Bead בַּ֫עַד

Bead (Hebrew בַּ֫עַד, Strong's H1157) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “about/through/for”. It occurs 105 times in 82 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Bead, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 7:16
  And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
• Genesis 20:7
  Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
• Genesis 20:18
  For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
• Genesis 26:8
  And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Exodus

• Exodus 8:28
  And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
• Exodus 32:30
  And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Leviticus

• Leviticus 9:7
  And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
• Leviticus 16:6
  And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
• Leviticus 16:11
  And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
• Leviticus 16:17
  And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.
• Leviticus 16:24
  And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.

Numbers

• Numbers 21:7
  Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 9:20
  And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

Joshua

• Joshua 2:15
  Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.

Judges

• Judges 3:22
  And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
• Judges 3:23
  Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
• Judges 5:28
  The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
• Judges 9:51
  But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:6
  And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.
• 1 Samuel 4:18
  And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
• 1 Samuel 7:5
  And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the Lord.Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
• 1 Samuel 7:9
  And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel; and the Lord heard him.Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
• 1 Samuel 12:19
  And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
• 1 Samuel 12:23
  Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
• 1 Samuel 19:12
  So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 6:16
  And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
• 2 Samuel 10:12
  Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
• 2 Samuel 12:16
  David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
• 2 Samuel 20:21
  The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 13:6
  And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 1:2
  And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
• 2 Kings 4:4
  And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
• 2 Kings 4:5
  So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
• 2 Kings 4:21
  And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
• 2 Kings 4:33
  He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
• 2 Kings 9:30
  And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
• 2 Kings 19:4
  It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
• 2 Kings 22:13
  Go ye, enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 15:29
  And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
• 1 Chronicles 19:13
  Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 30:18
  For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every oneA large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone
• 2 Chronicles 34:21
  Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book.“Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”

Job

• Job 1:10
  Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
• Job 2:4
  And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
• Job 3:23
  Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
• Job 6:22
  Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
• Job 9:7
  Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
• Job 22:13
  And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
• Job 42:8
  Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
• Job 42:10
  And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

Psalms

• Psalm 3:3
  But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
• Psalm 72:15
  And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
• Psalm 138:8
  The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever— do not abandon the works of Your hands.
• Psalm 139:11
  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:26
  For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
• Proverbs 7:6
  For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
• Proverbs 20:16
  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Proverbs 27:13
  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:1
  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
• Song of Solomon 4:3
  Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
• Song of Solomon 6:7
  As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:19
  And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
• Isaiah 26:20
  Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
• Isaiah 32:14
  Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
• Isaiah 37:4
  It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 7:16
  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.
• Jeremiah 11:14
  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.
• Jeremiah 14:11
  Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
• Jeremiah 21:2
  Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”
• Jeremiah 29:7
  And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
• Jeremiah 37:3
  And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
• Jeremiah 42:2
  And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
• Jeremiah 42:20
  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:7
  He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:30
  And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
• Ezekiel 45:17
  And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 45:22
  And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering.On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.

Joel

• Joel 2:8
  Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
• Joel 2:9
  They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

Amos

• Amos 9:10
  All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.All the sinners among My people will die by the sword— all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

Jonah

• Jonah 2:6
  I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Zechariah

• Zechariah 12:8
  In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).