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be.ad H1157

בַּ֫עַד (be.ad) means “about/through/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בַּ֫עַד Hebrew · H1157 105 tagged occurrences in 82 verses

Pronunciation guide: beh-ad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1157

בַּ֫עַד · be.ad · about/through/for

1) behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about 1a) through (of action) 1b) behind (with verbs of shutting) 1c) about (with verbs of fencing) 1d) on behalf of (metaph. especially with Hithpael)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5704 (עַד) with prepositional prefix; in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.

KJV glosses: about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.

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How translators render H1157

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
for 18
and for 6
through 6
from 5
behind 4
for me 4
on behalf of 4
and 3
for himself 3
around me 2
behind you 2
for you 2
himself 2
if it is for 2
on our behalf 2
on their behalf 2
over 2
around him 1
behind her 1
behind him 1
beneath me 1
everyone 1
for him 1
for them 1
for us 1
for yourself 1
for yourselves 1
he seals off 1
his purpose for me 1
in exchange for 1
on its behalf 1
on your behalf 1
she peered through 1
the levy 1
us 1
vvv 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
within 3
about him and about 1
about me 1
at 1
by 1
for 1
for by means of 1
for himself 1
for me 1
for thee 1
for them 1
for us 1
through 1
to thee over 1
up 1
upon 1
upon her and upon 1

Verses containing H1157

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  1. Genesis 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

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  2. Genesis 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  3. Genesis 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

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  4. Genesis 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Exodus 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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    Source alternate reference: 8.24

  6. Exodus 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  7. Leviticus 9:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    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.”

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  8. Leviticus 16:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

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  9. Leviticus 16:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  10. Leviticus 16:17 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    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.

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  11. Leviticus 16:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  12. Numbers 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  13. Deuteronomy 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

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  14. Joshua 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  15. Judges 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  16. Judges 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

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  17. Judges 5:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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?’

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  18. Judges 9:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  19. 1 Samuel 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her.

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  20. 1 Samuel 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  21. 1 Samuel 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”

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  22. 1 Samuel 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  23. 1 Samuel 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  24. 1 Samuel 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  25. 1 Samuel 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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  26. 2 Samuel 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  27. 2 Samuel 10:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.”

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  28. 2 Samuel 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.

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  29. 2 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  30. 1 Kings 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me 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.

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  31. 2 Kings 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  32. 2 Kings 4:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

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  33. 2 Kings 4:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  34. 2 Kings 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

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  35. 2 Kings 4:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

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  36. 2 Kings 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

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  37. 2 Kings 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  38. 2 Kings 22:13 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    “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.”

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  39. 1 Chronicles 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  40. 1 Chronicles 19:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.”

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  41. 2 Chronicles 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A 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

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  42. 2 Chronicles 34:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “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.”

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  43. Job 1:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    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.

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  44. Job 2:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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  45. Job 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

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  46. Job 6:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;

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  47. Job 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.

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  48. Job 22:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?

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  49. Job 42:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  50. Job 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

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