Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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Become
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Revelation 18:2
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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γίνομαι
gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee
25 times translated as this KJV form701 total Strong's occurrences
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Strong's first: Matthew 18:3Strong's last: Revelation 18:2
Open full G1096 profile →הָיָה
hâyâh · haw-yaw
2 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Strong's KJV usage: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 27:9Strong's last: 2 Samuel 7:24
Open full H1961 profile →καταργέω
katargéō · kat-arg-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come) to nought, put away (down), vanish away, make void.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Galatians 5:4Strong's last: Galatians 5:4
Open full G2673 profile →πρέπω
prépō · prep'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to tower up (be conspicuous), i.e. (by implication) to be suitable or proper (third person singular present indicative, often used impersonally, it is fit or right)
Strong's KJV usage: :--become, comely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Titus 2:1Strong's last: Titus 2:1
Open full G4241 profile →הָפַךְ
hâphak · haw-fak'
1 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Strong's KJV usage: × become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 30:21Strong's last: Job 30:21
Open full H2015 profile →מָשַׁל
mâshal · maw-shal'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Strong's KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Strong's first: Psalms 28:1Strong's last: Psalms 28:1
Open full H4911 profile →עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: Esther 2:11Strong's last: Esther 2:11
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Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
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This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
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Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
G1096
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
G1096
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
G1096
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
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And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
G1096
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
G1096
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
G1096
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
G1096
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
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They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
G1096
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
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Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
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But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
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Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
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Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
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Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
English meaning and historical usage.
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become
BECOME, verb intransitive becum'. preterit tense became, participle passive become
1. To pass from one state to another; to enter into some state or condition, by a change from another state or condition, or by assuming or receiving new properties or qualities, additional matter, or a new character; as, a cion becomes a tree.
The Lord God breathed into his nostrils the breath of like and man became a living soul.
To the Jew, I became a Jew.
2. To become of, usually with what preceding; to be the fate of; to be the end of; to be the final or subsequent condition; as, what will become of our commerce? what will become of us?
In the present tense, it applies to place as well as condition. What has become of my friend? that is, where is he? as well as, what is his condition? Where is he become? used by Shakespeare and Spenser, is obsolete; but this is the sense in Saxon, where has he fallen?
BECOME, verb transitive In general, to suit or be suitable; to be congruous; to befit; to accord with, in character or circumstances; to be worthy of, decent or proper. It is used in the same sense applied to persons or things.
If I become not a cart as well as another man.
This use of the word however is less frequent, the verb usually expressing the suitableness of things, to persons or to other things; as, a robe becomes a prince.
It becomes not a cart as well as another 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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