Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H994
בִּי
bi · “please”
Used 12 times across 7 books
Definition
1) if it please, pray excuse me, excuse me please
1a) used to introduce an entreaty or request
1a) used to introduce an entreaty or request
Where it appears
Genesis2
Exodus2
Numbers1
Joshua1
Judges3
1 Samuel1
1 Kings2
In the text
Genesis 43:20And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:Genesis 44:18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.Exodus 4:10And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.Exodus 4:13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.Numbers 12:11And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.Joshua 7:8O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!Judges 6:13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.Judges 6:15And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.Judges 13:8Then Manoah intreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.1 Samuel 1:26And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord.
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