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Lay

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241exact KJV occurrences 192Old Testament 49New Testament 41books containing the word 31mapped Strong's IDs 155occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 19:4

But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where lay 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?

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HebrewH7760
שׂוּם

sûwm · soom

23 times translated as this KJV form583 total Strong's occurrences

v

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.

Strong's first: Exodus 5:8Strong's last: Malachi 2:2

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HebrewH5414
נָתַן

nâthan · naw-than'

22 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: Exodus 7:4Strong's last: Jonah 1:14

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HebrewH5564
סָמַךְ

çâmak · saw-mak'

12 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences

v

to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)

Strong's KJV usage: bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.

Strong's first: Leviticus 3:2Strong's last: Numbers 27:18

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GreekG5087
τίθημι

títhēmi · tith'-ay-mee

11 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences

to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate)

Strong's KJV usage: :--+ advise, appoint, bow, commit, conceive, give, X kneel down, lay (aside, down, up), make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down.

Strong's first: Luke 5:18Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:6

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HebrewH7971
שָׁלַח

shâlach · shaw-lakh'

7 times translated as this KJV form851 total Strong's occurrences

v

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

Strong's first: Genesis 22:12Strong's last: Esther 9:2

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GreekG2621
κατάκειμαι

katákeimai · kat-ak'-i-mahee

5 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

to lie down, i.e. (by implication) be sick; specially, to recline at a meal

Strong's KJV usage: :--keep, lie, sit at meat (down).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 1:30Strong's last: Acts 28:8

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HebrewH3240
יָנַח

yânach · yaw-nakh'

5 times translated as this KJV form75 total Strong's occurrences

v

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

Strong's KJV usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)

Strong's first: Judges 6:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:19

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GreekG1911
ἐπιβάλλω

epibállō · ep-ee-bal'-lo

2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences

to throw upon (literal or figurative, transitive or reflexive; usually with more or less force); specially (with G1438 implied) to reflect; impersonally, to belong to

Strong's KJV usage: :--beat into, cast (up-)on, fall, lay (on), put (unto), stretch forth, think on.

Strong's first: Luke 20:19Strong's last: Luke 21:12

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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: Judges 4:22Strong's last: Judges 7:12

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GreekG2476
ἵστημι

hístēmi · his'-tay-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form166 total Strong's occurrences

to stand (transitively or intransitively), used in various applications (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, appoint, bring, continue, covenant, establish, hold up, lay, present, set (up), stanch, stand (by, forth, still, up).

Strong's first: Acts 7:60Strong's last: Acts 7:60

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HebrewH3245
יָסַד

yâçad · yaw-sad'

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

v

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult

Strong's KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.

Strong's first: Isaiah 28:16Strong's last: Isaiah 28:16

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HebrewH4422
מָלַט

mâlaṭ · maw-lat'

1 times translated as this KJV form95 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

Strong's KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.

Strong's first: Isaiah 34:15Strong's last: Isaiah 34:15

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HebrewH4916
מִשְׁלוֹחַ

mishlôwach · mish-lo'-akh

1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged

Strong's KJV usage: to lay, to put, sending (forth), to set.

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

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HebrewH5117
נוּחַ

nûwach · noo'-akh

1 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences

v

to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 3241.

Strong's first: Isaiah 30:32Strong's last: Isaiah 30:32

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HebrewH6186
עָרַךְ

ʻârak · aw-rak'

1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences

v

to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)

Strong's KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.

Strong's first: Leviticus 1:8Strong's last: Leviticus 1:8

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HebrewH7126
קָרַב

qârab · kaw-rab'

1 times translated as this KJV form281 total Strong's occurrences

v

to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

Strong's KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.

Strong's first: Isaiah 5:8Strong's last: Isaiah 5:8

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HebrewH7257
רָבַץ

râbats · raw-bats'

1 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences

v

to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed

Strong's KJV usage: crouch (down), fall down, make a fold, lay, (cause to, make to) lie (down), make to rest, sit.

Strong's first: Isaiah 54:11Strong's last: Isaiah 54:11

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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1 Samuel 26:5
H7901

And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.

1 Samuel 26:7
H7901

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

1 Samuel 26:7
H7901

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

2 Samuel 2:21
no direct Strong's tag

And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

2 Samuel 4:5
H7901

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

2 Samuel 4:7
H7901

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

2 Samuel 11:4
H7901

And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.

2 Samuel 12:3
H7901

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:16
H7901

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

2 Samuel 12:24
H7901

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

2 Samuel 13:5
no direct Strong's tag

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

2 Samuel 13:6
no direct Strong's tag

So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.

2 Samuel 13:14
H7901

Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.

2 Samuel 13:31
H7901

Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

2 Samuel 19:32
H7871

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

1 Kings 5:17
no direct Strong's tag

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

1 Kings 7:3
no direct Strong's tag

And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.

1 Kings 13:4
no direct Strong's tag

And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

1 Kings 13:31
H3240

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

1 Kings 18:23
H7760

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

1 Kings 18:23
H5414

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

1 Kings 19:5
H7901

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

1 Kings 21:27
H7901

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

2 Kings 4:11
H7901

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

2 Kings 4:29
H7760

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

lay

LAY, preterit tense of lie. The estate lay in the county of Hartford.

When Ahab heard these words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his head, and fasted and lay in sackcloth.

1 Kings 21:27.

LAY, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive laid. [Latin loco, whence locus, Eng. ley or lea. The primary sense is to send or throw; hence this word is the Latin lego, legare, differently applied; Gr. to lie down.]

1. Literally, to throw down; hence, to put or place; applied to things broad or long, and in this respect differing from set. We lay a book on the table, when we place it on its side, but we set it on the end. We lay the foundation of a house, but we set a building on its foundation.

He laid his robe from him. Jonah 3:6.

Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid.

A stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den.

Daniel 6:1.

2. To beat down; to prostrate. Violent winds with rain lay corn and grass.

3. To settle; to fix and keep from rising. A shower lays the dust.

4. To place in order; to dispose with regularity in building; as, to lay bricks or stones in constructing walls.

5. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

6. To spread or set; as, to lay snares.

7. To calm; to appease; to still; to allay.

After a tempest, when the winds are laid.

8. To quiet; to still; to restrain from walking; as, to lay the devil.

9. To spread and set in order; to prepare; as, to lay a table for dinner.

10. To place in the earth for growth.

The chief time of laying gilliflowers, is in July.

11. To place at hazard; to wage; to stake; as, to lay a crown or an eagle; to lay a wager.

12. To bring forth; to exclude; as, to lay eggs.

13. To add; to join.

Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Isaiah 5:6.

14. To put; to apply.

She layeth her hand to the spindle. Proverbs 31:19.

15. To asses; to charge; to impose; as, to lay a tax on land; to lay a duty on salt.

16. To charge; to impute; as, to lay blame on one; to lay want of prudence to one's charge.

17. To impose, as evil, burden, or punishment.

The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 5:63.

18. To enjoin as a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

19. To exhibit; to present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county.

20. To prostrate; to slay.

The leaders first he laid along.

21. To depress and lose sight of, by sailing or departing from; as, to lay the land; a seaman's phrase.

22. To station; to set; as, to lay an ambush.

23. To contrive; to scheme; to plan.

To lay a cable, to twist or unite the strands.

To lay apart, to put away; to reject.

LAY apart all filthiness. James 1:21.

1. To lay aside, to put off or away; not to retain.

Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us. Hebrews 12:1.

2. To discontinue; as, to lay aside the use of any thing.

To lay away, to reposit in store; to put aside for preservation.

To lay before, to exhibit; to show; to present to view. The papers are laid before Congress.

1. To lay by, to reserve for future use.

Let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. 1 Corinthians 16:2.

2. To put away; to dismiss.

Let brave spirits not be laid by, as persons unnecessary for the time.

3. To put off.

And she arose and went away, and laid by her veil. Genesis 38:1.

1. To lay down, to deposit, as a pledge, equivalent or satisfaction; to resign.

I lay down my life for the sheep. John 10:15.

2. To give up; to resign; to quit or relinquish; as, to lay down an office or commission.

3. To quit; to surrender the use of; as, to lay down one's arms.

4. To offer or advance; as, to lay down a proposition or principle.

To lay one's self down, to commit to repose.

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep - Psalms 4:8.

To lay hold of, to seize; to catch. To lay hold on, is used in a like sense.

To lay in, to store; to treasure; to provide previously.

To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows.

To lay open, to open; to make bare; to uncover; also, to show; to expose; to reveal; as, to lay open the designs of an enemy.

To lay over, to spread over; to incrust; to cover the surface; as, to lay over with gold or silver.

1. To lay out, to expend; as, to lay out money, or sums of money.

2. To display; to discover.

He takes occasion to lay out bigotry and false confidence in all its colors. obsolete

3. To plan; to dispose in order the several parts; as, to lay out a garden.

4. To dress in grave clothes and place in a decent posture; as, to lay out a corpse. Shakespeare uses to lay forth.

5. To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. So with the reciprocal pronoun, to lay one's self out, is to exert strength.

1. To lay to, to charge upon; to impute.

2. To apply with vigor.

3. To attack or harass. obsolete

4. To check the motion of a ship, and cause her to be stationary.

To lay together, to collect; to bring to one place; also, to bring into one view.

To lay to heart, to permit to affect greatly.

To lay under, to subject to; as, to lay one under restraint or obligation.

1. To lay up, to store; to treasure; to reposit for future use.

LAY up for yourselves treasures in heaven. Matthew 6:19.

2. To confine to the bed or chamber. He is laid up with the gout.

To lay siege, to besiege; to encompass with an army.

To lay wait, to station for private attack; to lay in ambush for.

To lay the course, in sailing, is to sail towards the port intended, without gibing.

To lay waste, to destroy; to desolate; to deprive of inhabitants, improvements and productions.

To lay the land, in seamen's language, is to cause the land apparently to sink or appear lower, by sailing from it; the distance diminishing the elevation.

LAY, verb intransitive

1. To bring or produce eggs.

Hens will greedily eat the herb that will make them lay the better.

2. To contrive; to form a scheme. [Unusual.]

To lay about, to strike or throw the arms on all sides; to act with vigor.

To lay at, to strike or to endeavor to strike.

The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold. Job 41:8.

1. To lay out, to purpose; to intend. he lays out to make a journey.

2. To take measures.

I made strict inquiry wherever I came, and laid out for intelligence of all places.

To lay upon, to importune. obsolete

LAY, noun

1. That which lies or is laid; a row; a stratum; a layer; one rank in a series reckoned upward; as a lay of wood.

A viol should have a lay of wire-strings below.

2. A bet; a wager. [Little used.]

3. Station; rank. [Not used.]

LAY, noun [Latin locus. See lay the verb. The words which signify place, are from verbs which express setting or laying. It is written also ley, and lea, but less properly.]

A meadow; a plain or plat of grass land.

A tuft of daisies on a flowery lay

The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

LAY, noun [Gr. to sound. Latin laudo, plaudo.]

A song; as a loud or soft lay; immortal lays.

[It is used chiefly in poetry.]

LAY, adjective [Latin laicus, Gr. from people.]

Pertaining to the laity or people, as distinct from the clergy; not clerical; as a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

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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