Genesis 4:26
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.
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Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
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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.
ἄρχομαι
árchomai · ar'-khom-ahee
60 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences
to commence (in order of time)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 4:17Strong's last: Acts 27:35
Open full G756 profile →חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
33 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 6:1Strong's last: Jonah 3:4
Open full H2490 profile →αἰών
aiṓn · ahee-ohn'
3 times translated as this KJV form124 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Strong's KJV usage: :--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:70Strong's last: Acts 3:21
Open full G165 profile →αἰώνιος
aiṓnios · ahee-o'-nee-os
3 times translated as this KJV form71 total Strong's occurrences
perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as well)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 16:25Strong's last: Titus 1:2
Open full G166 profile →ἔχω
échō · ekh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Strong's first: John 4:52Strong's last: John 4:52
Open full G2192 profile →λαμβάνω
lambánō · lam-ban'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form276 total Strong's occurrences
while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 2:3Strong's last: Hebrews 2:3
Open full G2983 profile →יָאַל
yâʼal · yaw-al'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Strong's KJV usage: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, × willingly, would.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 1:5Strong's last: Deuteronomy 1:5
Open full H2974 profile →יְסֻד
yᵉçud · yes-ood'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a foundation (figuratively, i.e. beginning)
Strong's KJV usage: × began.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:9Strong's last: Ezra 7:9
Open full H3246 profile →שְׁרֵא
shᵉrêʼ · sher-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to free, separate; figuratively, to unravel, commence; by implication (of unloading beasts) to reside
Strong's KJV usage: begin, dissolve, dwell, loose.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:2Strong's last: Ezra 5:2
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179 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
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In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
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Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
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Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
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Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
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Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
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Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
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Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
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And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
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Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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