Ambassadors

Joshua 9:4

⁴ They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

1 Kings 20:2

² And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad,

1 Kings 20:3

³ Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

1 Kings 20:4

⁴ And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

1 Kings 20:5

⁵ And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

⁶ Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

2 Kings 14:8

⁸ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

2 Kings 16:7

⁷ So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.

2 Kings 20:12

¹² At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

2 Chronicles 32:31

³¹ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

2 Chronicles 35:21

²¹ But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

Isaiah 18:2

² That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

Isaiah 30:4

⁴ For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

Isaiah 33:7

⁷ Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

Isaiah 39:1

¹ At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

Isaiah 39:2

² And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

Ezekiel 17:15

¹⁵ But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

2 Corinthians 5:20

²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

Strong's Number G4243

Strong's Number:

G4243

Greek:

πρεσβεύω

Transliteration:

presbeuo

Pronunciation:

pres-byoo'-o

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

from the base of G4245; to be a senior, i.e. (by implication) act as a representative (figuratively, preacher):--be an ambassador.

IPD Definition:

to be older, prior by birth or in age
to be an ambassador, act as an ambassador

Strong's Number G4243 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H3887

Strong's Number:

H3887

Hebrew:

לוּץ

Transliteration:

luwts

Pronunciation:

loots

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede:--ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.

IPD Definition:

to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
1. (Qal)
  1. to boast
  2. to scorn
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to mock, deride
  2. to interpret (language) 1b
3. interpreter (participle) 1b
4. ambassador (fig.)
5. (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker

Strong's Number H3887 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H4397

Strong's Number:

H4397

Hebrew:

מֲלְאָךְ

Transliteration:

mal'ak

Pronunciation:

mal-awk'

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):--ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

IPD Definition:

messenger, representative
1. messenger
2. angel
3. the theophanic angel

Strong's Number H4397 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H6735

Strong's Number:

H6735

Hebrew:

צִיר

Transliteration:

tsiyr

Pronunciation:

tseer

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from H6696; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal):--ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare H6736.

IPD Definition:

envoy, messenger
pivot of door, hinge
pang, distress

Strong's Number H6735 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H6737

Strong's Number:

H6737

Hebrew:

צָיַר

Transliteration:

tsayar

Pronunciation:

tsaw-yar'

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

a denominative from H6735 in the sense of ambassador; to make an errand, i.e. betake oneself:--make as if...had been ambassador.

IPD Definition:

(BDB) (Hithpael) to supply oneself with provisions, take as one's provision
(CLBL) to act as envoy

Strong's Number H6737 Bible Verses

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