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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

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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.

435exact KJV occurrences 268Old Testament 167New Testament 50books containing the word 20mapped Strong's IDs 403occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where first appears.

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

Genesis 1412 verses Exodus 2216 verses Leviticus 1515 verses Numbers 6462 verses Deuteronomy 1515 verses Joshua 44 verses Judges 76 verses 1 Samuel 22 verses 2 Samuel 77 verses 1 Kings 55 verses 1 Chronicles 1917 verses 2 Chronicles 1714 verses Ezra 1310 verses Nehemiah 33 verses Esther 33 verses Job 22 verses Proverbs 11 verses Isaiah 88 verses Jeremiah 1010 verses Ezekiel 1411 verses Daniel 1313 verses Hosea 22 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 11 verses Micah 11 verses Haggai 22 verses Zechariah 33 verses Matthew 2624 verses Mark 1715 verses Luke 2120 verses John 1212 verses Acts 1313 verses Romans 77 verses 1 Corinthians 99 verses 2 Corinthians 22 verses Galatians 11 verses Ephesians 33 verses Philippians 11 verses 1 Thessalonians 22 verses 2 Thessalonians 11 verses 1 Timothy 77 verses 2 Timothy 44 verses Titus 22 verses Hebrews 1414 verses James 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 2 Peter 22 verses 1 John 11 verses Jude 11 verses Revelation 1917 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.

HebrewH1121
בֵּן

bên · bane

51 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 12:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:13

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HebrewH259
אֶחָד

ʼechâd · ekh-awd'

36 times translated as this KJV form942 total Strong's occurrences

a

properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first

Strong's KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 1:5Strong's last: Haggai 1:1

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HebrewH7218
רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

6 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Strong's KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:9Strong's last: Amos 6:7

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GreekG746
ἀρχή

archḗ · ar-khay'

3 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences

(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)

Strong's KJV usage: :--beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 26:4Strong's last: Hebrews 5:12

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GreekG1207
δευτερόπρωτος

deuteróprōtos · dyoo-ter-op'-ro-tos

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

second-first, i.e. (specially) a designation of the Sabbath immediately after the Paschal week (being the second after Passover day, and the first of the seven Sabbaths intervening before Pentecost)

Strong's KJV usage: :--second … after the first.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 6:1Strong's last: Luke 6:1

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GreekG4295
πρόκειμαι

prókeimai · prok'-i-mahee

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

to lie before the view, i.e. (figuratively) to be present (to the mind), to stand forth (as an example or reward)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be first, set before (forth).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 8:12Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:12

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HebrewH2490
חָלַל

châlal · khaw-lal'

1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: 1 Samuel 14:35Strong's last: 1 Samuel 14:35

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HebrewH6440
פָּנִים

pânîym · paw-neem'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:13Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:13

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Jeremiah 25:1
H7224

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

Jeremiah 33:7
H7223

And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

Jeremiah 33:11
H7223

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 36:28
H7223

Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

Jeremiah 50:17
H7223

Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.

Jeremiah 52:31
no direct Strong's tag

And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

Ezekiel 10:14
H259

And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 26:1
H259

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:17
H7223

And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 29:17
H259

And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 30:20
H7223

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 31:1
H259

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 32:1
H259

And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 40:21
H7223

And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 44:30
H7225

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezekiel 44:30
H7225

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezekiel 45:18
H7223

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

Ezekiel 45:18
H259

Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

Ezekiel 45:21
H7223

In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Ezekiel 46:13
H1121

Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning.

Daniel 1:21
H259

And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

Daniel 6:2
H2298

And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

Daniel 7:1
H2298

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

Daniel 7:4
H6933

The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

Daniel 7:8
H6933

I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

first

FIRST, adjective furst. [See fare and for.]

1. Advanced before or further than any other in progression; foremost in place; as the first man in a marching company or troop is the man that precedes all the rest. Hence,

2. Preceding all others in the order of time. Adam was the first man. Cain was the first murderer. Monday was the first day of January.

3. Preceding all others in numbers or a progressive series; the ordinal of one; as, 1 is the first number.

4. Preceding all others in rank, dignity or excellence. Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. Burke was one of the first geniuses of his age. Give God the first place in your affections.

FIRST, adverb furst.

1. Before any thing else in the order of time.

Adam was first formed, then Eve. 1 Timothy 2:1.

2. Before all others in place or progression.

Let the officers enter the gate first

3. Before any thing else in order of proceeding or consideration. first let us attend to the examination of the witnesses.

4. Before all others in rank. He stands or ranks first in public estimation.

At first at the first as the beginning or origin.

FIRST or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.

And all fools and lovers first or last.

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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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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