77 occurrences

'Thither' in the Bible

Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither is it not small? and my soul shall live.

Verse ConceptsSmallnessSmall ThingsKeeping Oneself AliveOthers Who Fled

Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.

Verse ConceptsHasteImpotence Of GodSmall ThingsHurrying Others On

And Abraham said to him, Beware that thou bring not my son thither again.

Verse ConceptsReturning to the old

And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be quit of this my oath: only, bring not my son thither again.

Verse ConceptsReturning to the oldPeople Unwilling

And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a chamberlain of Pharaoh, the captain of the life-guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites who had brought him down thither.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankTradeAnger Of Man, UnrighteousGod's Mercy, Example Of

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

Verse ConceptsVisitingKept Alive By Men

And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

And among the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

Verse ConceptsFugitivesDeath penaltyRefugeesSanctuaryManslaughterTypes Of ChristAsylumSix ThingsForties

then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

Verse ConceptsMurderRefugeManslaughterAccidental KillingsUnintentional

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsManslaughterStrangersAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawUnintentionalAliens

Also Jehovah was angry with me on your account, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individualsland

Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofGuidance, From Godly PeopleInexperienceEncourage Others!

And your little ones, of whom ye said, They shall be a prey, and your children, who this day know neither good nor evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Verse ConceptsLack Of DiscernmentImmaturityInexperienceAge Of AccountabilityKnowing Right And WrongRules About Young PeopleThose Who Were IgnorantBabies Going To Heaven

that the manslayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not previously, that fleeing to one of these cities, he might live:

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

Verse ConceptsChoicesHousesWorship, Places OfSacred PlacesA Place For God's Name

and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

Verse ConceptsOfferingsVowsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesTithes And Offering

then there shall be a place which Jehovah your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGiftsChoicesOfferingsSacred PlacesAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingBringing In The TitheRegulating SacrificesA Place For God's NameTithes And Offering

Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the territory of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, so that every slayer may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsAsylumMaking RoadsDividing Into Three Things

And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee thither that he may live: he that smiteth his neighbour unwittingly, whom he hated not previously;

Verse ConceptsMurderManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

Thou shalt have a place also outside the camp, and shalt go forth thither.

Verse ConceptsOutside The Camppoop

Jehovah will give thee up smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out against them one way, and by seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtdefeatCarcass, Literal UseKingdomsSevenfoldDirectionfootball

For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSeeing At A Distancedistanceland

And Jehovah said unto him, This is the land that I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.

Verse ConceptsMoses, Life OfGod Gave The Land

And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither, for they are few.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Thousand And UpUnderestimation

And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.

Verse ConceptsdefeatThree Thousand And UpIsrael FleeingDefeat Of God's People

that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsMan AvengingUnintentional

These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever smiteth any one mortally without intent might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the assembly.

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawMan AvengingUnintentional

From E'phraim they set out thither into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zeb'ulun those who bear the marshal's staff;

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRankRootsStaff

And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

Verse ConceptsGreetings

So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, "Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen Thousand

And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

Verse ConceptsRulers

And he said to him, Behold now, a man of God is in this city, and the man is held in honour; all that he says comes surely to pass. Let us now go thither: perhaps he will shew us the way that we should go.

Verse ConceptsRespect, For Human BeingsMan Of GodNamed Prophets Of The LordMan's Words Fulfilled

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying.

Verse ConceptsFlutesHigh PlacesLyreMusical Instruments, types ofProphecy, Methods Of OtShrinesTambourinesHarpsLyresSchooldrums

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualThe Spirit Of GodPromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit, Source Of WisdomSchoolgroups

And he went thither to Naioth by Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth by Ramah.

And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard it, and they went down thither to him.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingCavesPeople In Caves

So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Verse ConceptsActual WidowsDavid's Wives

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would fetch wheat; and they smote him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

Verse ConceptsBetrayalStomachsTreachery

And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone entirely made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was being built.

Verse ConceptsBuildingIronMasonsToolsHammersThe First Templeconstruction

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and they two went over on dry ground.

Verse ConceptsMantlesCloaksMiracles Of ElijahDivision Of WatersOuter GarmentsDry LandWaters Divided

and he took the mantle of Elijah which had fallen from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah? He also smote the waters, and they parted hither and thither, and Elisha went over.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersMiracles Of ElishaDivision Of WatersWaters DividedWhere Is God?

And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsHospitalityTravellers

Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

Verse ConceptsHousesRoofSmallnessTablesBedsUpper Roomsspacecouplespoop

And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.

And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaBuoyancyWhere Are Things?

And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place, for thither the Syrians are come down.

Verse ConceptsWarning IndividualsMan Of God

And he sent thither horses and chariots, and a great host, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Verse ConceptsChariotsEnemies SurroundingAttacking With ChariotsEarthly ArmiesNations Attacking Israel

And when thou art come thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him rise up from among his brethren, and bring him to an inner chamber;

Verse ConceptsPrivate Rooms

And the king of Assyria commanded saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye have brought away from thence; and let them go and abide there, and let him teach them the manner of the god of the land.

And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineFasting, Nature OfSorrowWaterFasting In Mourning

in what place ye hear the sound of the trumpet, thither shall ye assemble to us; our God will fight for us.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets For Signalling

Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

Verse ConceptsConcentration

And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualCeremoniesHouse Of GodClean Objects

They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.

Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full: unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

Verse ConceptsGeologyVapourClimates, TypesIncompletenessRiversGoing Through the MotionsThe OceanThe Sea

with arrows and with the bow shall they come thither, for the whole land shall become briars and thorns.

Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Uses Of

And all mountains that have been dug up with the hoe thither will they not come, from fear of briars and thorns; and they shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of small cattle.

Verse ConceptsHillsTilling The SoilFear, Of NaturalCultivation

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyWinterLand ProducingSnowGod Feeds All The EarthChange And GrowthSeedsspringtimewaterfallsproviding

Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice.

Verse ConceptsSacrifice, In OtBedsSacrificing On The High PlacesInfidelity

Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelSin, Nature OfAcknowledge, SinSin ConfessedWorship At TreesRebellion against GodGuilt

And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither amongst all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsMade A Horror

For thus saith Jehovah concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;

Verse ConceptsNo return from exileKings Of All Israel Or JudahKings of judah

And into the land whereunto they lift up their souls to return, thither shall they not return.

Verse ConceptsNo return from exile

And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;

Verse ConceptsBanishmentOffenceRidicule, Nature OfMade A Horror

And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:

Verse ConceptsHissingFamine Coming From GodMade A Horror

Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you over to be driven hither and thither among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Verse ConceptsIronyPlaguesProclaimingFamine Coming From GodEvil And FreedomMade A Horror

And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains that are upon thy hand. If it seem good in thy sight to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will keep mine eye upon thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me to Babylon, forbear. See, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and right in thy sight to go, thither go.

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToArmsChoosing ThingsPeople Set Free By People

Whithersoever the Spirit was to go, they went, thither would their spirit go; and the wheels were lifted up along with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Verse ConceptsPersons With ThingsSpirit Of CreaturesGoing Through the MotionsDirection

And they shall come thither, and they shall take away from thence all its detestable things and all its abominations.

Verse ConceptsRepenting Of AbominationsRemoving People From Your Life

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up an assemblage against them, and will give them to be driven hither and thither and spoiled.

Verse ConceptsPlunderingPeople OpposedPeople Appalled

In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, on that same day the hand of Jehovah was upon me, and he brought me thither.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodNew Year, TheGod's HandDay 10God's Hands On PeopleBeginning Of PeriodsCapturing CitiesTime Of Yearanniversary

And he brought me thither, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a flax-cord in his hand, and a measuring-reed; and he stood in the gate.

Verse ConceptsBronzeMeasuring RodLinenWeights And Measures, LinearStanding In The GatewayThings Like Bronze

And it shall come to pass that every living thing which moveth, whithersoever the double river shall come, shall live. And there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters shall come thither, and the waters of the sea shall be healed; and everything shall live whither the river cometh.

Verse ConceptsFishesKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfThe Water Of LifeGod Giving LifeSweetnessRiversLiveFish

Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsGathering Other NationsHurrying Others On

The disciples say to him, Rabbi, even but now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

Verse ConceptsRabbiChrist Would Be KilledFear Of Stoning

whenever I should go to Spain; (for I hope to see you as I go through, and by you to be set forward thither, if first I shall have been in part filled with your company;)

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsHope, Nature OfJourneyMissionaries, Support ForPlansPassing ByCompanionshipPeople HelpingHope Regarding Believers

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Thither (124 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐκεῖ 
Ekei 
there , thither , not tr ,
Usage: 65

ἐπέρχομαι 
Eperchomai 
Usage: 6

κἀκεῖ 
Kakei 
Usage: 6

προστρέχω 
Prostrecho 
run to , run , run thither to
Usage: 2