11 occurrences in 12 translations

'Ambassadors' in the Bible

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitBottle, UsesenvoyCraftinessWineskins And Vatsimprovement

Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Verse ConceptsenvoyProving, Through TestingRulersTesting

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationResistanceHasteWhat Have We In Common?

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Verse ConceptsBabylonenvoyPapyrusDivision Of WatersTall PeopleSea TravelBoatsWaters DividingFearing Other People

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

Verse Conceptsenvoy

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Verse ConceptsenvoyWeepingPeople Mourning Catastropheheroes

You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsAnointing, Social CustomenvoyPerfumeAttraction

But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

Verse ConceptsenvoyLargenessRebellion Against God, Shown InNo EscapeAcquiring HorsesLarge Armies

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
לוּץ 
Luwts 
Usage: 27

מלאך 
Mal'ak 
Usage: 213

ציר 
Tsiyr 
Usage: 12

ציר 
Tsayar 
Usage: 1

πρεσβεύω 
Presbeuo 
Usage: 2

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