74 occurrences in 12 translations

'Nobles' in the Bible

When the days of weeping and public mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to [the nobles of] the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying,

So Joseph went up [to Canaan] to bury his father, and with him went all the officials of Pharaoh, [the nobles of his court and] the elders of his household and all [the nobles and] the elders of the land of Egypt—

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified, the nobles of Moab trembled uncontrollably, and all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

Verse ConceptsMeltingGroups Trembling

The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

Verse ConceptsPrincesSceptreExcavation

all of the cities of the plain, the entire kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who used to reign in Heshbon and whom Moses attacked, along with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, nobles of Sihon who lived in the land.

Verse ConceptsPrincesNamed Gentile Rulers

Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

Verse ConceptsNoblesSurvivors Of The Nationsdominion

He asked for water, [and] she gave milk; in a drinking bowl for nobles, she brought curds.

Verse ConceptsButterNoblesWaterBeverages, LiteralRich Food

He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsEarth, Belonging To GodDust, Figurative UseGod, The ProviderOppression, God's Attitude ToPrincesThroneGloryGod And The PoorMetaphorical PillarsGod Lifting PeopleRubbishGod Helps The PoorThe poordust

So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Verse ConceptsLettersNoblesSealsjezebel

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

Verse Conceptsjezebel

Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab's family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.

Verse ConceptsAbandoning FriendsNo SurvivorsKilling Whole Families

And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRulersThroneNamed Gates

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheThose Who Did Not Tell

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

Verse ConceptsNoblesOverseers

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldNoblesDo Not Fear MenFighting EnemiesGod Is To Be FearedFamiliesFamily LoveLove And FamilyFamily And FriendsFamily ConflictTrusting God And Not WorryingOvercoming AdversityEnemy AttacksProtecting Your FamilyvulnerabilityBelievers Remembering God

And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of

Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

These nobles kept mentioning Tobiah’s good deeds to me, and they reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

Verse ConceptsPraising Specific PeopleFear Of Individuals

And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

Verse ConceptsArchivesNobles

They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodPromises, HumanServants Of The LordThe Curse Of The LawLater Covenants With GodPeople Bound By OathsThe Law Given Through Moses

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Verse ConceptsNoblesProfanityAnger, Justified ExamplesDisputesSabbath Violated

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Reasons

And let the clothing and the horse be given {to the man} by the officials of the king's nobles; let them cloth the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him ride on his horse through the public square of the city, and let them proclaim before him, 'Thus, it will be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.'"

He pours out contempt on noblesand disarms the strong.

Verse ConceptsGod Stripping People

Nobles would refrain from speaking, covering their mouths with their hands.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

who says to a king, “Worthless man!”and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?

Verse ConceptsUseless People

Who isn't partial to princes? Who doesn't give preference to the nobles over the poor? Nevertheless, all of them are his handiwork.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismGod, Impartiality OfGod And The PoorPovertyMan, Creation OfPeople Are The SameCreation Of All MankindThe Rich Lording It

The nobles of the peoples have assembledwith the people of the God of Abraham.For the leaders of the earth belong to God;He is greatly exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNoblesShieldsBlessings For Jew And GentileSurrender

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

Verse ConceptsNamed Gentile Rulers

He pours contempt on noblesand makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.

Verse ConceptsNoblesRestlessnessWanderers

in order to seat them with nobles—with the nobles of His people.

Verse ConceptsPrincesThe Honourable Will Be Honouredroyalty

Though nobles take their seat and gossip about me, your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Verse ConceptsEvil SpeakingMeditationMeditation On God's Word

earthly kings and all nations, nobles and all court officials of the earth,

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Verse ConceptsIron ObjectsBreaking Chains

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPrincesAuthority

Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

Verse ConceptsFloggingHonestyAdvice On Beating PeopleFine As Penalty

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

Verse ConceptsBad LeadershipAlcoholBeing A LeaderDigestionRight Time For PeopleFamily Strength

Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge, [and] their nobles [will be] men of hunger, and their multitude [is] parched [with] thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat, and it has opened wide its mouth without limit, and her nobles will go down, and her multitude, her tumult and those who revel in her.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseBeaconsFlags

My heart crieth out for Moab; her nobles flee unto Zoar, to Eglath-shelishi-yah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesLamentingRoadsPeoples Who Fled

"But hawks and hedgehogs will possess it; owls and ravens will nest in it. God will stretch out over it a measuring line, and chaos, and plumb lines of emptiness, and its nobles.

Verse ConceptsChaosRavensPlumb LineCrowsOwlsPelicansHedgehogsDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of CreaturesChaos As Judgment

They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.

Verse ConceptsNoblesOther Unimportant People

Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonRedemption, In OtSeafaringShipsFor The Sake Of God's People

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Verse ConceptsCisternsNoblesDry PlacesSeeking WaterShaming People

Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

Verse ConceptsNoblesKings ExiledKings of judah

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsRulersBeing StrongBoldnessrisk

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Verse ConceptsKilling Sons And Daughters

The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.

Verse ConceptsRankKilling Sons And Daughters

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

Verse ConceptsPalacesDestruction Of HousesBurning Jerusalem

Her nobles were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire.

Verse ConceptsJewelsMilkSnowWhiteCoralCold WeatherRed BodiesPure People

the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses.

And the king spoke unto Ashpenaz the chief of his eunuchs, that he should bring of the children of Israel, both of the royal seed and of the nobles,

At that time my sanity returned to me, and my majesty and splendor returned to me for the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and my nobles sought me out, I was reestablished over my kingdom, and even more greatness came to me.

Verse ConceptsAdding BlessingRegaining SanityReinstating PeopleThose Looking For Peoplegreatness

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.

Verse ConceptsPolygamySilverHoly VesselsSacred VesselsSacrilegeGold TransferredOther Wives

So they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines drank from them.

Verse ConceptsGold Items For The TabernaclOther Wives

Then King Belshazzar became even more terrified, his face turned pale, and his nobles were bewildered.

Verse ConceptsTroubleFear, Of UnknownExpressions On FacesPuzzlementPeople Appalled

Because of the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen came to the banquet hall. “May the king live forever,” she said. “Don’t let your thoughts terrify you or your face be pale.

Verse ConceptsQueensHallsPeople Appalled

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessFaultsConcubinesGovernmentGreed, Condemnation OfHand Of GodIronLife, HumanUnreliabilityDrinking WineGod Giving BreathIdols Not SeeingBeing Without UnderstandingNature Of GodOther WivesTemple Utensils RemovedWood And StoneBronze For Idols

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.

Verse ConceptsRingsSeals

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

Verse ConceptsHeraldNoblesTasteBoth Men And Animals AffectedEating And DrinkingThe King's OrdersFasting

He bethinketh him of his nobles: they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the shelter is prepared.

Verse ConceptsShieldsStumblingPeople StumblingHasty Action

Yet she became an exile;she went into captivity.Her children were also dashed to piecesat the head of every street.They cast lots for her dignitaries,and all her nobles were bound in chains.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofChainsNoblesPeople Cut In PiecesExiled ForeignersStriking To DeathTragedy On The StreetsChildren Suffering

Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingScattering The PeoplesEscaping To Mountains

Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

Verse ConceptsAmusementsCommanderBanquets, Events CelebratedBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedDinnerRight Time For People

Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);

Verse ConceptsSecret DiscipleshipCommitment, to Jesus ChristPersecution, Forms OfSynagogueFear Of ManDisfellowshipExcommunicationFearing Other PeopleThose Who Believed In ChristThose Who Did Not Tellconfessing

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Verse ConceptsCavesDensPeople In CavesHiding From GodCaves As Places Of RefugeThe End Of The WorldThe EarthSigns Of The End TimesEnd Timesfreehidingrevelation

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εὐγένης 
Eugenes 
Usage: 2

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

אציל 
'atsiyl 
Usage: 2

בּרח בּריח 
Bariyach 
Usage: 3

חור חר 
Chor 
Usage: 13

יקּיר 
Yaqqiyr (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

נגד נגיד 
Nagiyd 
Usage: 44

נדיב 
Nadiyb 
Usage: 28

פּרתּם 
Partam 
Usage: 3

שׂרקה שׂורק שׂרק 
Soreq 
Usage: 3

βασιλικός 
Basilikos 
Usage: 5

κράτιστος 
Kratistos 
Usage: 4

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