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It can refer to something that is humble or lowly, as well as to actions or attitudes that are unkind or malicious. The Bible provides guidance on both aspects, emphasizing humility and condemning unkindness.<br><br><b>Humility and Lowliness</b><br><br>The concept of being "mean" in the sense of humble or lowly is often seen in the Bible as a virtue. In the Beatitudes, Jesus highlights the blessedness of the poor in spirit, which can be understood as those who are humble and recognize their need for God. <a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3</a> states, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." This humility is not about self-deprecation but about acknowledging one's dependence on God and valuing others above oneself.<br><br>The Apostle Paul also speaks to this in <a href="/philippians/2-3.htm">Philippians 2:3</a> , where he writes, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves." Here, humility is presented as a key Christian virtue, essential for fostering unity and love within the community of believers.<br><br><b>Unkindness and Malice</b><br><br>Conversely, the Bible condemns actions and attitudes that are mean in the sense of being unkind or malicious. <a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm">Proverbs 11:17</a> warns, "A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself." This highlights the biblical principle that kindness leads to blessings, while cruelty results in negative consequences.<br><br>The New Testament further emphasizes the importance of kindness and the rejection of malice. <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Ephesians 4:31-32</a> instructs, "Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you." This passage underscores the call for Christians to embody kindness and forgiveness, reflecting the character of Christ in their interactions with others.<br><br><b>Mean in Material Terms</b><br><br>In some biblical contexts, "mean" can also refer to material possessions or status. The Bible often contrasts the temporary nature of wealth with the eternal value of spiritual riches. In <a href="/1_timothy/6-17.htm">1 Timothy 6:17-19</a> , Paul advises, "Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share."<br><br>This passage encourages believers to focus on generosity and good deeds rather than relying on material wealth, which can be seen as "mean" or insignificant in comparison to the riches of God's kingdom.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The Bible's teachings on the concept of "mean" encompass both humility and the rejection of unkindness. Believers are called to live humbly, valuing others and recognizing their dependence on God, while also rejecting malice and embracing kindness and generosity. Through these principles, Christians are encouraged to reflect the love and character of Christ in their daily lives.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To signify; to indicate; to import; to denote.<p>3. (<I>v. i.</I>) To have a purpose or intention.<p>4. (<I>superl.</I>) Destitute of distinction or eminence; common; low; vulgar; humble.<p>5. (<I>superl.</I>) Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive.<p>6. (<I>superl.</I>) of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.<p>7. (<I>superl.</I>) of poor quality; as, mean fare.<p>8. (<I>superl.</I>) Penurious; stingy; close-fisted; illiberal; as, mean hospitality.<p>9. (<I>a.</I>) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.<p>10. (<I>a.</I>) Intermediate in excellence of any kind.<p>11. (<I>a.</I>) Average; having an intermediate value between two extremes, or between the several successive values of a variable quantity during one cycle of variation; as, mean distance; mean motion; mean solar day.<p>12. (<I>n.</I>) That which is mean, or intermediate, between two extremes of place, time, or number; the middle point or place; middle rate or degree; mediocrity; medium; absence of extremes or excess; moderation; measure.<p>13. (<I>n.</I>) A quantity having an intermediate value between several others, from which it is derived, and of which it expresses the resultant value; usually, unless otherwise specified, it is the simple average, formed by adding the quantities together and dividing by their number, which is called an arithmetical mean. A geometrical mean is the square root of the product of the quantities.<p>14. (<I>n.</I>) That through which, or by the help of which, an end is attained; something tending to an object desired; intermediate agency or measure; necessary condition or coagent; instrument.<p>15. (<I>n.</I>) Hence: Resources; property, revenue, or the like, considered as the condition of easy livelihood, or an instrumentality at command for effecting any purpose; disposable force or substance.<p>16. (<I>n.</I>) A part, whether alto or tenor, intermediate between the soprano and base; a middle part.<p>17. (<I>n.</I>) Meantime; meanwhile.<p>18. (<I>n.</I>) A mediator; a go-between.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">MEAN</span><p>men: The noun "meaning" (<a href="/daniel/8-15.htm">Daniel 8:15</a> the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "I sought to understand"; and <a href="/1_corinthians/14-11.htm">1 Corinthians 14:11</a>) is synonymous with "signification" but in 1 Maccabees 15:4 the King James Version it expresses "purpose" (the Revised Version (British and American) "I am minded to land"). The noun "mean" in Hebrew always occurs in the plural, and is generally used in the sense of "agency," "instrument" (compare <a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm">1 Kings 10:29</a>, etc.). the Revised Version (British and American) very frequently changes, King James Version: The Wisdom of Solomon 8:13, "because of her"; <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a>, "in any wise"; <a href="/luke/8-36.htm">Luke 8:36</a>, "how"; <a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm">Proverbs 6:26</a>, "on account of"; <a href="/revelation/13-14.htm">Revelation 13:14</a>, "by reason of" (compare also <a href="/2_thessalonians/3-16.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:16</a> <a href="/john/9-21.htm">John 9:21</a>). <a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm">Hebrews 9:15</a> (the King James Version "that by means of death") translates literally, "that a death having taken place," from ginomai, "to become," "to happen." <a href="/acts/18-21.htm">Acts 18:21</a> the King James Version, "I must by all means keep this feast," is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American) in harmony with several cursives, the Vulgate, and some other versions<br><br>The adjective "mean" is used in the sense of "common," "humble" ('adham, "man"; compare <a href="/isaiah/2-9.htm">Isaiah 2:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Isaiah 5:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a> omits "mean"). It is also used in the sense of "obscure" (<a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Proverbs 22:29</a>, chashokh, "obscure"; asemos, literally, "without a mark," "unknown," <a href="/acts/21-39.htm">Acts 21:39</a>). "Mean" is found in expressions like "in the meanwhile" (the King James Version <a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "little while"; <a href="/john/4-31.htm">John 4:31</a> <a href="/romans/2-15.htm">Romans 2:15</a>, the Revised Version (British and American) "one with another"); "in the meantime" (1 Maccabees 11:41 the King James Version; <a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Luke 12:1</a>); and "in the mean season" the King James Version (1 Maccabees 11:14; 15:15). The adverb "meanly" is found (2 Maccabees 15:38) in the sense of "moderately."<br><br>The verb "mean" expresses purpose (<a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Isaiah 3:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Isaiah 10:7</a> <a href="/genesis/50-20.htm">Genesis 50:20</a>, etc.). In some cases the Revised Version (British and American) renders literal translation: <a href="/acts/27-2.htm">Acts 27:2</a>, "was about to sail" (the King James Version "meaning to sail"); compare <a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-13.htm">2 Corinthians 8:13</a>. In other instances the idea of "to mean" is "to signify," "to denote" (<a href="/1_samuel/4-6.htm">1 Samuel 4:6</a> <a href="/genesis/21-29.htm">Genesis 21:29</a> <a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a>, etc.). <a href="/luke/15-26.htm">Luke 15:26</a> translates literally, "what these things might be." In <a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26</a> the sense of "mean ye" is "to have in mind."<br><br>A. L. Breslich<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2309.htm"><span class="l">2309. thelo -- to will, wish</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 3), delighting (1), delights (1), desire (14), desired (4), desires (4), desiring<br> (2), intended (1), intending (1), like (3), maintain (1), <b>mean</b> (1), <b>mean</b>* (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2309.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 11k</font><p><a href="/greek/3004.htm"><span class="l">3004. lego -- to say</span></a> <br><b>...</b> lego Phonetic Spelling: (leg&#39;-o) Short Definition: I say, speak Definition: (denoting<br> speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I <b>mean</b>, mention, tell, (b) I call <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3004.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 11k</font><p><a href="/greek/1510.htm"><span class="l">1510. eimi -- I exist, I am</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1), do (1), done* (1), exist (3), existed (4), existed* (1), falls (1), found (1),<br> had (8), happen (4), have (2), have come (1), lived (1), <b>mean</b> (1), <b>mean</b>* (2 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1510.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/2008.htm"><span class="l">2008. epitimao -- to honor, to mete out due measure, hence to <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2008 (&quot;to warn by instructing&quot;) can <b>mean</b> &quot;rebuke&quot; but its fundamental sense<br> is &quot; to something from going wrong&quot; (see ). [2008 (literally <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2008.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/3560.htm"><span class="l">3560. noutheteo -- to admonish, exhort</span></a> <br><b>...</b> best. [This root () does strictly <b>mean</b> &quot;chastise,&quot; though this can be --<br> ie with needed admonishing, correcting, exhortation, etc.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3560.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3195.htm"><span class="l">3195. mello -- to be about to</span></a> <br><b>...</b> possibility, or hesitation) -- about, after that, be (almost), (that which is, things, +<br> which was for) to come, intend, was to (be), <b>mean</b>, mind, be at the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3195.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/4160.htm"><span class="l">4160. poieo -- to make, do</span></a> <br><b>...</b> any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold,<br> X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X <b>mean</b>, + none of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4160.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 14k</font><p><a href="/greek/444.htm"><span class="l">444. anthropos -- a man, human, mankind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> K. Wuest, &quot;There are two words in Greek which <b>mean</b> &#39;man,&#39; , which refers to a of<br> the human reace, and , which is the racial, term, and which has the general <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/444.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/2046.htm"><span class="l">2046. ereo -- call, say, speak of, tell.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> ereo Phonetic Spelling: (er-eh&#39;-o) Short Definition: I say, speak Definition: (denoting<br> speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I <b>mean</b>, mention, tell, (b) I call <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2046.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5346.htm"><span class="l">5346. phemi -- to declare, say</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Word Origin from a prim. root pha- Definition to declare, say NASB Word Usage claim<br> (1), <b>mean</b> (1), replied (1), said (57), say (4), says (2), stated (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5346.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1819.htm"><span class="l">1819. damah -- to be like, resemble</span></a><br><b>...</b> compare, devise, liken, <b>mean</b>, think, use similitudes. A primitive root;<br> to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1819.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm"><span class="l">120. adam -- man, mankind</span></a><br><b>...</b> someone (1). another, hypocrite, common sort, low, man <b>mean</b>, of low degree,<br> person. From &#39;adam; ruddy ie A human being (an individual <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/120.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1500.htm"><span class="l">1500. gezelah -- plunder, spoil</span></a><br><b>...</b> what he has taken (1). gazelle. Feminine of gazel and <b>mean</b> the same: see HEBREW<br> gazel. 1499, 1500. gezelah. 1501 . Strong&#39;s Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1500.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm"><span class="l">2803. chashab -- to think, account</span></a><br><b>...</b> of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find<br> out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, <b>mean</b>, purpose, reckon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2803.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1269.htm"><span class="l">1269. Birzoth -- a descendant of Asher</span></a><br><b>...</b> Birzavith. Probably feminine plural from an unused root (apparently <b>mean</b> to pierce);<br> holes; Birzoth, an Israelite -- Birzavith (from the marg.). 1268, 1269. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1269.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7718.htm"><span class="l">7718. shoham -- (a gem) perhaps an onyx</span></a><br><b>...</b> onyx. From an unused root probably <b>mean</b> to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from<br> its pale green color) -- onyx. 7717, 7718. shoham. 7719 . Strong&#39;s Numbers <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7718.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3154.htm"><span class="l">3154. yeza -- sweat</span></a><br><b>...</b> anything that causes sweat. From an unused root <b>mean</b> to ooze; sweat, ie (by implication)<br> a sweating dress -- any thing that causeth sweat. 3153, 3154. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3154.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3939.htm"><span class="l">3939. laanah -- wormwood</span></a><br><b>...</b> hemlock, wormwood. From an unused root supposed to <b>mean</b> to curse; wormwood (regarded<br> as poisonous, and therefore accursed) -- hemlock, wormwood. 3938, 3939. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3939.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1933.htm"><span class="l">1933. hava&#39; -- to fall</span></a><br><b>...</b> Or havah {haw-vaw&#39;}; a primitive root (compare &#39;avah, hayah) supposed to <b>mean</b> properly,<br> to breathe; to be (in the sense of existence) -- be, X have. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1933.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3946.htm"><span class="l">3946. Laqqum -- a N. border town of Naphtali</span></a><br><b>...</b> Lakum. From an unused root thought to <b>mean</b> to stop up by a barricade; perhaps<br> fortification; Lakkum, a place in Palestine -- Lakum. 3945, 3946. Laqqum. 3947 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3946.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_mean_is_to.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Mean</b> is to be Observed in the Same Way in Distributive <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE PARTS OF JUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the <b>mean</b> is to be observed<br> in the same way in distributive as in commutative justice? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the mean is to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_mean_of_moral.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Mean</b> of Moral virtue is the Real <b>Mean</b>, or the Rational <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>MEAN</b> OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the <b>mean</b> of moral virtue is<br> the real <b>mean</b>, or the rational <b>mean</b>? Objection 1: It would <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the mean of moral.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_mean_of_justice.htm"><span class="l">Whether the <b>Mean</b> of Justice is the Real <b>Mean</b>?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF JUSTICE (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the <b>mean</b> of justice is the real <b>mean</b>? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that the <b>mean</b> of justice is not the real <b>mean</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the mean of justice.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_intellectual_virtues_observe.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Intellectual virtues Observe the <b>Mean</b>?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>MEAN</b> OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the intellectual virtues observe<br> the <b>mean</b>? Objection 1: It would seem that the intellectual <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the intellectual virtues observe.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_theological_virtues_observe.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Theological virtues Observe the <b>Mean</b>?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>MEAN</b> OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the theological virtues observe the<br> <b>mean</b>? Objection 1: It would seem that theological virtue observes the <b>mean</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the theological virtues observe.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_moral_virtues_observe_the.htm"><span class="l">Whether Moral virtues Observe the <b>Mean</b>?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>MEAN</b> OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether moral virtues observe the <b>mean</b>? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that moral virtue does not observe the <b>mean</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether moral virtues observe the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/of_the_mean_of_virtue.htm"><span class="l">Of the <b>Mean</b> of virtue (Four Articles)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE <b>MEAN</b> OF VIRTUE (FOUR ARTICLES). <b>...</b> (1) Whether moral virtue observes the <b>mean</b>?<br> (2) Whether the <b>mean</b> of moral virtue is the real <b>mean</b> or the rational <b>mean</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of the mean of virtue.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/5_in_timotheus_who_was.htm"><span class="l">In Timotheus, who was no <b>Mean</b> Mythologist, and Also in Others <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book V. 5 In Timotheus, who was no <b>mean</b> mythologist, and also in others equally<br> well informed? In Timotheus, who was no <b>mean</b> mythologist <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/5 in timotheus who was.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_christian_doctrine_in_four_books/chapter_16_i_mean_by.htm"><span class="l">I <b>Mean</b> by Charity that Affection of the Mind which Aims at the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book 3 Chapter 16. I <b>mean</b> by charity that affection of the mind which aims<br> at the enjoyment? 16. I <b>mean</b> by charity that affection <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 16 i mean by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_heidelberg_catechism_/question_27_what_dost_thou.htm"><span class="l">What Dost Thou <b>Mean</b> by the Providence of God?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Lord&#39;s Day 10 Question 27 What dost thou <b>mean</b> by the providence of God?<br> What dost thou <b>mean</b> by the providence of God? The almighty <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 27 what dost thou.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/mean.htm"><span class="l"><b>Mean</b> (93 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention,<br> etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you <b>mean</b> to do ? <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mean.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/banking.htm"><span class="l">Banking</span></a><br><b>...</b> (2) But no <b>mean</b> part of his business was the exchanging of foreign money, and even<br> the money of the country of a non-Phoenician standard, for shekels and half <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/banking.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/praetorian.htm"><span class="l">Praetorian (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This verse would also <b>mean</b> that the gospel had been proclaimed in the same way to<br> those members of the praetorian guard who were on duty as the bodyguard of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/praetorian.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/medium.htm"><span class="l">Medium (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; <b>mean</b>. 2. (n.)<br> See <b>Mean</b>. 3. (n.) The <b>mean</b> or middle term of a syllogism <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/medium.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bank.htm"><span class="l">Bank (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (2) But no <b>mean</b> part of his business was the exchanging of foreign money, and even<br> the money of the country of a non-Phoenician standard, for shekels and half <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bank.htm - 26k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jupiter.htm"><span class="l">Jupiter (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) One of the planets, being the brightest except Venus, and the largest<br> of them all, its <b>mean</b> diameter being about 85,000 miles. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jupiter.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/degree.htm"><span class="l">Degree (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> de-gre' (ma`alah, &quot;a going up&quot; or &quot;ascent,&quot; hence, a staircase or flight of steps;<br> &quot;rank&quot;: tapeinos, &quot;low&quot;): By derivation it should <b>mean</b> &quot;a step down&quot; (Latin <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/degree.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/almost.htm"><span class="l">Almost (27 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> ALMOST. ol'-most (en oligo): In Acts 26:28 the Greek en oligo does not <b>mean</b> &quot;almost,&quot;<br> although scholars have for centuries translated the clause &quot;Almost thou <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/almost.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/answer.htm"><span class="l">Answer (2099 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ANSWER. an'-ser: In our English Bible the word<br> &quot;answer&quot; does not always <b>mean</b> a simple reply to a question. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/answer.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/scroll.htm"><span class="l">Scroll (70 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> with the corresponding Hebrew form cepher, is the generic word for any whole work<br> large or small, but as a book form (Isaiah 34:4) it may <b>mean</b> &quot;roll,&quot; and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/scroll.htm - 32k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-mean-spirited.html">What does the Bible say about being mean-spirited? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/dealing-mean-people.html">Dealing with mean people-what does the Bible say? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/why-are-Christians-so-mean.html">Why are Christians so mean? &#124; GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/mean.htm">Mean: Dictionary and Thesaurus &#124; Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> &#8226; <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> &#8226; <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> &#8226; <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> &#8226; <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Mean (93 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />But if you had known what this means,'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/26-70.htm">Matthew 26:70</a></span><br />He denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you <span class="boldtext">mean</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-27.htm">Mark 1:27</a></span><br />And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this <span class="boldtext">mean</span>? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/6-2.htm">Mark 6:2</a></span><br />And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and 'what <span class="boldtext">mean</span>' such mighty works wrought by his hands?<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-10.htm">Mark 9:10</a></span><br />They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/14-68.htm">Mark 14:68</a></span><br />But he denied it, and said, "I don't know--I don't understand--What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?" And then he went out into the outer court. Just then a cock crowed.<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-9.htm">Luke 8:9</a></span><br />Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-1.htm">Luke 12:1</a></span><br />Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/20-17.htm">Luke 20:17</a></span><br />He looked at them and said, "What then does that <span class="boldtext">mean</span> which is written, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone'?<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-60.htm">Luke 22:60</a></span><br />"Man, I don't know what you <span class="boldtext">mean</span>," replied Peter. No sooner had he spoken than a cock crowed.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/4-31.htm">John 4:31</a></span><br />In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/6-42.htm">John 6:42</a></span><br />They kept asking, "Is not this man Joseph's son? Is he not Jesus, whose father and mother we know? What does he <span class="boldtext">mean</span> by now saying, 'I have come down out of Heaven'?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/7-36.htm">John 7:36</a></span><br />What do those words of his <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/8-33.htm">John 8:33</a></span><br />"We are descendants of Abraham," they answered, "and have never at any time been in slavery to any one. What do those words of yours <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, 'You shall become free'?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-27.htm">John 9:27</a></span><br />"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also <span class="boldtext">mean</span> to be disciples of his?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/10-24.htm">John 10:24</a></span><br />when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/16-17.htm">John 16:17</a></span><br />Some of His disciples therefore said to one another, "What does this <span class="boldtext">mean</span> which He is telling us, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/16-18.htm">John 16:18</a></span><br />So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' <span class="boldtext">mean</span> which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."<br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Acts 1:16</a></span><br />"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-12.htm">Acts 2:12</a></span><br />They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Acts 7:28</a></span><br />Do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' <br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/10-17.htm">Acts 10:17</a></span><br />Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/10-37.htm">Acts 10:37</a></span><br />the story, I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, which has spread through the length and breadth of Judaea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism which John proclaimed.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a></span><br />and yet by His beneficence He has not left His existence unattested--His beneficence, I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, in sending you rain from Heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and joyfulness."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-20.htm">Acts 17:20</a></span><br />For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things <span class="boldtext">mean</span>." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Acts 21:13</a></span><br />Then Paul answered, What <span class="boldtext">mean</span> ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-39.htm">Acts 21:39</a></span><br />But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no <span class="boldtext">mean</span> city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Romans 1:4</a></span><br />but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God--I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-15.htm">Romans 2:15</a></span><br />Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the <span class="boldtext">mean</span> while accusing or else excusing one another;)<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a></span><br />Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-12.htm">Romans 11:12</a></span><br />Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-15.htm">Romans 11:15</a></span><br />For if the rejection of them is the reconciling of the world, what would their acceptance be, but life from the dead?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25</a></span><br />For there is a truth, brethren, not revealed hitherto, of which I do not wish to leave you in ignorance, for fear you should attribute superior wisdom to yourselves--the truth, I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, that partial blindness has fallen upon Israel until the great mass of the Gentiles have come in;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-12.htm">1 Corinthians 1:12</a></span><br />Now I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-6.htm">1 Corinthians 4:6</a></span><br />In writing this much, brethren, with special reference to Apollos and myself, I have done so for your sakes, in order to teach you by our example what those words <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, which say, "Nothing beyond what is written!" --so that you may cease to take sides in boastful rivalry, for one teacher against another.<br /><span class="source">(WEY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-10.htm">1 Corinthians 5:10</a></span><br />yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then you would have to leave the world.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-29.htm">1 Corinthians 7:29</a></span><br />But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-16.htm">1 Corinthians 10:16</a></span><br />The cup of blessing, which we bless, does it not <span class="boldtext">mean</span> a joint-participation in the blood of Christ? The loaf of bread which we break, does it not mean a joint-participation in the body of Christ?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-19.htm">1 Corinthians 10:19</a></span><br />Do I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> that a thing sacrificed to an idol is what it claims to be, or that an idol is a real thing?<br /><span class="source">(WEY NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-29.htm">1 Corinthians 10:29</a></span><br />But now I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> his conscience, not your own. "Why, on what ground," you may object, "is the question of my liberty of action to be decided by a conscience not my own?<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/14-16.htm">1 Corinthians 14:16</a></span><br />Otherwise, if you bless God in spirit only, how shall he who is in the position of an ungifted man say the 'Amen' to your giving of thanks, when he does not know what your words <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-29.htm">1 Corinthians 15:29</a></span><br />Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a></span><br />I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-13.htm">2 Corinthians 8:13</a></span><br />For I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/8-20.htm">2 Corinthians 8:20</a></span><br />For against one thing we are on our guard--I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> against blame being thrown upon us in respect to these large and liberal contributions which are under our charge. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-1.htm">2 Corinthians 10:1</a></span><br />But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, when present am <span class="boldtext">mean</span> among you, but absent am bold towards you;<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/2-17.htm">Galatians 2:17</a></span><br />But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? By no means.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Galatians 3:17</a></span><br />I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> that the Covenant which God had already formally made is not abrogated by the Law which was given four hundred and thirty years later--so as to annul the promise. <br /><span class="source">(WEY RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/4-1.htm">Galatians 4:1</a></span><br />But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a bondservant, though he is lord of all;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-16.htm">Galatians 5:16</a></span><br />This then is what I <span class="boldtext">mean</span>. Let your lives be guided by the Spirit, and then you will certainly not indulge the cravings of your lower natures.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/3-6.htm">Ephesians 3:6</a></span><br />I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> the truth that the Gentiles are joint heirs with us Jews, and that they form one body with us, and have the same interest as we have in the promise which has been made good in Christ Jesus through the Good News,<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm">Ephesians 4:9</a></span><br />(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it <span class="boldtext">mean</span> except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-32.htm">Ephesians 5:32</a></span><br />That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> the truth concerning Christ and the Church. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-22.htm">Philippians 1:22</a></span><br />But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philemon/1-10.htm">Philemon 1:10</a></span><br />I entreat you on behalf of my own child whose father I have become while in my chains--I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> Onesimus. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm">Hebrews 5:13</a></span><br />By people who live on milk I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> those who are imperfectly acquainted with the teaching concerning righteousness. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_john/2-7.htm">1 John 2:7</a></span><br />My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am now giving you, but an old command which you have had from the very beginning. By the old command I <span class="boldtext">mean</span> the teaching which you have already received.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/21-29.htm">Genesis 21:29</a></span><br />Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/33-8.htm">Genesis 33:8</a></span><br />Esau said, "What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/2-14.htm">Exodus 2:14</a></span><br />He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26</a></span><br />It will happen, when your children ask you,'What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> by this service?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Exodus 13:14</a></span><br />It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying,'What is this?' that you shall tell him,'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-20.htm">Deuteronomy 6:20</a></span><br />When your son asks you in time to come, saying, "What do the testimonies, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-24.htm">Deuteronomy 29:24</a></span><br />even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Joshua 4:6</a></span><br />that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying,'What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> by these stones?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/4-21.htm">Joshua 4:21</a></span><br />He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying,'What do these stones <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/1-8.htm">1 Samuel 1:8</a></span><br />Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why don't you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-6.htm">1 Samuel 4:6</a></span><br />When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?" They understood that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/4-14.htm">1 Samuel 4:14</a></span><br />When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, "What does the noise of this tumult <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?" The man hurried, and came and told Eli.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm">1 Samuel 15:9</a></span><br />And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was <span class="boldtext">mean</span> and weak, that they destroyed utterly.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/15-14.htm">1 Samuel 15:14</a></span><br />Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear <span class="boldtext">mean</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-3.htm">1 Samuel 25:3</a></span><br />Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-24.htm">2 Samuel 5:24</a></span><br />It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-2.htm">2 Samuel 16:2</a></span><br />The king said to Ziba, What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/17-3.htm">2 Samuel 17:3</a></span><br />and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace." <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/19-6.htm">2 Samuel 19:6</a></span><br />in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared this day, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it would have pleased you well.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/1-41.htm">1 Kings 1:41</a></span><br />And it came to the ears of Adonijah and all the guests who were with him, when their meal was ended. And Joab, hearing the sound of the horn, said, What is the reason of this noise as if the town was worked up?<br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/18-45.htm">1 Kings 18:45</a></span><br />And it came to pass in the <span class="boldtext">mean</span> while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-15.htm">1 Chronicles 14:15</a></span><br />It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Proverbs 22:29</a></span><br />Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before <span class="boldtext">mean</span> men. <br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/2-9.htm">Isaiah 2:9</a></span><br />And the <span class="boldtext">mean</span> man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/3-15.htm">Isaiah 3:15</a></span><br />What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span> that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">Isaiah 5:15</a></span><br />And the <span class="boldtext">mean</span> man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm">Isaiah 10:7</a></span><br />However he doesn't <span class="boldtext">mean</span> so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/22-1.htm">Isaiah 22:1</a></span><br />The word about the valley of vision. Why have all your people gone up to the house-tops? <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a <span class="boldtext">mean</span> man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30</a></span><br />And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm">Ezekiel 17:12</a></span><br />Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things <span class="boldtext">mean</span>? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon:<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/18-2.htm">Ezekiel 18:2</a></span><br />What do you <span class="boldtext">mean</span>, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/20-29.htm">Ezekiel 20:29</a></span><br />Then I said to them, What does the high place where you go <span class="boldtext">mean</span>? 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