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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Lawful

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.

39exact KJV occurrences 9Old Testament 30New Testament 10books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 38occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Ezra 7:24

Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

2 Corinthians 12:4

How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where lawful appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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GreekG1832
ἔξεστι

éxesti · ex'-es-tee

28 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences

so also ἐξόν ex-on' neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be lawful, let, X may(-est).

Strong's first: Matthew 12:2Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:4

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HebrewH4941
מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ · mish-pawt'

7 times translated as this KJV form419 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

Strong's KJV usage: adversary, ceremony, charge, × crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, × worthy, wrong.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 18:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 33:19

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GreekG1772
ἔννομος

énnomos · en'-nom-os

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

(subjectively) legal, or (objectively) subject to

Strong's KJV usage: :--lawful, under law.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 19:39Strong's last: Acts 19:39

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Ezra 7:24
H7990

Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

Isaiah 49:24
H6662

Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?

Ezekiel 18:5
H4941

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

Ezekiel 18:19
H4941

Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 18:21
H4941

But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 18:27
H4941

Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Ezekiel 33:14
H4941

Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

Ezekiel 33:16
H4941

None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 33:19
H4941

But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Matthew 12:2
G1832

But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.

Matthew 12:4
G1832

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:10
G1832

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Matthew 12:12
G1832

How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

Matthew 14:4
G1832

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Matthew 19:3
G1832

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

Matthew 20:15
G1832

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Matthew 22:17
G1832

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

Matthew 27:6
G1832

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Mark 2:24
G1832

And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

Mark 2:26
G1832

How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

Mark 3:4
G1832

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

Mark 6:18
G1832

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Mark 10:2
G1832

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Mark 12:14
G1832

And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

Luke 6:2
G1832

And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

lawful

LAW'FUL, adjective

1. Agreeable to law; conformable to law; allowed by law; legal; legitimate. That is deemed lawful which no law forbids, but many things are lawful which are not expedient.

2. Constituted by law; rightful; as the lawful owner of lands.

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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