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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Lest

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.

240exact KJV occurrences 150Old Testament 90New Testament 40books containing the word 9mapped Strong's IDs 84occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where lest 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?

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.

GreekG3361
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

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HebrewH1115
בִּלְתִּי

biltîy · bil-tee'

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

np

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

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HebrewH935
בּוֹא

bôwʼ · bo

1 times translated as this KJV form2,568 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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HebrewH4616
מַעַן

maʻan · mah'-an

1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

prt

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

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

Clear
Mark 3:9
G2443

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Mark 4:12
G3379

That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

Mark 13:5
G3361

And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:

Mark 14:2
G3379

But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

Mark 14:38
G2443

Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

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.

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.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.