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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Fail

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.

64exact KJV occurrences 57Old Testament 7New Testament 24books containing the word 35mapped Strong's IDs 64occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 47:16

And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where fail 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.

HebrewH3615
כָּלָה

kâlâh · kaw-law'

13 times translated as this KJV form207 total Strong's occurrences

v

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, × fully, × have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.

Strong's first: Job 11:20Strong's last: Lamentations 3:22

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HebrewH3772
כָּרַת

kârath · kaw-rath'

6 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences

v

to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

Strong's KJV usage: be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), × lose, perish, × utterly, × want.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:29Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 7:18

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HebrewH7503
רָפָה

râphâh · raw-faw'

4 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

v

to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Strong's KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 31:6Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 28:20

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HebrewH5307
נָפַל

nâphal · naw-fal'

2 times translated as this KJV form435 total Strong's occurrences

v

to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (× hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, × surely, throw down.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 17:32Strong's last: Esther 6:10

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HebrewH5674
עָבַר

ʻâbar · aw-bar'

2 times translated as this KJV form562 total Strong's occurrences

v

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

Strong's KJV usage: alienate, alter, × at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, shave, cause to (make) sound, × speedily, × sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.

Strong's first: Esther 9:27Strong's last: Esther 9:28

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HebrewH7673
שָׁבַת

shâbath · shaw-bath'

2 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences

v

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

Strong's KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 48:33Strong's last: Amos 8:4

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GreekG1952
ἐπιλείπω

epileípō · ep-ee-li'-po

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

to leave upon, i.e. (figuratively) to be insufficient for

Strong's KJV usage: :--fail.

Strong's first: Hebrews 11:32Strong's last: Hebrews 11:32

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GreekG2673
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.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 13:8Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 13:8

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HebrewH235
אָזַל

ʼâzal · aw-zal'

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

v

to go away, hence, to disappear

Strong's KJV usage: fail, gad about, go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal,' by others 'yarn'), be gone (spent).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 14:11Strong's last: Job 14:11

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HebrewH539
אָמַן

ʼâman · aw-man'

1 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;

Strong's KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 15:18Strong's last: Jeremiah 15:18

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HebrewH3423
יָרַשׁ

yârash · yaw-rash'

1 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences

v

to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.

Strong's first: Joshua 3:10Strong's last: Joshua 3:10

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HebrewH3427
יָשַׁב

yâshab · yaw-shab'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,085 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Strong's KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:5Strong's last: 1 Samuel 20:5

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HebrewH5337
נָצַל

nâtsal · naw-tsal'

1 times translated as this KJV form212 total Strong's occurrences

v

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

Strong's KJV usage: × at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, × without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, × surely, take (out).

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 30:8Strong's last: 1 Samuel 30:8

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HebrewH5414
נָתַן

nâthan · naw-than'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,007 total Strong's occurrences

v

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

Strong's first: Judges 11:30Strong's last: Judges 11:30

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HebrewH6461
פָּסַס

pâçaç · paw-sas'

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

v

probably to disperse, i.e. (intransitive) disappear

Strong's KJV usage: cease.

Strong's first: Psalms 12:1Strong's last: Psalms 12:1

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HebrewH6565
פָּרַר

pârar · paw-rar'

1 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences

v

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate

Strong's KJV usage: × any ways, break (asunder), cast off, cause to cease, × clean, defeat, disannul, disappoint, dissolve, divide, make of none effect, fail, frustrate, bring (come) to nought, × utterly, make void.

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 12:5Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 12:5

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1 Chronicles 28:20
H7503

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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fail

FAIL, verb intransitive [Latin fallo; Gr. whence; Eng. felony. It seems to be allied to fall, fallow, pale, and many other words.]

1. To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply; or to be entirely wanting. We say, in a dry season, the springs and streams fail or are failing, before they are entirely exhausted. We say also, the springs failed, when they entirely ceased to flow. Crops fail wholly or partially.

2. To decay; to decline; to sink; to be diminished. We say of a sick person, his strength fails daily.

3. To decline; to decay; to sink; to become weaker; as, the patient fails every hour.

4. To be extinct; to cease; to be entirely wanting; to be no longer produced.

Help, Lord, for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Psalms 12:1.

5. To be entirely exhausted; to be wanting; to cease from supply.

Money failed in the land of Egypt. Genesis 47:16.

6. To cease; to perish; to be lost.

Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail

7. To die.

They shall all fail together. Isaiah 31:3.

8. To decay; to decline; as, the sight fails in old age.

9. To become deficient or wanting; as, the heart or the courage fails.

10. To miss; not to produce the effect. the experiment was made with care, but failed, or failed to produce the effect, or failed of the effect.

11. To be deficient in duty; to omit or neglect. the debtor failed to fulfil his promise.

12. To miss; to miscarry; to be frustrated or disappointed. The enemy attacked the fort, but failed in his design, or failed of success.

13. To be neglected; to fall short; not to be executed. the promises of a man of probity seldom fail

The soul or the spirit fails, when a person is discouraged. The eyes fail when the desires and expectations are long delayed, and the person is disappointed.

14. To become insolvent or bankrupt. When merchants and traders fail they are said to become bankrupt. When other men fail they are said to become insolvent.

FAIL, verb transitive

1. To desert; to disappoint; to cease or to neglect or omit to afford aid, supply or strength. it is said, fortune never fails the brave. Our friends sometimes fail us, when we most need them. The aged attempt to walk, when their limbs fail them. In bold enterprises, courage should never fail the hero.

2. to omit; not to perform.

The inventive God, who never fails his part.

3. to be wanting to.

There shall never fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings 2:4.

[In the transitive use of this verb there is really an ellipsis of from or to, or other word. In strictness, the verb is not transitive, and the passive particple is, I believe, never used.]

FAIL, noun Omission; non-performance.

1. He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites. Joshua 3:10.

2. Miscarriage; failure; deficience; want; death.

[In these senses little used.]

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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