Jews (287 Occurrences)

... KING OF THE JEWS. The title applied in mockery of Jesus, and put by Pilate on His cross (Matthew 27:29, 37 parallel Mark 15:26, etc.). ...JEWS. juz, jooz. See JEW. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jews.htm - 36k

Cyrene (7 Occurrences)

... It contained latterly a large number of Jews, who were introduced into the city by Ptolemy, the son of Lagus, because he thought they would contribute to the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrene.htm - 13k

Claudius (3 Occurrences)

... Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reign (AD 49) he banished them ... biblethesaurus.org/c/claudius.htm - 15k

Aquila (7 Occurrences)

... visit to Corinth (Acts 18:2). Along with his wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree (AD 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aquila.htm - 13k

Antiochians

... his entire kingdom. The greatest obstacle to his ambition was the fidelity of the Jews to their historic religion. Many worldly ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antiochians.htm - 10k

Samaritans (9 Occurrences)

... Luke 17:18) amalgamated with the Jews still remaining in the land, and gradually abandoned their old idolatry and adopted partly the Jewish religion. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/samaritans.htm - 16k

Adar (10 Occurrences)

... Large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/adar.htm - 11k

Arimathea (4 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A "city of the Jews" (Luke 23:51), the birth-place of Joseph in whose sepulchre our Lord was laid (Matthew 27:57, 60; John 19:38). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arimathea.htm - 12k

Sanhedrim (20 Occurrences)

... is frequently used in the New Testament (Matthew 5:22; 26:59; Mark 15:1, etc.) to denote the supreme judicial and administrative council of the Jews, which, it ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanhedrim.htm - 15k

Susa (20 Occurrences)

... Esther 4:16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/susa.htm - 13k

Crete (7 Occurrences)

...Jews from Crete were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:11). The island was visited by Paul on his voyage to Rome (Acts 27). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Accusation (25 Occurrences)

... (WEY). Matthew 27:37 They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accusation.htm - 13k

Arimathaea (4 Occurrences)

... Standard Bible Encyclopedia ARIMATHAEA. ar-i-ma-the'-a (Arimathaia): "A city of the Jews," the home of Joseph in whose sepulchre the body of Jesus was laid. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arimathaea.htm - 11k

Ag'agite (5 Occurrences)

... (See RSV). Esther 3:10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ag'agite.htm - 7k

Agagite (5 Occurrences)

... Esther 3:10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. (WEB ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agagite.htm - 9k

Stirred (64 Occurrences)

... Acts 13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stirred.htm - 26k

Ahasu-e'rus (30 Occurrences)

... in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ahasu-e'rus.htm - 15k

Caesar's (10 Occurrences)

... This was a period when the city of Rome and the court of the Caesars swarmed with Asiatics, many of whom were Jews, and many of them would be in slavery, or in ... biblethesaurus.org/c/caesar's.htm - 18k

Agreement (341 Occurrences)

... John 9:22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agreement.htm - 36k

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

... Four annual fasts were later observed by the Jews in commemoration of the dark days of Jerusalem-the day of the beginning of Nebuchadrezzar's siege in the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstinence.htm - 25k

Sanballat (10 Occurrences)

... He is named along with Tobiah, the Ammonite slave (Nehemiah 4:1), and Geshem the Arabian (Nehemiah 6:1) as the leading opponent of the Jews at the time when ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanballat.htm - 14k

Sought (199 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV). John 5:16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sought.htm - 37k

Agreed (31 Occurrences)

... John 9:22 His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agreed.htm - 15k

Accused (29 Occurrences)

... Mark 15:26 And the superscription of what he was accused of was written up: The King of the Jews. ... Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa! ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accused.htm - 15k

Customs (25 Occurrences)

... John 19:40 They took, therefore, the body of Jesus, and bound it with linen clothes with the spices, according as it was the custom of the Jews to prepare for ... biblethesaurus.org/c/customs.htm - 14k

Coins (13 Occurrences)

... Darius I is credited with introducing a coinage system into his empire, and his were the first coins that came into use among the Jews, though it seems ... biblethesaurus.org/c/coins.htm - 13k

Ceremonial (11 Occurrences)

... Mark 7:3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/ceremonial.htm - 10k

Attack (221 Occurrences)

... Acts 13:50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attack.htm - 37k

Argued (20 Occurrences)

... John 6:52 This led to an angry debate among the Jews. ... (See RSV). Acts 18:4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/argued.htm - 12k

Sayest (66 Occurrences)

... (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT). Matthew 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sayest.htm - 26k

Sepharad (1 Occurrence)

... The modern Jews think that Spain is meant, and hence they designate the Spanish Jews "Sephardim," as they do the German Jews by the name "Ashkenazim," because ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sepharad.htm - 8k

Serious (31 Occurrences)

... Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to ... biblethesaurus.org/s/serious.htm - 15k

Cornelius (10 Occurrences)

... His residence at Caesrea probably brought him into contact with Jews who communicated to him their expectations regarding the Messiah; and thus he was prepared ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cornelius.htm - 16k

Xerxes (24 Occurrences)

... Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people. (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/x/xerxes.htm - 14k

Augustus (4 Occurrences)

... In the year 6 AD the intervention of Augustus was invited by the Jews themselves to provide a remedy for the incapacity of their ruler, Archelaus, who was ... biblethesaurus.org/a/augustus.htm - 12k

Corinth (13 Occurrences)

... It was noted for its wealth, and for the luxurious and immoral and vicious habits of the people. It had a large mixed population of Romans, Greeks, and Jews. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/corinth.htm - 21k

Crafts (2 Occurrences)

... 35:25, 26) but the weaving and dyeing of fine fabrics, carving, inlaying, metal-working, etc., was the work of foreigners, or was learned by the Jews after ... biblethesaurus.org/c/crafts.htm - 30k

Caesar (25 Occurrences)

... title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (John 19:15; Acts 17:7). The Jews paid tribute ... biblethesaurus.org/c/caesar.htm - 16k

Although (167 Occurrences)

... (WEY). John 4:2 (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples), (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV). John 7:15 The Jews were astonished. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/although.htm - 35k

Ahasuerus (28 Occurrences)

... people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the Mordecai's people. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ahasuerus.htm - 17k

Counsel (192 Occurrences)

... Luke 23:51 (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God: (WEB KJV ASV DBY ... biblethesaurus.org/c/counsel.htm - 39k

Seeking (182 Occurrences)

... (YLT NAS). John 5:16 and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath. (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/seeking.htm - 35k

Asmoneans

... Grave suspicions had been aroused in the king's heart against the Jews, and when their wrangling about the high-priesthood afforded him an opportunity, he ... biblethesaurus.org/a/asmoneans.htm - 27k

Artaxerxes (14 Occurrences)

... (2.) The king mentioned in Ezra 7:1, in the seventh year (BC 458) of whose reign Ezra led a second colony of Jews back to Jerusalem, was probably Longimanus ... biblethesaurus.org/a/artaxerxes.htm - 16k

Almsgiving (3 Occurrences)

... alms. The later Jews often used "righteousness" tsedhaqah as meaning alms, that being in their view the foremost righteousness. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/almsgiving.htm - 17k

Christs (2 Occurrences)

... After tremendous efforts the rebellion was crushed, and Jerusalem was converted into a Roman colony (Aelia Capitolina), which Jews were forbidden to enter. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/christs.htm - 14k

Alexandria (4 Occurrences)

... Many Jews from Alexandria were in Jerusalem, where they had a synagogue (Acts 6:9), at the time of Stephen's martyrdom. At one time ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alexandria.htm - 31k

127 (3 Occurrences)

... at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to ... biblethesaurus.org/num/127.htm - 7k

Vagabond (4 Occurrences)

... the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes in each case "wanderer," but in Psalm 109:10 it retains "vagabonds." "Vagabond Jews" (perierchomai; the ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vagabond.htm - 9k

Charges (58 Occurrences)

... Acts 23:30 When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against ... biblethesaurus.org/c/charges.htm - 22k

Ablution

... This act of Pilate may not, however, have been borrowed from the custom of the Jews. The same practice was common among the Greeks and Romans. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/ablution.htm - 18k

Citizenship (4 Occurrences)

... of the Moabites and the Ammonites and others mentioned in Deuteronomy 23:1-3, were admitted to the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Exodus 12 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/citizenship.htm - 16k

Cesar (20 Occurrences)

... (WBS). John 19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cesar.htm - 12k

Claimed (10 Occurrences)

... John 19:7 "We," replied the Jews, "have a Law, and in accordance with that Law he ought to die, for having claimed to be the Son of God." (WEY NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/claimed.htm - 9k

Commonly (5 Occurrences)

... Commonly (5 Occurrences). Matthew 28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/commonly.htm - 8k

Connection (72 Occurrences)

... scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/connection.htm - 29k

Clearly (67 Occurrences)

... (BBE RSV). John 10:24 Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly. (BBE). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/clearly.htm - 25k

Compelled (22 Occurrences)

... (DBY). Acts 18:5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. (WEB). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/compelled.htm - 12k

Complaint (29 Occurrences)

... Acts 18:14 But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be ... biblethesaurus.org/c/complaint.htm - 15k

Celebrating (7 Occurrences)

... Esther 8:17 In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/celebrating.htm - 8k

Attempting (24 Occurrences)

... John 11:8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again? (BBE). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/attempting.htm - 14k

Agrippa (12 Occurrences)

... Acts 25:24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both ... biblethesaurus.org/a/agrippa.htm - 11k

Arrested (24 Occurrences)

... (WEB WEY RSV). John 18:12 So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him, (See NAS NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arrested.htm - 13k

Alike (67 Occurrences)

... Are we Jews more highly estimated than they? Not in the least; for we have already charged all Jews and Gentiles alike with being in thraldom to sin. (WEY NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alike.htm - 25k

Stranger (152 Occurrences)

... Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jews to strangers ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stranger.htm - 57k

Six (198 Occurrences)

... John 2:6 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/six.htm - 38k

Statements (22 Occurrences)

... true?" (WEY). Acts 13:45 Seeing the crowds, the Jews, filled with angry jealousy, opposed Paul's statements and abused him. (WEY). Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/s/statements.htm - 12k

Stoned (38 Occurrences)

... John 11:8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again? (BBE). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stoned.htm - 18k

Satraps (12 Occurrences)

... at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to ... biblethesaurus.org/s/satraps.htm - 11k

Stirring (20 Occurrences)

... Acts 17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was proclaimed of Paul at Beroea also, they came thither likewise, stirring up ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stirring.htm - 12k

Circumcision (98 Occurrences)

... The Jews prided themselves in the possession of this covenant distinction (Judges 14:3; 15:18; 1 Samuel 14:6; 17:26; 2 Samuel 1:20; Ezek. 31:18). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/circumcision.htm - 53k

Alms (13 Occurrences)

... alms. The later Jews often used "righteousness" tsedhaqah as meaning alms, that being in their view the foremost righteousness. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/alms.htm - 22k

Questioned (57 Occurrences)

... And the governor questioned him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, Thou sayest. ... "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" he asked. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/questioned.htm - 22k

Antioch (21 Occurrences)

... They met with great success in preaching the gospel, but the Jews stirred up a violent opposition against them, and they were obliged to leave the place. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/antioch.htm - 27k

Caesarea (20 Occurrences)

... Thrice Paul passed through Caesarea (Acts 9:30; Acts 18:22; Acts 21:8); hither he was sent under guard from Jerusalem to escape danger from the Jews (Acts 23:23 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/caesarea.htm - 20k

Shushan (19 Occurrences)

... Esther 4:16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shushan.htm - 21k

Kill (310 Occurrences)

... (KJV DBY WBS). John 5:16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath. (WEB DBY YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kill.htm - 36k

Acknowledge (61 Occurrences)

... John 9:22 Such was their answer, because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already settled among themselves that if any one should acknowledge ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acknowledge.htm - 26k

Claim (30 Occurrences)

... (See NIV). John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship." (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/claim.htm - 15k