21 occurrences

'Unless' in the Bible

Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

Verse ConceptsPrayer, Offered WithDaybreakAt DaybreakMay God Bless!People Releasing Others

You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest Child

But Judah said to him, "The man solemnly warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

Verse ConceptsNot With People

But if you will not send him, we won't go down there because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'"

Verse ConceptsNot With People

the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.

Verse ConceptsTouching Holy ThingsUnclean Until Evening

How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentRocksPursuing PeopleA Thousand PeopleTens Of Thousands

The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.

Verse ConceptsPowerlessnessCursing IsraelUnder The Ban

So David said, "Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul's daughter Michal when you come to visit me."

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command."

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfBaal Worship, HistoryElijah, Prophecies OfElijah, Life Ofdrought, physicaldewLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPrayerfulnessRainWeather, As God's JudgmentMiracles Of ElijahCrowsImmigrants

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, "Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so."

Verse ConceptsSpeedPreparing To TravelSaddling Donkeys

So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, "Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage."

Verse ConceptsKings Summoningsales

In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king's eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her and she was requested by name.

Verse ConceptsIn The MorningOthers Summoning

"All the servants of the king and the people of the king's provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court -- that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!"

Verse ConceptsOne MonthDeath Penalty For Violence

Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

Verse ConceptsMulesBridlesHorsesRestraintRopesStubbornnessDivine RestraintsSelf WillBinding As Animals

unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure.

So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God."

Verse ConceptsFulfilling The LawPeople Accusing Peopleconnection

Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?

Verse ConceptsTrapBirds, Figurative UseGod TrappingEnticing

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐκτός 
Ektos 
out of , outside , other than , without , be excepted , except , unless , but
Usage: 8

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