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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

A

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

8,284exact KJV occurrences 6,373Old Testament 1,911New Testament 66books containing the word 221mapped Strong's IDs 543occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 1:6

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where a appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH259
אֶחָד

ʼechâd · ekh-awd'

44 times translated as this KJV form942 total Strong's occurrences

a

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

Strong's KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Strong's first: Exodus 16:33Strong's last: Zechariah 5:7

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GreekG5100
τὶς

tìs · tis

26 times translated as this KJV form506 total Strong's occurrences

some or any person or object

Strong's KJV usage: :--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

Strong's first: Matthew 18:12Strong's last: John 15:13

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GreekG2250
ἡμέρα

hēméra · hay-mer'-ah

5 times translated as this KJV form410 total Strong's occurrences

day, i.e. (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively, a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context)

Strong's KJV usage: :--age, + alway, (mid-)day (by day, (-ly)), + for ever, judgment, (day) time, while, years.

Strong's first: Matthew 20:2Strong's last: Luke 17:4

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GreekG5117
τόπος

tópos · top'-os

5 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences

a spot (generally in space, but limited by occupancy; whereas G5561 is a large but particular locality), i.e. location (as a position, home, tract, etc.); figuratively, condition, opportunity; specially, a scabbard

Strong's KJV usage: :--coast, licence, place, X plain, quarter, + rock, room, where.

Strong's first: Luke 9:10Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:19

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GreekG3056
λόγος

lógos · log'-os

4 times translated as this KJV form339 total Strong's occurrences

something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)

Strong's KJV usage: :--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.

Strong's first: Matthew 12:32Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:19

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GreekG3813
παιδίον

paidíon · pahee-dee'-on

3 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences

a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian

Strong's KJV usage: :--(little, young) child, damsel.

Strong's first: Mark 10:15Strong's last: Hebrews 11:23

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GreekG4151
πνεῦμα

pneûma · pnyoo'-mah

3 times translated as this KJV form441 total Strong's occurrences

a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit

Strong's KJV usage: :--ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind.

Strong's first: Mark 9:17Strong's last: John 4:24

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GreekG2563
κάλαμος

kálamos · kal'-am-os

2 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences

a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar plant); by implication, a pen

Strong's KJV usage: :--pen, reed.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 11:7Strong's last: Luke 7:24

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GreekG2570
καλός

kalós · kal-os'

2 times translated as this KJV form99 total Strong's occurrences

properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G18, which is properly intrinsic)

Strong's KJV usage: :--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.

Strong's first: Mark 14:6Strong's last: Luke 6:43

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GreekG2765
κεράμιον

kerámion · ker-am'-ee-on

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

an earthenware vessel, i.e. jar

Strong's KJV usage: :--pitcher.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 14:13Strong's last: Luke 22:10

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GreekG3083
λύτρον

lýtron · loo'-tron

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

something to loosen with, i.e. a redemption price (figuratively, atonement)

Strong's KJV usage: :--ransom.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 20:28Strong's last: Mark 10:45

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GreekG3117
μακρός

makrós · mak-ros'

2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

long (in place (distant) or time (neuter plural))

Strong's KJV usage: :--far, long.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 15:13Strong's last: Luke 19:12

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GreekG3426
μόδιος

módios · mod'-ee-os

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

a modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)

Strong's KJV usage: :--bushel.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 5:15Strong's last: Luke 11:33

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GreekG3733
ὄρνις

órnis · or'-nis

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)

Strong's KJV usage: :--hen.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 23:37Strong's last: Luke 13:34

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GreekG5550
χρόνος

chrónos · khron'-os

2 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences

a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay

Strong's KJV usage: :--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.

Strong's first: Matthew 25:19Strong's last: Luke 18:4

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GreekG34
ἀγέλη

agélē · ag-el'-ay

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

a drove

Strong's KJV usage: :--herd.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 5:11Strong's last: Mark 5:11

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GreekG61
ἄγρα

ágra · ag'-rah

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

(abstractly) a catching (of fish); also (concretely) a haul (of fish)

Strong's KJV usage: :--draught.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 5:4Strong's last: Luke 5:4

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GreekG386
ἀνάστασις

anástasis · an-as'-tas-is

1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences

a standing up again, i.e. (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication, (its author)), or (figuratively) a (moral) recovery (of spiritual truth)

Strong's KJV usage: :--raised to life again, resurrection, rise from the dead, that should rise, rising again.

Strong's first: Hebrews 11:35Strong's last: Hebrews 11:35

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GreekG590
ἀπόδημος

apódēmos · ap-od'-ay-mos

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

absent from one's own people, i.e. a foreign traveller

Strong's KJV usage: :--taking a far journey.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 13:34Strong's last: Mark 13:34

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GreekG712
ἄριστον

áriston · ar'-is-ton

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ("early")), i.e. luncheon

Strong's KJV usage: :--dinner.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 14:12Strong's last: Luke 14:12

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GreekG1055
γαλήνη

galḗnē · gal-ay'-nay

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

tranquillity

Strong's KJV usage: :--calm.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 4:39Strong's last: Mark 4:39

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GreekG1146
δακτύλιος

daktýlios · dak-too'-lee-os

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a finger-ring

Strong's KJV usage: :--ring.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 15:22Strong's last: Luke 15:22

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GreekG1411
δύναμις

dýnamis · doo'-nam-is

1 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences

force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself)

Strong's KJV usage: :--ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work.

Strong's first: Mark 9:39Strong's last: Mark 9:39

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GreekG1909
ἐπί

epí · ep-ee'

1 times translated as this KJV form860 total Strong's occurrences

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative case) towards, upon, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: :--about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, X have charge of, (be-, (where-))fore, in (a place, as much as, the time of, -to), (because) of, (up-)on (behalf of), over, (by, for) the space of, through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), with.

Strong's first: Acts 20:11Strong's last: Acts 20:11

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GreekG2828
κλισία

klisía · klee-see'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

properly, reclination, i.e. (concretely and specially), a party at a meal

Strong's KJV usage: :--company.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 9:14Strong's last: Luke 9:14

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GreekG2842
κοινωνία

koinōnía · koy-nohn-ee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences

partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction

Strong's KJV usage: :--(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.

Strong's first: Romans 15:26Strong's last: Romans 15:26

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GreekG2920
κρίσις

krísis · kree'-sis

1 times translated as this KJV form49 total Strong's occurrences

decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)

Strong's KJV usage: :--accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.

Strong's first: Jude 1:9Strong's last: Jude 1:9

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GreekG3312
μεριστής

meristḗs · mer-is-tace'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

an apportioner (administrator)

Strong's KJV usage: :--divider.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 12:14Strong's last: Luke 12:14

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GreekG3405
μισθαποδοσία

misthapodosía · mis-thap-od-os-ee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

requital (good or bad)

Strong's KJV usage: :--recompence of reward.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Hebrews 2:2Strong's last: Hebrews 2:2

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GreekG3623
οἰκονόμος

oikonómos · oy-kon-om'-os

1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

a house-distributor (i.e. manager), or overseer, i.e. an employee in that capacity; by extension, a fiscal agent (treasurer); figuratively, a preacher (of the Gospel)

Strong's KJV usage: :--chamberlain, governor, steward.

Strong's first: Luke 16:1Strong's last: Luke 16:1

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GreekG3784
ὀφείλω

opheílō · of-i'-lo

1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences

to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty

Strong's KJV usage: :--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.

Strong's first: Matthew 23:16Strong's last: Matthew 23:16

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GreekG3803
παγίς

pagís · pag-ece'

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

a trap (as fastened by a noose or notch); figuratively, a trick or statagem (temptation)

Strong's KJV usage: :--snare.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 21:35Strong's last: Luke 21:35

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GreekG4190
πονηρός

ponērós · pon-ay-ros'

1 times translated as this KJV form77 total Strong's occurrences

hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from G2556, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from G4550, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners

Strong's KJV usage: :--bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness).

Strong's first: Matthew 16:4Strong's last: Matthew 16:4

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GreekG4242
πρεσβεία

presbeía · pres-bi'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

seniority (eldership), i.e. (by implication) an embassy (concretely, ambassadors)

Strong's KJV usage: :--ambassage, message.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 19:14Strong's last: Luke 19:14

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GreekG4625
σκάνδαλον

skándalon · skan'-dal-on

1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences

a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin)

Strong's KJV usage: :--occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.

Strong's first: Revelation 2:14Strong's last: Revelation 2:14

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GreekG4676
σουδάριον

soudárion · soo-dar'-ee-on

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a sudarium (sweat-cloth), i.e. towel (for wiping the perspiration from the face, or binding the face of a corpse)

Strong's KJV usage: :--handkerchief, napkin.

Strong's first: Luke 19:20Strong's last: Luke 19:20

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GreekG4735
στέφανος

stéphanos · stef'-an-os

1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences

a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, G1238), literally or figuratively

Strong's KJV usage: :--crown.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Revelation 2:10Strong's last: Revelation 2:10

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GreekG5177
τυγχάνω

tynchánō · toong-khan'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences

akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with G1487), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh…self, + special.

Strong's first: Hebrews 8:6Strong's last: Hebrews 8:6

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GreekG5200
ὑγρός

hygrós · hoo-gros'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh)

Strong's KJV usage: :--green.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 23:31Strong's last: Luke 23:31

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GreekG5421
φρέαρ

phréar · freh'-ar

1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

a hole in the ground (dug for obtaining or holding water or other purposes), i.e. a cistern or well; figuratively, an abyss (as a prison)

Strong's KJV usage: :--well, pit.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 14:5Strong's last: Luke 14:5

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GreekG5482
χάραξ

chárax · khar'-ax

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a stake, i.e. (by implication) a palisade or rampart (military mound for circumvallation in a siege)

Strong's KJV usage: :--trench.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 19:43Strong's last: Luke 19:43

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GreekG5501
χείρων

cheírōn · khi'-rone

1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

from an obsolete equivalent χέρης (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally)

Strong's KJV usage: :--sorer, worse.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 5:14Strong's last: John 5:14

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GreekG5596
ψωμίον

psōmíon · pso-mee'-on

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a crumb or morsel (as if rubbed off), i.e. a mouthful

Strong's KJV usage: :--sop.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: John 13:26Strong's last: John 13:26

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HebrewH2764
חֵרֶם

chêrem · khay'-rem

1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

Strong's KJV usage: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.

Strong's first: Malachi 4:6Strong's last: Malachi 4:6

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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8,284 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 1:6
no direct Strong's tag

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Genesis 1:29
no direct Strong's tag

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

Genesis 2:5
no direct Strong's tag

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:6
no direct Strong's tag

But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 2:7
no direct Strong's tag

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 2:8
no direct Strong's tag

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Genesis 2:10
no direct Strong's tag

And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

Genesis 2:21
no direct Strong's tag

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

Genesis 2:22
no direct Strong's tag

And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

Genesis 2:24
no direct Strong's tag

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 3:6
no direct Strong's tag

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 3:24
no direct Strong's tag

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4:1
no direct Strong's tag

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 4:2
no direct Strong's tag

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:2
no direct Strong's tag

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:12
no direct Strong's tag

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:12
no direct Strong's tag

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:14
no direct Strong's tag

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 4:14
no direct Strong's tag

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 4:15
no direct Strong's tag

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Genesis 4:17
no direct Strong's tag

And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Genesis 4:23
no direct Strong's tag

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Genesis 4:23
no direct Strong's tag

And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

Genesis 4:25
no direct Strong's tag

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Genesis 4:26
no direct Strong's tag

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

a

A is the first letter of the Alphabet in most of the known languages of the earth; in the Ethiopic, however it is the thirteenth, and in the Runic the tenth. It is naturally the first letter, because it represents the first vocal sound naturally formed by the human organs; being the sound uttered with a mere opening of the mouth without constraint, and without any effort to alter the natural position or configuration of the lips. The a has been proven to be the first natural vocal sound, and entitled to the first place in alphabets.

A has in English, three sounds; the long or slender, as in place, fate; the broad, as in wall, fall, which is shortened in salt, what; and the open, as in father, glass, which is shortened in rather, fancy. Its primitive sound was probably aw. a is also an abbreviation used before words beginning with an articulation; as a table, instead of an table, or one table. This is a modern change.

This letter serves as a prefix to many English words, as in asleep; awake; afoot; aground; agoing. In some cases, this is a contraction of Teutonic ge, as in asleep, aware, from the Saxon geslapan, to sleep, to beware. Sometimes it is a corruption of the Saxon on, as again from ongean , awake from onwacian to watch or wake. Before participles, it may be a contraction of the Celtic ag, the sign of the participle of the present tense; as, ag-radh, saying; a saying, a going. Or this may be a contraction of on, or what is equally probable, it may have proceeded from a mere accidental sound produced by negligent utterance. In some words, a may be a contraction of at, of, in, to, or an. In some words of Greek original, a is privative, giving to them a negative sense, as in anonymous.

Among the ancients, A was a numeral denoting 500, and with a dash a 5000. In the Julian Calendar, a is the first of the seven dominical letters.

Among logicians, A, as an abbreviation, stands for a universal affirmative proposition. a asserts; E denies. Thus in barbara, a thrice repeated denotes so many of the propositions to be universal.

The Romans used A to signify a negative or dissent in giving their votes; a standing for antiquo, I oppose or object to the proposed law. Opposed to this letter were U R, uti rogas, be it as you desire - the words used to express assent to a proposition. These letters were marked on wooden ballots, and each voter had an affirmative and a negative put into his hands, one of which at pleasure he gave as his vote, - In criminal trials, a stood for absolvo, I acquit, C for condemno, I condemn; and N L for non liquet, it is not evident; and the judges voted by ballots this marked. In inscriptions, A stands for Augustus; or for ager, aiunt, , aurum, argentum, etc.

A is also used for anno, or ante; as in Anno Domini, the year of our Lord; anno mundi, the year of the world; ante meridiem, before noon, and for arts, in artium magister, master of arts.

In algebra, a and first letters of the alphabet represent known quantities - the last letters are sometimes used to represent unknown quantities.

In music, A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale - called by Guido la. It is also the name of one of the two natural moods; and it is the open note of the 2d string of the violin, by which the other strings are tuned and regulated.

In pharmacy, a or aa, abbreviations of the Greek ana, signify of each separately, or that the things mentioned should be taken in quantities of the same weight or measure.

In chimistry, a A a stand for amalgama, or amalgamation.

In commerce, A stands for accepted, as in case of a bill of exchange. Merchants also number their books by the letters - a B, C, instead of figures. Public officers number their exhibits in the same manner; as the document a or B.

Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet, are used in Scripture for the beginning and end - representative of Christ.

In mathematics, letters are used as representatives of numbers, lines, angles and quantities. In arguments, letters are substituted for persons, in cases supposed, or stated for illustration, as a contracts with B to deliver property to D. - In the English phraseology 'a landlord as a hundred a year, ' ' the sum amounted to ten dollars a man, ' a is merely the adjective one, and this mode of expression is idiomatic; a hundred in a year; ten dollars to a man.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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