63 occurrences in 12 translations

'Begun' in the Bible

And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,

People MultiplyingPeople BeginningBuilding Relationships

he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero in hunting before Jehovah.'

HuntingRecreationLike People In CharacterOld Sayingsfearless

The Lord said to her,“[The founders of] two nations are in your womb;And the separation of two nations has begun in your body;The one people shall be stronger than the other;And the older shall serve the younger.”

Babies In The WombFavouritismJacob, The PatriarchSubjectionTwo GroupsFreshness Of YouthWombServing PeopleStrong NationsOvercoming Adversity

and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

BrothersBeginningSeeking For Concrete ThingsFinding Things

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

Moses, Significance OfAaron, As High PriestCensers

And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

AtonementIndividuals Running

beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, hath Moses begun to explain this law, saying:

Beyond JordanThe Law Given Through Moses

And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

God, Power OfMiracles, Nature OfStrength, DivinePower Of God, DescribedMiracles Showing God's PowerBeginning Of SalvationNo One Is Like GodNo Other Acts Like Godgreatness

Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

BattlesEnjoyment, Material ThingsHappinessVineyardPlanting VineyardsCultivationPossibility Of Death

the men of Israel would return to the battle. When Benjamin had begun to strike them down, killing about 30 men of Israel, they said, “They’re defeated before us, just as they were in the first battle.”

ThirtyKilling Within Israel

and the volume hath begun to go up from the city -- a pillar of smoke -- and Benjamin turneth behind, and lo, gone up hath the perfection of the city toward the heavens.

Looking Back

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.

VisionDimness Of VisionLying Down To Rest

As you go from with me {today}, you will find two men near the burial site of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will say to you, 'The female donkeys that you went to search for have been found.' Now look, your father {is no longer concerned about} the female donkeys and has begun worrying about you, saying, 'What should I do about my son?'

CareFinding ThingsTwo Other Men

And Saul buildeth an alter to Jehovah; with it he hath begun to build altars to Jehovah.

Being FirstAltars, Built ByAltarsAltars To The LordFirst ActionsBuilding Altars

To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.'

Ignorant Of Facts

Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me."

Sheep Shearing

Ahaziah had begun to reign over Judah in the eleventh year of the reign of Ahab's son Joram.

In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off some in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel,

Numbers ReducingDefeat Of God's People

In those days hath Jehovah begun to send against Judah Rezin king of Amram and Pekah son of Remaliah.

Activity BegunActual Attacks On Jerusalem

Eighteen years after King Josiah had begun to reign, the king sent Azaliah's son Shaphan, grandson of Meshullam the scribe, to the LORD's Temple. He told him,

Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.

CensusBooks, Not Preserved

And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,

Aliancesarmysurprises

in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished.

Month 3Month 7Starting To BuildEnd Of Actions

and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.

Work, And RedemptionServiceSuccess And Hard Workimprovementprospering

And in the eighth year of his reign (and he yet a youth), he hath begun to seek to the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he hath begun to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the shrines, and the graven images, and the molten images.

Children, Good Examples OfPurgingYouthful Devotionteenager

From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded,

Month 7Foundations Of BuildingsThe First Temple

Then have Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, risen, and begun to build the house of God, that is in Jerusalem, and with them are the prophets of God supporting them.

AliancesHouse Of GodSchool Of ProphetsThe Second Temple

And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

Angry People

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Named WivesGod's TimingGods TimingGod's Timing And Plan

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Obeying People

Look! I've begun to speak, and I'm fashioning my words.

Powers Of SpeechThe Tongue

I, the Lord, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!"

Forsaking God, Illustrated ByForsaking GodHand Of GodRejection Of GodRejection Of God, Results OfUnfaithfulness, To GodGod's HandGod DestroyingBackwardsGod's Hands Stretched OutGod Without MercyBacksliderstiredFalling Away From God

"You inhabitants of Lachish, harness your chariot to your swiftest steed the daughter of Zion has begun to sin because within you the transgressions of Israel were revealed.

BeginningActivity BegunThe Entrance Of Sin

“As a result, I have begun to strike you severely,bringing desolation because of your sins.

Sin Brings Sickness

If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor My name,” says Yahweh of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.

FailureHonorListeningBlessing And CurseGod CursingMoney BlessingscursesDishonoring God

And if Satan is expelling Satan, he has begun to make war on himself: how therefore shall his kingdom last?

KingdomsSatan, Kingdom OfJesus Casting Out DemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demonsgroups

but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Sir, save me.'

SinkingSave Us!

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

TalentsActivity BegunLarge DenominationsDebtReconciliationaccounting

And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

BeginningMastersOverseersMetaphorical VineyardsBeginning And EndIn TurnLast OnesOthers Summoning

"When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received a shilling apiece;

Farming

As soon as the Master of the house shall have risen and shut the door, and you have begun to stand outside and knock at the door and say, "'Sir, open the door for us' --"'I do not know you,' He answers; 'you are no friends of mine.'

Giving, Of TimeDelay, Examples OfThe Act Of OpeningOpening To OthersShutting DoorsKnockingNot Knowing PeopleWhere From?Relationships With Boyfriend

But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.’”

Alive, Description OfBeing Dead In SinSpiritually DeadLost People

and they were the more urgent, saying -- 'He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea -- having begun from Galilee -- unto this place.'

Christ TeachingPersistence

So he asked them at what hour he had begun to recover, and they told him, "The fever left him yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon."

HourFeverAsking Particular QuestionsWhen?People ImprovedRecoveryimprovement

and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

Age, Glories OfConsciences, Description OfCommunicationOld Age, Attainment OfStandingAccusations, Source OfIsolated PersonsLeaving

and Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him -- Jesus.

evangelism, nature ofevangelism, kinds ofUse Of The Scripturespreaching

ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

To The Jew First

And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,

Orderly Accounts

"And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first.

GiftsGentiles, In NtPentecostBeginning Of SalvationWhile Still SpeakingLike Good Peopleghosts

Meanwhile, the sailors had begun trying to escape from the ship. They lowered the lifeboat into the sea and pretended that they were going to lay out the anchors from the bow.

AnchorsMarinersBoatsServants, BadPretendingEscaping EvilIn FrontPutting Things DownColorsailing

You are already full! You are already rich! You have begun to reign as kings without us—and I wish you did reign, so that we could also reign with you!

ComplacencyExaggerationsBitingFilling PeopleAuthority Of DisciplesGetting Rich

Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.

BeginningActivity BegunMan's Work FinishedFinishing Strong

And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

Good Human AdviceOpinionsOne YearRight DesiresMan's Work FinishedCompetition

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

Commitment, to God's peopledesiresdefeatDedication In NtRemarriageLimitations Of Youth

Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying:Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,has begun to reign!

BabylonGod, Power OfGod, Sovereignty OfKingsPraise, Manner And Methods OfShoutingThunderGod's OmnipotenceThe AlmightyGod, InfiniteMultitudesMany In The ChurchThings Like WaterLike WaterPraise The Lord!Gay MarriagewaterfallsThunder Showing God's Presence

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