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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Master

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.

157exact KJV occurrences 85Old Testament 72New Testament 23books containing the word 13mapped Strong's IDs 157occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 24:9

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Colossians 4:1

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where master appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 2320 verses Exodus 76 verses Deuteronomy 21 verses Judges 44 verses 1 Samuel 99 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 2 Kings 2019 verses 1 Chronicles 22 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Job 11 verses Proverbs 22 verses Isaiah 65 verses Daniel 33 verses Malachi 32 verses Matthew 1615 verses Mark 1716 verses Luke 2523 verses John 1010 verses Acts 11 verses Romans 11 verses Ephesians 11 verses Colossians 11 verses
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.

GreekG4461
ῥαββί

rhabbí · hrab-bee'

9 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences

my master, i.e Rabbi, as an official title of honor

Strong's KJV usage: :--Master, Rabbi.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 26:25Strong's last: John 11:8

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GreekG1988
ἐπιστάτης

epistátēs · ep-is-tat'-ace

7 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

an appointee over, i.e. commander (teacher)

Strong's KJV usage: :--master.

Strong's first: Luke 5:5Strong's last: Luke 17:13

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HebrewH1167
בַּעַל

baʻal · bah'-al

3 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)

Strong's KJV usage: archer, babbler, bird, captain, chief man, confederate, have to do, dreamer, those to whom it is due, furious, those that are given to it, great, hairy, he that hath it, have, horseman, husband, lord, man, married, master, person, sworn, they of.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Exodus 22:8Strong's last: Judges 19:23

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GreekG2519
καθηγητής

kathēgētḗs · kath-ayg-ay-tace'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

a guide, i.e. (figuratively) a teacher

Strong's KJV usage: :--master.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 23:8Strong's last: Matthew 23:10

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GreekG2942
κυβερνήτης

kybernḗtēs · koo-ber-nay'-tace

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

helmsman, i.e. (by implication) captain

Strong's KJV usage: :--(ship) master.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 27:11Strong's last: Acts 27:11

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HebrewH7227
רַב

rab · rab

1 times translated as this KJV form456 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Strong's KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Daniel 1:3Strong's last: Daniel 1:3

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Genesis 24:9
H113

And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.

Genesis 24:10
H113

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:10
H113

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

Genesis 24:12
H113

And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:12
H113

And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

Genesis 24:14
H113

And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.

Genesis 24:27
H113

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Genesis 24:27
H113

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Genesis 24:35
H113

And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Genesis 24:36
H113

And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Genesis 24:37
H113

And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

Genesis 24:39
H113

And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.

Genesis 24:42
H113

And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

Genesis 24:48
H113

And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

Genesis 24:49
H113

And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

Genesis 24:54
H113

And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

Genesis 24:56
H113

And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

Genesis 24:65
H113

For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

Genesis 39:2
H113

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

Genesis 39:3
H113

And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

Genesis 39:8
H113

But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

Genesis 39:19
H113

And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

Genesis 39:20
H113

And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.

Exodus 21:4
H113

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

Exodus 21:5
H113

And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

master

M'ASTER, noun [Latin magister, compounded of the root of magis, major, greater.]

1. A man who rules, governs or directs either men or business. A man who owns slaves is their master; he who has servants is their master; he who has apprentices is their master; he who has apprentices is their master as he has the government and direction of them. The man who superintends and directs any business, is master or master workman.

O thou my friend, my genius, come along,

Thou master of the poet and the song.

Nations that want protectors, will have masters.

2. A director, head, or chief manager; as the master of a feast.

3. The owner; proprietor; with the idea of governing. The master of a house may be the owner, or the occupant, who has a temporary right of governing it.

It would be believed that he rather took the horse for his subject, than his master

4. A lord; a ruler; one who has supreme dominion.

Caesar, the world's great master and his own.

5. A chief; a principal; as the master root of a plant.

One master passion swallows up the rest.

6. One who has possession, and the power of controlling or using at pleasure.

When I have made myself master of a hundred thousand drachmas--

7. The commander of a merchant ship.

8. In ships of war, an officer who takes rank immediately after the lieutenants, and navigates the ship under the direction of the captain.

9. The director of a school; a teacher; an instructor.

In this sense the word is giving place to the more appropriate words teacher, instructor and preceptor; at least it is so in the United States.

10. One uncontrolled.

Let every man be master of his time.

11. An appellation of respect.

Master doctor, you have brought those drugs.

12. An appellation given to young men.

Where there are little masters and misses in a house--

13. A man eminently or perfectly skilled in any occupation, art or science. We say, a man is master of his business; a great master of music, of the flute or violin; a master of his subject, etc.

14. A title of dignity in colleges and universities; as master of Arts.

15. The chief of a society; as the Grand master of Malta, of free-masons, etc.

16. The director of ceremonies at public places, or on public occasions.

17. The president of a college.

Master in chancery, an assistant of the lord chancellor, chosen from among the barristers to sit in chancery, or at the rolls.

To be master of one's self, to have the command or control of one's own passions.

The word master has numerous applications, in all of which it has the sense of director, chief or superintendent.

As a title of respect given to adult persons, it is pronounced mister; a pronunciation which seems to have been derived from some of the northern dialects. [supra.]

M'ASTER, verb intransitive To conquer; to overpower; to subdue; to bring under control.

Obstinacy and willful neglect must be mastered, even though it costs blows.

Evil customs must be mastered by degrees.

1. To execute with skill.

I will not offer that which I cannot master

2. To rule; to govern.

--And rather father thee than master thee. [Not used.]

M'ASTER, verb intransitive To be skillful; to excel.

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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