfConversationFinances

I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsHarvestPlansSowing And ReapingFruitful LabourHindering God's Work

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

Verse ConceptsHindering God's Work

You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.

Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment.

Verse ConceptsChainsIntimacyFriendship, Examples OfIron ChainsBe Merciful!People Refreshedempathy

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Constantly (117 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ὁσάκις 
Hosakis 
as often as , as often as , as oft as
Usage: 2

פּעמה פּעם 
Pa`am 
Usage: 118

שׁלשׁה שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ 
Shalowsh 
Usage: 430

πολλάκις 
Pollakis 
Usage: 18

ποσάκις 
Posakis 
Usage: 1

πυκνός 
Puknos 
Usage: 3

χρόνος 
Chronos 
time , season , while , a while , space , oftentimes Trans , not tr ,
Usage: 41

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