58 occurrences in 12 translations

'Withdrew' in the Bible

When He finished talking with him, God withdrew from Abraham.

Verse ConceptsLast WordsGod ArisingFinishing Strong

Then God withdrew from him at the place where He had spoken to him.

Verse ConceptsGod ArisingGod Speaking

Now at that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to [stay with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah.

Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingAt The Same Time

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother's wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningSemenNot GivingPeople With General KnowledgesexSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

As it was, he withdrew his hand, and then his brother was born. Amazed, the midwife cried out loud, "What's this? A breach birth?" So that boy was named Perez.

Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningOpening The WombPeople With Apt Names

Then the LORD withdrew from him, and she said, ""a bridegroom of blood because of circumcision."

Verse ConceptsCovered With Blood

Then the entire congregation of the Israelis withdrew from Moses' presence,

Verse ConceptsLeaving

And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

He warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessSeparation From Evil People

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab withdrew from the attack against the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesPeoples Who Fled

And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom withdrew to his own house, and saw not the king's face.

Verse ConceptsNo Dealings

So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah remained steadfast to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPeople Following People

So the woman replied, "Watch this! His head will be thrown to you over the city wall." Then the woman wisely went back to her people. They cut off the head of Bichri's son Sheba and threw it out to Joab, so Joab sounded his battle trumpet and they withdrew from the city. Everybody went back home and Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetBeheadingTrumpets To Stop FightingGroups going home

Next to him Eleazar, the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, [was] among the three mighty warriors with David when they defied the Philistines and they gathered there for the battle and the men of Israel withdrew.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace and put it into the hands of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon son of Hezion king of Aram who lived in Damascus, saying,

Verse ConceptsMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

So he took his firstborn son, who was to become king in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. Great wrath was on the Israelites, and they withdrew from him and returned to their land.

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeWallsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfSacrificing The FirstbornSacrifice

So King Joash of Judah took all the consecrated items that his ancestors—Judah’s kings Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah—had consecrated, along with his own consecrated items and all the gold found in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the king’s palace, and he sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then Hazael withdrew from Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsGoldSacrilegeTreasuriesMoney For The Temple

Then Menahem exacted 20 ounces of silver from each of the wealthy men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.

Verse ConceptsTax To Be Paid

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab's brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fled

God also sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as he was about to do so, the LORD looked and withdrew the calamity by saying to the destroying angel, "Enough! Stop what you're doing!"

Verse ConceptsRegretDestruction Of JerusalemNatural Disasters

When Baasha learned of the attack, he withdrew from Ramah and stopped his interdiction.

When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

Verse ConceptsTombs

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfStiffnecked PeopleLife Through Keeping The LawWorks Of The LawProud People

In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.

Verse ConceptsAmbivalenceDecadenceSeeking LifeGardens Attached To PalacesNamed People Angry With Others

I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew -- he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

Verse ConceptsGone AwayOthers Not AnsweringSeeking But Not Finding People

Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem Turned Back

And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported.

Verse ConceptsInterrogatingUnhearing

In his fierce wrath he cut off all the strength of Israel. He withdrew his protection as the enemy approached. He burned Jacob like a blazing fire consumes everything around it.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHornsRight Hand Of GodHorns WeakenedSevering Body Parts

"Therefore, look out! I've reached out to oppose you. I withdrew your rations and delivered you to those Philistine women who hate you. Even they were embarrassed at your wicked ways!

Verse ConceptsLewdnessStretching OutEvil DesiresPeople Being HatedShame Of Bad ConductThey Committed ImmoralityGod Will Cause DefeatGreedbehavior

Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

Verse ConceptsProfaning God's NameBringing People Out Of Other PlacesLooking At God's Works

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfVisions And Dreams In ScriptureWarning IndividualsDifferent ThingsNot going home directlyepiphany

And he, having risen, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

Verse ConceptsDuring One NightTaking Christ

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

Verse ConceptsTetrarchWarning IndividualsNamed Gentile RulersKings Of All Israel Or Judah

When He heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew into Galilee.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristAwarenessProphecies Concerning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleJesus Healing

And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.

Verse ConceptsLast WordsJesus Using Parablesfinishing

When Jesus heard about it, He withdrew from there by boat to a remote place to be alone. When the crowds heard this, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristSeafaringCrowds Around JesusActing AloneBoats

When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon.

Verse ConceptsOutcasts

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, he withdrew from Galilee, and came to the coasts of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

Verse ConceptsLast WordsBeyond Jordan

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,

Verse ConceptsCrowdsFollowing Jesus ChristDisciples' Movementslakes

When the apostles returned, they reported to Jesus all that they had done. He took them along and withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida.

Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementTelling What People DidThe Apostles In Actionfeedback

Therefore, when Jesus knew that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

Verse ConceptsHumility Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleMaking KingsOutward Compulsionmovement

This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingPersecution Of ChristArresting ChristOthers Who Fledtrying

and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;

Verse ConceptsPeople Abandoning PeopleNot With PeopleMissionaries

But when some became hardened and would not believe, slandering the Way in front of the crowd, he withdrew from them and met separately with the disciples, conducting discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofUnbelief, As Response To GodWay, TheUnbelief, Sourced InUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyUnbelief, Examples OfDiscussionsSchoolsObstinate IndividualsOnce A DaySchoolChristians Are Called Followers Of The Way

Therefore, those who were about to examine him withdrew from him at once. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him.

Verse ConceptsChainsTying UpCitizens

The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?"

Verse ConceptsTaking By The HandAsking Particular QuestionsChiliarchs

For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceExclusivenessRacial PrejudiceFear Of ManInstabilityRelations With ForeignersCircumcision PartyNecessity Of CircumcisionFear Of Enemies

Not like the covenant that I made with their fathersOn the day when I took them by the handTo lead them out of the land of Egypt;For they did not abide in My covenant,And so I withdrew My favor and disregarded them, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod's HandNot Like ThingsBreaking The CovenantGod Has Guided

They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us.

Verse ConceptsApostatesWarnings Against ApostasyForsaking ChristDivision Among ChristiansUnrelated PeopleNot With PeopleLast Hourbelongingapostasy

Bible Theasaurus

Recall (39 instances)
Recede (3 instances)
Remove (271 instances)
Retire (5 instances)
Retreat (37 instances)
Swallow (42 instances)
Withdraw (65 instances)
Withdrew (58 instances)

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סרר 
Carar 
Usage: 17

ὑποχωρέω 
Hupochoreo 
Usage: 2

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