Deserving respect and honor for good qualities or actions.
Key References
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
All Scripture References (16)
Genesis (1)
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Numbers (1)
Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
Deuteronomy (1)
If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
1 Samuel (2)
“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
2 Samuel (2)
Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
1 Chronicles (3)
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
He was doubly honored above the Three, and he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
Job (1)
If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
Psalms (1)
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Isaiah (3)
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?
The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.
Nahum (1)
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.