Exodus 5:16
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
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Fault
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Revelation 14:5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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αἰτία
aitía · ahee-tee'-a
3 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accusation, case, cause, crime, fault, (wh-)ere(-fore).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 18:38Strong's last: John 19:6
Open full G156 profile →μέμφομαι
mémphomai · mem'-fom-ahee
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to blame
Strong's KJV usage: :--find fault.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 7:2Strong's last: Hebrews 8:8
Open full G3201 profile →αἴτιον
aítion · ah'-ee-tee-on
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a reason or crime (like G156)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cause, fault.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 23:4Strong's last: Luke 23:14
Open full G158 profile →עָוֺן
ʻâvôn · aw-vone'
2 times translated as this KJV form229 total Strong's occurrences
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
Strong's KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:8Strong's last: Psalms 59:4
Open full H5771 profile →שְׁחַת
shᵉchath · shekh-ath'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: corrupt, fault.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 6:4Strong's last: Daniel 6:4
Open full H7844 profile →ἄμωμος
ámōmos · am'-o-mos
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
unblemished (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--without blame (blemish, fault, spot), faultless, unblamable.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 14:5Strong's last: Revelation 14:5
Open full G299 profile →ἐλέγχω
elénchō · el-eng'-kho
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to confute, admonish
Strong's KJV usage: :--convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 18:15Strong's last: Matthew 18:15
Open full G1651 profile →ἥττημα
hḗttēma · hayt'-tay-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss
Strong's KJV usage: :--diminishing, fault.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 6:7Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 6:7
Open full G2275 profile →παράπτωμα
paráptōma · par-ap'-to-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
a side-slip (lapse or deviation), i.e. (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression
Strong's KJV usage: :--fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Galatians 6:1Strong's last: Galatians 6:1
Open full G3900 profile →חָטָא
châṭâʼ · khaw-taw'
1 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Strong's KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 5:16Strong's last: Exodus 5:16
Open full H2398 profile →מְאוּמָה
mᵉʼûwmâh · meh-oo'-maw
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
Strong's KJV usage: fault, no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 29:3Strong's last: 1 Samuel 29:3
Open full H3972 profile →רִשְׁעָה
rishʻâh · rish-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
wrong (especially moral)
Strong's KJV usage: fault, wickedly(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 25:2Strong's last: Deuteronomy 25:2
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H2398
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
H7564
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
H3972
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
H5771
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
H5771
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
H7844
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
H7844
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
G1651
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
G3201
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
G158
Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
G158
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
G156
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
G156
Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
G156
When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
G3201
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
G2275
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
G3900
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
G3201
For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
G299
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
English meaning and historical usage.
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fault
FAULT, noun [See Fail.]
1. Properly, an erring or missing; a failing; hence, an error or mistake; a blunder; a defect; a blemish; whatever impairs excellence; applied to things.
2. In morals or deportment, any error or defect; an imperfection; any deviation from propriety; a slight offense; a neglect of duty or propriety, resulting from inattention or want of prudence, rather than from design to injure or offend, but liable to censure or objection.
I do remember my faults this day. Genesis 41:9.
If a man be overtaken in a fault ye who are spiritual, restore such as one in the spirit of meekness. Galatians 6:1.
FAULT implies wrong, and often some degree of criminality.
3. Defect; want; absence. [Not now used. See Default.]
I could tell to thee, as to one if pleases me, for fault of a better to call my friend.
4. Puzzle; difficulty.
Among sportsmen, when dogs lose the scent, they are said to be at fault Hence the phrase, the inquirer is at fault
5. In mining, a fissure in strata, causing a dislocation of the same, and thus interrupting the course of veins.
To find fault to express blame; to complain.
Thou wilt say then, why doth he yet find fault? Romans 9:19.
To find fault with, to blame; to censure; as, to find fault with the times, or with a neighbor's conduct.
FAULT, verb intransitive To fail; to be wrong. [Not used.]
FAULT, verb transitive To charge with a fault; to accuse.
For that I will not fault thee.
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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