KJV dictionary & concordance
Persons who bear messages or errands; bearers of spoken or written communications or dispatches.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 32:3
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the eares of the people: and all the people lift vp their voyces, and wept.
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
And he tooke a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoeuer commeth not foorth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it bee done vnto his oxen: and the feare of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
1611 marginal noteHeb. as one man.
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
And they said vnto the messengers that came, Thus shall yee say vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, To morrow by that time the sunne be hote, ye shal haue helpe. And the messengers came, and shewed it to the men of Iabesh, and they were glad.
1611 marginal noteOr, deliuerance.
¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Iesse, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne, which is with the sheepe.
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal Dauids wife tolde him, saying, If thou saue not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slaine.
And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke.
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay him.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goates haire for his bolster.
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
And Saul sent messengers to take Dauid: and when they sawe the company of the Prophets prophecying, and Samuel standing as appointed ouer them, the Spirit of God was vpon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophecied.
And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophecied likewise: and Saul sent messengers againe the third time, and they prophecied also.
Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.
Source order
1 · KJV context and cross-references
