Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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Lest
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Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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26 occurrences in 23 verses.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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μή
mḗ · may
35 times translated as this KJV form816 total Strong's occurrences
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
Strong's KJV usage: :--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without.
Strong's first: Matthew 17:27Strong's last: 2 Peter 3:17
Open full G3361 profile →ἵνα
hína · hin'-ah
21 times translated as this KJV form645 total Strong's occurrences
in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
Strong's KJV usage: :--albeit, because, to the intent (that), lest, so as, (so) that, (for) to.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:5Strong's last: Revelation 16:15
Open full G2443 profile →μήποτε
mḗpote · may'-pot-eh
17 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
not ever; also if (or lest) ever (or perhaps)
Strong's KJV usage: :--if peradventure, lest (at any time, haply), not at all, whether or not.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:25Strong's last: Hebrews 4:1
Open full G3379 profile →μήπως
mḗpōs · may'-pos
5 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
lest somehow
Strong's KJV usage: :--lest (by any means, by some means, haply, perhaps).
Strong's first: Acts 27:29Strong's last: Galatians 4:11
Open full G3381 profile →בִּלְתִּי
biltîy · bil-tee'
2 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: because un(satiable), beside, but, continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.
Strong's first: Genesis 4:15Strong's last: Genesis 38:9
Open full H1115 profile →בּוֹא
bôwʼ · bo
1 times translated as this KJV form2,568 total Strong's occurrences
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.
Strong's first: Malachi 4:6Strong's last: Malachi 4:6
Open full H935 profile →בַּל
bal · bal
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
Strong's KJV usage: lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.
Strong's first: Psalms 32:9Strong's last: Psalms 32:9
Open full H1077 profile →מַעַן
maʻan · mah'-an
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
Strong's KJV usage: because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), lest, that, to.
Strong's first: Psalms 125:3Strong's last: Psalms 125:3
Open full H4616 profile →פֵּן
pên · pane
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Strong's KJV usage: (lest) (peradventure), that...not.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 3:3Strong's last: Genesis 3:3
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13 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
no direct Strong's tag
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
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And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
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And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
no direct Strong's tag
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
no direct Strong's tag
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
no direct Strong's tag
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
no direct Strong's tag
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
no direct Strong's tag
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
no direct Strong's tag
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
no direct Strong's tag
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
no direct Strong's tag
Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
no direct Strong's tag
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
English meaning and historical usage.
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lest
LEST, conjunction That not; for fear that.
Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Genesis 3:3.
The phrase may be thus explained. Ye shall not touch it; that separated or dismissed, ye die. That here refers to the preceding command or sentence; that being removed or not observed, the fact being not so, ye will die.
Sin no more, lest a worse thing come to thee. John 5:14.
Sin no more; that fact not taking place, a worse thing will happen to 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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