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The term "attended" in the context of the Bible often refers to the act of giving attention, care, or service to someone or something. This concept is woven throughout the Scriptures, illustrating the importance of attentiveness in spiritual, communal, and personal contexts.

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, the idea of attending is frequently associated with the service and duties of the priests and Levites. For example, in Numbers 3:6-8, the Levites are appointed to attend to the needs of the tabernacle: "Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the Tent of Meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle." Here, attending involves both physical service and spiritual dedication, highlighting the Levites' role in maintaining the sanctity and function of the tabernacle.

The concept of attending is also seen in the wisdom literature, where it is often linked to listening and heeding instruction. Proverbs 4:20-21 states, "My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart." This passage emphasizes the importance of attending to wisdom and instruction as a means of spiritual growth and moral integrity.

New Testament Usage

In the New Testament, attending takes on a broader spiritual dimension, often associated with the ministry and teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles. In Acts 6:4 , the apostles declare, "But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." Here, attending to prayer and the Word is seen as a primary responsibility, underscoring the importance of spiritual focus and dedication in the early church.

The concept is further illustrated in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37), where attending to the needs of others is portrayed as a fundamental expression of love and compassion. The Samaritan's actions demonstrate that true attentiveness involves both awareness and action, serving as a model for Christian conduct.

Spiritual Implications

Attending in a biblical sense often implies a readiness to serve and a commitment to fulfilling one's duties, whether in worship, community service, or personal devotion. It reflects a heart posture that is open to God's leading and responsive to the needs of others. In 1 Timothy 4:13 , Paul exhorts Timothy, "Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching." This instruction highlights the importance of attending to spiritual disciplines as a means of edification and growth.

Conclusion

The biblical concept of attending encompasses a range of activities and attitudes, from the practical service of the Levites to the spiritual devotion of the apostles. It calls believers to be attentive to God's Word, responsive to the needs of others, and committed to their spiritual responsibilities. Through attending, individuals can cultivate a deeper relationship with God and a more profound impact on their communities.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Attend.

Strong's Hebrew

7272. regel -- foot
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition foot NASB Word Usage accompany*
(1), after (1), attended* (1), feet (139), follow (2), followed (2), following ( ...
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8334. sharath -- to minister, serve
... root Definition to minister, serve NASB Word Usage assist (1), attendant (4), attended
(2), became his personal servant (1), minister (26), ministered (4 ...
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5975. amad -- to take one's stand, stand
... take one's stand, stand NASB Word Usage abiding (1), act (1), appoint (2), appointed
(15), arise (11), arisen (1), arose (3), attend* (1), attended (1), broke ...
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1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... Definition to go, come, walk NASB Word Usage access (1), accompany* (2), act (5),
acting (2), already gone (1), am (1), am about (1), attended* (1), became ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... 1), any reason (1), any reason he is missing (1), appoint (12), appointed (19),
appoints (1), assign (3), assigned (1), attend (1), attended (1), bring ...
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6440. panim -- face, faces
... 2), aged* (1), ahead (15), along* (1), anger (1), another* (1), appearance (2),
appease* (1), around (1), attend (1), attend* (1), attended (1), attention (3 ...
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Library

Wesley Attended by Felons
... Chapter 18. On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lorg George
Gordon Wesley Attended by Felons. Wednesday, July 21."When ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley attended by felons.htm

To those who had not Attended the Assembly.
... to those who had not attended the assembly. To those who had not attended
the assembly; on the apostolic saying, "If thy enemy hunger ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/to those who had not.htm

Bishops from all the Provinces Attended the Dedication of the ...
... Book IV. Chapter XLIII."Bishops from all the Provinces attended the
Dedication of the Church at Jerusalem. No sooner had these ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xliii bishops from all the.htm

St. Chrysostom: Homily to those who had not Attended the Assembly ...
... St. Chrysostom: Homily to those who had not attended the assembly: and on the apostolic
saying, "if thine enemy hunger, feed him, etc. (rom. xii. ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/st chrysostom homily to those.htm

What is Sinless in the Use of Matrimony? what is Attended with ...
... Book I. Chapter 17 [XV.]"What is Sinless in the Use of Matrimony? What
is Attended With Venial Sin, and What with Mortal? It is ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 17 xv what is sinless.htm

The Nobleman's Son.
... If this view is correct, Jesus passed a Sabbath, soon after his sojourn at Sychar,
at his old home, and attended the synagogue where he had often worshiped ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the noblemans son.htm

The Life of Mr. Richard Cameron.
... He sometimes attended the sermons of the indulged, as he had opportunity; but at
last it pleased the Lord to incline him to go out to hear the persecuted ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr richard.htm

The Signs of Pentecost.
... And since that day shall be attended by awful signs, as was the preparatory day
of Pentecost, the apostle puts them together and makes them appear as one ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxvii the signs of pentecost.htm

I am Told, Further, that You Touch with Some Critical Sharpness ...
... from this Jew. Did I do you an injury because I attended the lectures of
Apollinarius and Didymus rather than yours? Was there anything ...
/.../13 i am told further.htm

Jesus at Bethesda.
... the first of April. This fact has made most commentators think that the
feast attended was that of Purim, in early March. I do not ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/jesus at bethesda.htm

Thesaurus

Attended (39 Occurrences)
...Attended (39 Occurrences). ... (See RSV). Luke 7:11 Shortly afterwards He went to a town
called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people. (WEY). ...
/a/attended.htm - 17k

Attend (71 Occurrences)
... to serve. 4. (vt) To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent
to; as, a measure attended with ill effects. 5. (vt ...
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Attendants (30 Occurrences)
... Esther 6:3 The king said, "What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai
for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been ...
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Wake (34 Occurrences)
... subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding
days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating ...
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Itch (11 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated vesicles, produced by the entrance
of a parasitic mite (the Sarcoptes scabei), and attended with itching. ...
/i/itch.htm - 11k

Elder (34 Occurrences)
... Moses opened his commission to them (Exodus 3:16). They attended Moses on
all important occasions. Seventy of them attended on him ...
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Dysentery (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration
of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire ...
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Midwife (4 Occurrences)
... MIDWIFE. mid'-wif (meyalledheth): Those who in patriarchal times attended mothers
at childbirth are so named in Genesis 35:17; Genesis 38:28 Exodus 1:15-22. ...
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Pekah (11 Occurrences)
... Hamath, Arvad, Ammon, Moab, Edom, Gaza, Samaria, Syria, and some minor potentates,
the list being taken from a roll of the subject-princes who attended a court ...
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Banquet (58 Occurrences)
... Birthday banquets are mentioned (Genesis 40:20; Matthew 14:6). They were sometimes
protracted, and attended with revelry and excess (Genesis 21:8; 29:22; 1 ...
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Resources

Who was R.C. Sproul? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Oswald Chambers? | GotQuestions.org

What are the pros and cons of attending a mega-church (megachurch)? | GotQuestions.org

Attended: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Attended (39 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
(See NIV)

Mark 1:13
He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
(See NIV)

Mark 16:20
They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
(See RSV)

Luke 7:11
Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.
(WEY)

Luke 11:42
"But alas for you Pharisees! for you pay tithes on your mint and rue and every kind of garden vegetable, and are indifferent to justice and the love of God. These are the things you ought to have attended to, while not neglecting the others.
(WEY)

Luke 14:25
On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,
(WEY)

Acts 11:26
He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of 'Christians.'
(WEY)

Acts 16:14
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 25:23
and took their seats in the Judgement Hall, attended by the Tribunes and the men of high rank in the city; and, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in.
(WEY)

Acts 27:10
"Sirs," he said, "I perceive that before long the voyage will be attended with danger and heavy loss, not only to the cargo and the ship but to our own lives also."
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 3:8
won't service of the Spirit be with much more glory?
(See RSV)

2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to requite with rest you who are suffering affliction now--rest with us at the re-appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, attended by His mighty angels.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 2:9
The appearing of the Lawless one will be attended by various miracles and tokens and delusive marvels--for so Satan works--
(WEY)

Jude 1:14
It was also about these that Enoch, who belonged to the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "The Lord has come, attended by myriads of His people, to execute judgement upon all,
(WEY)

Genesis 39:4
And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and attended on him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into his hand.
(DBY RSV)

Genesis 40:4
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
(See NIV)

Judges 3:19
But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret errand to you, king." The king said, "Keep silence!" All who stood by him went out from him.
(See NAS)

Judges 14:20
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 16:21
David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
(See NAS)

1 Samuel 25:42
Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his young man that attended upon him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
(DBY NAS)

1 Chronicles 6:32
And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 6:33
And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
(DBY)

1 Chronicles 27:32
Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 22:8
And it came to pass when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that attended upon Ahaziah, and he slew them.
(DBY RSV)

2 Chronicles 33:10
And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
(YLT)

Nehemiah 9:34
and our kings, our heads, our priests, and our fathers, have not done Thy law, nor attended unto Thy commands, and to Thy testimonies, that Thou hast testified against them;
(YLT)

Esther 2:2
Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;
(DBY RSV)

Esther 6:3
The king said, "What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Job 32:12
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 66:19
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 139:2
Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
(YLT)

Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;
(See JPS)

Isaiah 48:18
O that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 23:18
For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?
(See JPS)

Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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