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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Befall

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.

9exact KJV occurrences 8Old Testament 1New Testament 5books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 7occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 42:4

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Acts 20:22

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where befall appears.

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

Genesis 44 verses Deuteronomy 22 verses Psalms 11 verses Daniel 11 verses Acts 11 verses
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.

HebrewH4672
מָצָא

mâtsâʼ · maw-tsaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form455 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

Strong's KJV usage: be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 31:17Strong's last: Deuteronomy 31:17

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HebrewH7136
קָרָה

qârâh · kaw-raw'

1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences

v

to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor)

Strong's KJV usage: appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Daniel 10:14Strong's last: Daniel 10:14

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Genesis 42:4
no direct Strong's tag

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

Genesis 42:38
H7122

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 44:29
no direct Strong's tag

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Genesis 49:1
H7122

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

Deuteronomy 31:17
H4672

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

Deuteronomy 31:29
H7122

For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Psalms 91:10
H579

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Daniel 10:14
H7136

Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

Acts 20:22
G4876

And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

befall

BEFALL', verb transitive preterit tense befell; part. befallen.

To happen to; to occur to; as, let me know the worst that can befall me. It usually denotes ill. It is generally transitive in form, but there seems to be an ellipsis of to, and to sometimes follows it.

BEFALL', verb intransitive To happen; to come to pass.

To befall of is not legitimate.

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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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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