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'Princes' in the Bible

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsThe Number TwelveAbraham, Testing And VictoryAnswered PrayerProsperity PromisedGod Multipling PeopleTwelve BeingsBlessed By GodGod Paid Attention To MeSons Being A Blessingfruitfulness

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps -- twelve princes according to their clans.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelCastlesRulersTwelve Beings

The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs." And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

He replied to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the Lord may speak to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyPrincesOvercoming Adversity

So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, for the Lord has refused to permit me to go with you."

Verse ConceptsGod Forbidding

So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."

Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent Out

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordGoing TogetherSpeaking The Word God Gives

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

Verse ConceptsSheepSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

So he returned to him, and he was still standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"

He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsEarth, Belonging To GodDust, Figurative UseGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPrincesThroneGloryGod And The PoorMetaphorical PillarsGod Lifting PeopleRubbishGod Helps The PoorThe poordust

The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

Verse ConceptsPride, Results OfAbaseAbasement, Examples OfGod Killed The PeoplesAngels Activities Among UnbelieversMiracles Involving Military Victory

or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver.

Verse ConceptsGold

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Verse ConceptsFavouritismGod, Impartiality OfGod And The PoorPovertyMan, Creation OfPeople Are The SameCreation Of All MankindThe Rich Lording It

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

Verse ConceptsPrincesExchange Of IndividualsFathersDadsconnectedness

There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

Verse ConceptsPrincesMinoritiesThe Youngest Child

He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.

Verse ConceptsGod Is To Be Feared

He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRestlessnessWanderers

that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people.

Verse ConceptsPrincesThe Honourable Will Be Honouredroyalty

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAuthority

Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes!

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.

Verse Conceptsethics, socialGovernmentCivic RighteousnessRulersWisdom, Human ImportanceUnsuitable Rulerebellionapostasy

I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves.

Verse ConceptsPromotionRiding HorsesSlavesslaveryroyalty

Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time -- with self-control and not in drunkenness.

Verse ConceptsBad LeadershipAlcoholBeing A LeaderDigestionRight Time For PeopleFamily Strength

On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth?

Verse ConceptsTradeCommerceGod's Plans

So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse."

Verse ConceptsJacob, The Patriarch

This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you."

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtProphecies Concerning ChristBowing Before MessiahMessianic Prophecies

If you do this, then the kings and princes who follow in David's succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to enter through these gates, as well as their officials and the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. This city will always be filled with people.

Verse ConceptsChariotsThe Dynasty Of David

He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the Lord hid them.

Verse ConceptsScribesGod Hiding PeopleNamed Prophets Of The Lord

So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsInjuryMonotonyPersecution, Forms OfPersecution, Nature OfPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRopesSuffering, Causes OfCisternsLowering PeopleMarshes

(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Famine,Poverty, SpiritualVisionsSpiritual DestitutionBreaking SticksDestruction Of JerusalemKings ExiledCity GatesNo VisionsProphecy AbolishedPutting Things Down

"And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,

Verse ConceptsSongsLamenting

Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

Verse ConceptsPrincesWar As God's JudgmentThighsBeating OneselfKilled With The Sword

"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanPrincesSheddingKilling Many People

Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.

Verse ConceptsConspiraciesHuntingWidowsPeople Torn To PiecesLike CreaturesJudged As MurderersTaking PossessionConspiracy

All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

Verse ConceptsembroideryOrnamentsThroneClothed With Bad ThingsPeople Stripping OffSitting In DejectionGroups TremblingSea DwellersOthers Going Down

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.

Verse ConceptsGoatsRamsCommerceSheep And Goats

"Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit.

Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitDying With The Uncircumcised

You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth -- the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking Blood

of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

Verse ConceptsAccording To People

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toViolenceCessationStopping EvilAvoiding ViolenceNot Destroyedcheaters

By his treachery he will succeed through deceit. He will have an arrogant attitude, and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes. He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart -- but not by human agency.

Verse ConceptsBabylonAntichristPower, God's SavingSatan, As DeceiverInfidelity To GodDestruction Of The WickedThose At EaseThose Who DeceivedProud PeopleMan's Relation To God

However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there with the kings of Persia.

Verse ConceptsAngels opposed to GodAngels as God's servantsMichael The ArchangelPrincesSatan, Agents OfSatan, As The Enemy Of GodTen Or More DaysPrincipalities And PowersRanks Of AngelsSpiritual Warfaregabriel

However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, except Michael your prince.

Verse ConceptsArchangelsBooks, Metaphorical UseMichael The ArchangelBible, Names OfActing AloneAngelic GuardianshipTelling The Truth

The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood!

Verse ConceptsBoundariesLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityProperty, LandResistanceStonesLandmarksGod Will Be Angrywaterfalls

The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.

Verse ConceptsLiesRejoicing In Evil

At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholMockeryDrunkenness, ResultsInfidelity To GodEvil AssociationsSick IndividualsScoffersfriendliness

They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!

Verse ConceptsGold

Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, "Give me a king and princes"?

Verse ConceptsRulersAttitudes Towards KingsThings Which Cannot Save

"On the day of the Lord's sacrificial meal, I will punish the princes and the king's sons, and all who wear foreign styles of clothing.

Verse ConceptsForeignersDressForeign ThingsSacrifice

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

Verse ConceptsLionsWolvesIn The Morning

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נשׂא נשׂיא 
Nasiy' 
Usage: 134

H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

אחשׁדּרפּן 
'achashdarpan (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

מראשׁה 
Mar'ashah 
Usage: 1

נגד נגיד 
Nagiyd 
Usage: 44

נדיב 
Nadiyb 
Usage: 28

נסיך 
N@ciyk 
Usage: 6

סגן 
Cagan 
Usage: 17

פּרתּם 
Partam 
Usage: 3

קצין 
Qatsiyn 
Usage: 12

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

רברבן 
Rabr@ban (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

רזן 
Razan 
Usage: 6

שׂוּר 
Suwr 
Usage: 1

שׂורה 
Sowrah 
Usage: 1

שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁ שׁלישׁo 
Shaliysh 
Usage: 20

שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

שׂרה 
Sarah 
Usage: 5

שׂרוּק 
Saruwq 
Usage: 1

שׂרר 
Sarar 
Usage: 6

ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

ἀρχηγός 
Archegos 
Usage: 4

ἄρχων 
Archon 
Usage: 32

ἐξοχή 
Exoche 
Usage: 1

ἡγεμών 
hegemon 
Usage: 19

στοιχεῖον 
Stoicheion 
Usage: 7

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