1439 occurrences in 13 translations

'Sent' in the Bible

no shrubs had yet grown in the meadows of the earth and no vegetation had sprouted, because the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there were no human beings to work the ground.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodRainVegetationEmpty PlacesPloughmenMan's FunctionNo One AvailableHerbsGod Controlling The Rain

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalAnestheticSealing ThingsAdam and eve

You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainFugitivesThe HomelessWanderersDriven From God's PresenceGod HidingBeing Hidden From GodHidden From God

And God kept Noah in mind, and all the living things and the cattle which were with him in the ark: and God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters went down.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahMemoriesWindAnimals, Care ForDivine RemembranceGod Dispensing WindGod Remembering His PeopleWaters SubsidingNoah's Flood

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Verse ConceptsRavensBirds, Types Of BirdsCrowsWanderersWaters Drying UpPeople Sending CreaturesFloodsflying

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsPeople Sending CreaturesSeeing SituationsWaters Subsiding

And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysPeople WaitingPeople Sending Creatures

So it was named Babel, because there the Lord took away the sense of all languages and from there the Lord sent them away over all the face of the earth.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfScattering The PeoplesLanguages SeparatedLanguage

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Verse ConceptsTransferring Wives

So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningThose Who Did Not Tell

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

And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureYielding To TemptationDestruction Of Cities

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

Verse ConceptsAngels as agents of judgmentSodom And GomorrahReprobatesGod Sending ProphetsOutcry

Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBrimstoneFireMineralsRetributionSexual Sin, Nature OfAnger Of God, Examples OfBurning CitiesSulphur

And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Verse ConceptsMemoriesRememberingAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, Calling And LifeDivine RemembranceDestruction Of CitiesGod Remembering His PeopleBringing People Out Of Other Places

So Abimelech got up early in the morning and sent for all his servants and gave them word of these things, and they were full of fear.

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

Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Kings SummoningWe Have SinnedWhat Sin?

And when God sent me wandering from my father's house, I said to her, Let this be the sign of your love for me; wherever we go, say of me, He is my brother.

Verse ConceptsLoyaltyTentsWanderers

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Verse ConceptsShouldersBottle, UsesDeserts, SpecificThe HomelessWater ContainersWanderersThose Who Rose EarlyCarrying Other LoadsExamples Of Love For Children

And they sent for Rebekah and said to her, Are you ready to go with this man? And she said, I am ready.

Verse ConceptsPeople Willing

But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Verse ConceptsGroups Sent Away

Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

Verse ConceptsPossibility Of DeathWhy Do You Do This?Transferring Wives

And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

Verse ConceptsWhy Do You Do This?Hating Individuals

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyGoing In Peace

Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.

Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed.

Verse ConceptsPeople OvercomingWork Soon Done

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleTelling What People Said

till thy brother's anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?'

Verse ConceptsAnger, Sinful ExamplesForgetting ThingsAnger SubsidingBereavement

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character Of

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTaking A WifePeople Who Blessed Others

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Verse ConceptsHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicTambourinesLyresAvoiding SecrecyOthers Who FledThose Who DeceivedThose Who Did Not Tell

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersFear Of God, Examples OfGod Seeing Their AfflictionEmpty HandedGod For UsGod Sending His SonI Am SufferingThose Who ToiledGod Requite Them!

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutMessenger

And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau

Verse ConceptsGrain OfferingStaying Temporarily

Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

And you are to say further, Jacob, your servant, is coming after us. For he said to himself, I will take away his wrath by the offering which I have sent on, and then I will come before him: it may be that I will have grace in his eyes.

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelStaying Temporarily

And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

So receive my blessing, which has been sent to you, since God has been gracious to me. Besides, I have enough." Because Jacob kept pressing him, Esau accepted the gifts.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceBlessed By God

And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Verse ConceptsCareCare, HumanPeople Sending People

And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

Verse ConceptsMulti ColouredDistinguishingFinding ThingsColor

"I'll send you a young goat from the flock," he responded. But she pressed him, asking, "What security will you put up until you've sent it?"

Verse ConceptsWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

Verse ConceptsNot FindingNowhere To Be FoundWages Of A ProstitutePossessing Sheep

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be Found

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

Verse ConceptsSexual Union IntendedMisleading Children

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDivination, Practiced ByMorningRestlessnessWisdom, Human NatureMagiciansWise MenKings SummoningNo One AvailableTelling Dreams

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsDungeonsPrisonersShavingPrisonsAccommodationsChanging ClothesIndividuals RunningClean ClothesKings SummoningPeople Set Free By PeopleEtiquette

That the dream was repeated twice to Pharaoh [and in two different ways] indicates that this matter is fully determined and established by God, and God will bring it to pass very quickly.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceGod Not DelayingEverything Happening For A Reason

And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses Of

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Verse ConceptsPartialityFear Of Other Things

One of you is to be sent back so he can get your brother while the rest of you remain in custody. That way, we'll test whether or not you're telling the truth. If you're not, as surely as the Pharaoh lives, you're spies!"

Verse ConceptsPrisonersSpyingPeople Sending People

and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin; and I, when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfBereavementPeople Showing MercyPeople Releasing Others

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfTables

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

Then Joseph, unable to keep back his feelings before those who were with him, gave orders for everyone to be sent away, and no one was present when he made clear to his brothers who he was.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneGroups Sent AwayPeople Made KnownIdentity

Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.

Verse ConceptsThis Is MeIdentity

And now don’t be worried or angry with yourselves for selling me here, because God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGovernorsRulersPromotionSpiritual FathersGod Sending ProphetsCaused By GodProvidence, Of God In CircumstancesIdentityIdentity In Christ

And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.

Verse ConceptsTen AnimalsMultitudes Of Donkeys

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfSiblings

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:

Verse ConceptsRevival, Personalrevival

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

Verse ConceptsCartsImmigrants

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

Verse ConceptsKindnessLoyaltyA Time To DieThighsNearness Of DeathDeath Will Soon HappenImmigrants

And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.

Verse ConceptsPredicting The FutureOthers SummoningTogetherness

Naphtali is a hind sent away, Who is giving beauteous young ones.

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureYoung AnimalBeauty Of ThingsDeer Etc.Deer

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

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

Verse ConceptsBefore Death

And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenKings SummoningWhy Do You Do This?

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For RefreshmentRiver BanksPeople Sending People

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?

Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfI Am The LordGod Sending ProphetsWhat Is God's Name?

And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsI Am The LordGod Sending ProphetsOther References To God's Name

You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs [the miracles which prove I sent you].”

Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalSigns From God

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.

Verse ConceptsSigns From GodTelling Of God

So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

Verse ConceptsSeeking For Concrete Things

And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

Verse ConceptsGod Sending ProphetsGod TroublingWhy Does God Do This?

thou -- thou dost speak all that I command thee, and Aaron thy brother doth speak unto Pharaoh, and he hath sent the sons of Israel out of his land.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Position

And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Verse ConceptsA Feast In The WildernessWorshipping God

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsKings SummoningPray For UsPraying For SinnersTaking Animals

And Moses said, I will let you have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses, and be only in the Nile.

Verse ConceptsWhen?

Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.

Verse ConceptsPraying For Sinners

And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land.

Verse ConceptsKings Summoning

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחידה 
'achiydah (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

חידה 
Chiydah 
Usage: 17

משׁפּט 
Mishpat 
Usage: 421

פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

פּתגּם 
Pithgam 
Usage: 2

קסם 
Qecem 
Usage: 11

שׁלח 
Sh@lach (Aramaic) 
sent , put
Usage: 14

ἀπόκριμα 
Apokrima 
Usage: 1

ἀπόστολος 
Apostolos 
Usage: 78

ἐπικρίνω 
Epikrino 
Usage: 1

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