What is meant by

1. Gen. 33: 8
     8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
2. Ex. 12: 26
     26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
3. Josh. 4: 6
     6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
4. 2 Sam. 16: 2
     2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
5. Ezek. 37: 18
     18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
6. Alma 12: 11
     11 And they that will harden their hearts, to them is given the lesser portion of the word until they know nothing concerning his mysteries; and then they are taken captive by the devil, and led by his will down to destruction. Now this is what is meant by the chains of hell.
7. D&C 113: 7
     7 Questions by Elias Higbee: What is meant by the command in Isaiah, 52d chapter, 1st verse, which saith: Put on thy strength, O Zion—and what people had Isaiah reference to?