Genesis 4:7
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
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Lieth
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Revelation 21:16
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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שָׁכַב
shâkab · shaw-kab'
17 times translated as this KJV form212 total Strong's occurrences
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Strong's first: Exodus 22:19Strong's last: Micah 7:5
Open full H7901 profile →רָבַץ
râbats · raw-bats'
3 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
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: Genesis 4:7Strong's last: Ezekiel 29:3
Open full H7257 profile →κεῖμαι
keîmai · ki'-mahee
2 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
to lie outstretched (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (appointed, laid up, made, set), lay, lie.
Strong's first: 1 John 5:19Strong's last: Revelation 21:16
Open full G2749 profile →βάλλω
bállō · bal'-lo
1 times translated as this KJV form129 total Strong's occurrences
to throw (in various applications, more or less violent or intense)
Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, cast (out), X dung, lay, lie, pour, put (up), send, strike, throw (down), thrust.
Strong's first: Matthew 8:6Strong's last: Matthew 8:6
Open full G906 profile →βλέπω
blépō · blep'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form148 total Strong's occurrences
to look at (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed.
Strong's first: Acts 27:12Strong's last: Acts 27:12
Open full G991 profile →ἔχω
échō · ekh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Strong's first: Mark 5:23Strong's last: Mark 5:23
Open full G2192 profile →כָּחַשׁ
kâchash · kaw-khash'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe)
Strong's KJV usage: deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
Strong's first: Leviticus 6:3Strong's last: Leviticus 6:3
Open full H3584 profile →מִשְׁכָּב
mishkâb · mish-kawb'
1 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
Strong's KJV usage: bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Strong's first: Leviticus 20:13Strong's last: Leviticus 20:13
Open full H4904 profile →פָּנָה
pânâh · paw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
Strong's first: Ezekiel 9:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 9:2
Open full H6437 profile →שָׁעַן
shâʻan · shaw-an'
1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
to support one's self
Strong's KJV usage: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
Strong's first: Numbers 21:15Strong's last: Numbers 21:15
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no direct Strong's tag
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
no direct Strong's tag
And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
no direct Strong's tag
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
no direct Strong's tag
And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.
no direct Strong's tag
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
no direct Strong's tag
And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
no direct Strong's tag
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
no direct Strong's tag
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
no direct Strong's tag
And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
no direct Strong's tag
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
no direct Strong's tag
Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
no direct Strong's tag
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
no direct Strong's tag
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
no direct Strong's tag
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
no direct Strong's tag
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
H7901
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
no direct Strong's tag
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
no direct Strong's tag
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
H7901
An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
no direct Strong's tag
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
no direct Strong's tag
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
no direct Strong's tag
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
no direct Strong's tag
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
H7901
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
H6437
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
English meaning and historical usage.
Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.
lie
LIE, water impregnated with alkaline salt, is written lye, to distinguish it from lie a falsehood.
LIE, noun
1. A criminal falsehood; a falsehood uttered for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth. Fiction, or a false statement or representation, not intended to deceive, mislead or injure, as in fables, parables and the like, is not a lie
It is willful deceit that makes a lie A man may act a lie as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction, when a traveler inquires of him his road.
2. A fiction; in a ludicrous sense.
3. False doctrine. 1 John 2:1.
4. An idolatrous picture of God, or a false god. Romans 1:25.
5. That which deceives and disappoints confidence.
Micah 1:14.
To give the lie to charge with falsehood. A man's actions may give the lie to his words.
LIE, verb intransitive
1. To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive, or with an immoral design.
Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. Acts 5:3.
2. To exhibit a false representation; to say or do that which deceives another, when he has a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
LIE, verb intransitive preterit tense lay; participle passive lain, [lien, obsolete ] [The Gr. word usually signifies to speak, which is to utter or throw out sounds. Hence to lie down is to throw one's self down, and probably lie and lay are of one family, as are jacio and jacceo, in Latin.]
1. To be in a horizontal position, or nearly so, and to rest on any thing lengthwise, and not on the end. Thus a person lies on a bed, and a fallen tree on the ground. A cask stands on its end, but lies on its side.
2. To rest in an inclining posture; to lean; as, to lie on or against a column.
3. To rest; to press on.
4. To be reposited in the grave.
All the kings of the earth, even all of them, lie in glory.
Isaiah 14:18.
5. To rest on a bed or couch; to be prostrate; as, to lie sick.
My little daughter lieth at the point of death. Mark 5:1.
6. To be situated. New Haven lies in the forty second degree of north latitude. Ireland lies west of England.
Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
7. To be; to rest; to abide; to remain; often followed by some word denoting a particular condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie pining or grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of a creditor, or at the mercy of the waves.
8. To consist.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising of the huntsman.
9. To be sustainable in law; to be capable of being maintained. An action lies against the tenant for waste.
An appeal lies in this case.
To lie at, to tease or importune. [Little used.]
To lie at the heart, to be fixed as an object of affection or anxious desire.
1. To lie by, to be reposited, or remaining with. He has the manuscript lying by him.
2. To rest; to intermit labor. We lay by during the heat of the day.
To lie in the way, to be an obstacle or impediment. Remove the objections that lie in the way of an amicable adjustment.
To lie hard or heavy, to press; to oppress; to burden.
To lie on hand, to be or remain in possession; to remain unsold or undisposed of.
Great quantities of wine lie on hand, or have lain long on hand.
To lie on the hands, to remain unoccupied or unemployed; to be tedious. Men are sometimes at a loss to know how to employ the time that lies on their hands.
To lie on the head, to be imputed.
What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head.
To lie in wait, to wait for in concealment; to lie in ambush; to watch for an opportunity to attack or seize.
To lie in one, to be in the power of; to belong to.
As much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Rom 41.
To lie down, to lay the body on the ground or other level place; also, to go to rest.
To lie in, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.
To lie under, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed by.
To lie on or upon, to be a matter of obligation or duty. It lies on the plaintiff to maintain his action.
1. To lie with, to lodge or sleep with; also, to have carnal knowledge of.
2. To belong to. It lies with you to make amends.
To lie over, to remain unpaid, after the time when payment is due; as a note in bank.
To lie to, to be stationary, as a ship.
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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