Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Province’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Province’ occurs 51 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 41:57 And all the provinces came to Egypt, to buy food and to temper the misfortune of their destitution.Genesis 41:57
Genesis 42:30 “The lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and he considered us to be scouts of the province.Genesis 42:30
Number of the word / term Province in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 19:3 paving the road carefully. And you shall divide the entire province of your land equally into three parts, so that he who is forced to flee because of manslaughter may have a place nearby to which he may be able to escape.Deuteronomy 19:3
Number of the word / term Province in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 12:23 the king of Dor and of the province of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;Joshua 12:23
Number of the word / term Province in Joshua: 1
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 6:5 “In accord with the number of the provinces of the Philistines, you shall fashion five gold cysts and five gold mice. For the same plague has been upon all of you and your princes. And you shall fashion a likeness of your cysts and a likeness of the mice, which have destroyed the land. And so shall you give glory to the God of Israel, so that perhaps he may lift off his hand from you, and from your gods, and from your land.1 Samuel 6:5
1 Samuel 6:18 And there were gold mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fortified city to the village that was without a wall, and even to the great stone upon which they placed the ark of the Lord, which was, at last in that day, in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemeshite.1 Samuel 6:18
Number of the word / term Province in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 20:14 And Ahab said, “By whom?” And he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: By the footmen of the leaders of the provinces.” And he said, “Who should begin to do battle?” And he said, “You should.”1 Kings 20:14
1 Kings 20:15 Therefore, he took a count of the servants of the leaders of the provinces. And he found the number to be two hundred thirty-two. And he set them in order after the people, all the sons of Israel, who were seven thousand.1 Kings 20:15
1 Kings 20:17 Then the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out to the first place, at the front. And so, Benhadad sent, and they reported to him, saying: “Men have gone out from Samaria.”1 Kings 20:17
1 Kings 20:19 Therefore, the servants of the leaders of the provinces went out, and the remainder of the army was following.1 Kings 20:19
Number of the word / term Province in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 2:1 Now these are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had transferred to Babylon, and who were returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each one to his own city.Ezra 2:1
Ezra 4:15 so that you may search in the books of the histories of your fathers, and you may find written in the records, and you may know that this city is a rebellious city, and that it is harmful to the kings and the provinces, and that wars were incited within it from the days of antiquity. For which reason also, the city itself was destroyed.Ezra 4:15
Ezra 5:8 Let it be known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with rough stones, and with timber set into the walls. And this work is being built up diligently, and it increases by their hands.Ezra 5:8
Ezra 6:2 And there was found at Ecbatana, which is a fortified place in the province of Media, one volume, and this record was written in it:Ezra 6:2
Ezra 7:16 And all the silver and gold, as much as you will find in the entire province of Babylon, and which the people will wish to offer, and which some of the priests will offer freely to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,Ezra 7:16
Number of the word / term Province in Ezra: 5
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 1:3 And they said to me: “Those who have remained and have been left behind from the captivity, there in the province, are in great affliction and in disgrace. And the wall of Jerusalem has been broken apart, and its gates have been burned with fire.”Nehemiah 1:3
Nehemiah 7:6 These are the sons of the province, who ascended from the captivity of the transmigration, those whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had taken away, and who returned into Jerusalem and Judea, each one to his own city.Nehemiah 7:6
Nehemiah 11:3 And so these are the leaders of the province, who were living in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah. Now each one lived in his possession, in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon.Nehemiah 11:3
Number of the word / term Province in Nehemiah: 3
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Esther
Esther 1:1 In the days of Artaxerxes, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred twenty-seven provinces,Esther 1:1
Esther 1:3 And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,Esther 1:3
Esther 1:16 And Memucan answered, in the hearing of the king as well as the rulers, “Queen Vashti has wounded not only the king, but also all the people and the leaders, who are in all the provinces of king Artaxerxes.Esther 1:16
Esther 1:20 And let this be published in all the provinces of your empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, the greater as much as the lesser, give honor to their husbands.”Esther 1:20
Esther 1:22 and he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, so that every nation was able to hear and to read, in various languages and letters, that husbands are to be the greater rulers in their own houses, and that this should be published to every people.Esther 1:22
Esther 2:3 and let investigators be sent throughout all the provinces for young women, beautiful and virgins. And let them bring them to the city of Susa, and deliver them to the house of the women under the hand of Hegai the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king’s women. And let them receive feminine ornaments, and other things necessary for their use.Esther 2:3
Esther 2:18 And he ordered a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the rulers, and for his servants, because of the union and wedding of Esther. And he gave a holiday to all the provinces, and he bestowed gifts befitting of princely generosity.Esther 2:18
Esther 3:8 And Haman said to king Artaxerxes, “There is a people dispersed throughout all the provinces of your kingdom and separated one from another, who make use of unusual laws and ceremonies, and who, in addition, show contempt for the king’s ordinances. And you know very well that it is not expedient for your kingdom that they should become insolent through independence.Esther 3:8
Esther 3:12 And the scribes of the king were summoned, in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month. And it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the king’s governors, and to the judges of the provinces, and to various peoples, so that each people could read and hear according to their various languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. And the letters were sealed with his ring.Esther 3:12
Esther 3:13 These were sent by the king’s messengers to all the provinces, so as to kill and destroy all the Jews, from children all the way to the elderly, even little children and women, on one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to plunder their goods, even their necessities. And this was the text of the letter: “Artaxerxes, the great king from India all the way to Ethiopia, to the leaders and generals of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, which are subject to his authority, greetings. Although I have reigned over many nations and subjugated the whole world under my realm, I was by no means willing to abuse the greatness of this power, but to govern my subjects with clemency and leniency, so that they would settle into a quiet life, apart from any terror, and delight in peace, as all mortals would choose to do. Yet, in asking my counselors how this might be able to be accomplished, one who excelled the others in wisdom and fidelity, and who was second after the king, named Haman, explained to me that there was a people, scattered throughout the whole world, that used strange laws, and, acting against the customs of all peoples, despised the commandments of kings and violated the harmony of all nations with their dissension. When we had learned this, seeing one nation rebellious against all mankind, having overthrown the usefulness of laws, and going against our orders, and disturbing the peace and harmony of the provinces subject to us, we commanded that whomever Haman, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honor in the place of a father, whomever he would point out should be destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that no one may take pity on them, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year, so that these guilty men, all on one day, may go down to the underworld, restoring to our empire the peace that they had disturbed.”Esther 3:13
Esther 3:14 And the effect of the letters was this: that all provinces would know and prepare for the prescribed day.Esther 3:14
Esther 4:3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.Esther 4:3
Esther 4:11 “All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king’s inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?”Esther 4:11
Esther 8:5 And she said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his eyes, and my request is not seen to be disagreeable to him, I beg you that the former letters of Haman, the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he instructed them to be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be corrected by new letters.Esther 8:5
Esther 8:9 Then the scribes and copyists were brought in, (now it was the time of the third month which is called Sivan,) on the twenty-third day of the month, and letters were written, as Mordecai wanted, to the Jews, and to the governors, and procurators, and judges, who presided over the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India all the way to Ethiopia: to one province and another, to one people and another, in accordance with their languages and letters, and to the Jews, exactly as they were able to read and hear.Esther 8:9
Esther 8:10 And these letters, which were sent in the king’s name, had been signed with his ring, and were sent by swift couriers who were to rush in every direction, through all the provinces, so as to prevent the former letters with new messages.Esther 8:10
Esther 8:12 And one day of retribution was established throughout all the provinces, namely, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.Esther 8:12
Esther 8:17 With all the peoples, cities, and provinces, wherever the king’s orders arrived, there was wonderful rejoicing, banquets and feasts, and a solemn holy day, so much so that many of the other nations joined themselves to their religious practices and ceremonies. For a great fear of the name of the Jews had overcome them all.Esther 8:17
Esther 9:3 For even the judges of the provinces, and the rulers, and the procurators, and everyone of dignity, who presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mordecai.Esther 9:3
Esther 9:16 Moreover, throughout all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion, the Jews made a stand for their lives, and they executed their enemies and their persecutors, so much so that the number of those who were killed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and yet no one touched any of their belongings.Esther 9:16
Esther 9:20 And so Mordecai wrote down all these things and sent them, composed in letters, to the Jews who were staying in all the king’s provinces, as much to those in nearby places as to those far away,Esther 9:20
Esther 9:28 These are the days which no one ever will erase into oblivion, and which every province in the whole world, throughout each generation, shall celebrate. Neither is there any city wherein the days of Purim, that is, of lots, may not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which has been obligated to these ceremonies.Esther 9:28
Esther 9:30 And they sent to all the Jews, who had been stirred up in the one hundred twenty-seven provinces of king Artaxerxes, that they should have peace and receive truth,Esther 9:30
Number of the word / term Province in Esther: 23
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 10:25 Pour out your indignation upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the provinces that have not invoked your name. For they have fed upon Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and they have utterly destroyed his honor.Jeremiah 10:25
Number of the word / term Province in Jeremiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
Number of the word / term Province in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 19:8 And the Gentiles came together against him, on every side, from the provinces, and they spread their net over him; by their wounds, he was captured.Ezekiel 19:8
Number of the word / term Province in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 2:48 Then the king raised Daniel to a high rank and gave him many great gifts, and he appointed him as leader over all the provinces of Babylon and as chief of the magistrates over all the other wise men of Babylon.Daniel 2:48
Daniel 2:49 However, Daniel required of the king that he appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the works of the province of Babylon. But Daniel himself was at the king’s door.Daniel 2:49
Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Daniel 3:1
Daniel 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.Daniel 3:30
Daniel 11:7 And a transplant from the germination of her roots will stand up, and he will come with an army, and will enter into the province of the king of the North, and he will abuse them, and will hold it fast.Daniel 11:7
Number of the word / term Province in Daniel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Province’ in the book Acts
Acts 23:34 And when he had read it and had asked which province he was from, realizing that he was from Cilicia, he said:Acts 23:34
Acts 25:1 And so, when Festus had arrived in the province, after three days, he ascended to Jerusalem from Caesarea.Acts 25:1
Number of the word / term ‘Province’ in Acts: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 51
