Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Read in context →Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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yâkôl · yaw-kole'
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Strong's KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Strong's first: Genesis 44:26Strong's last: Jeremiah 13:23
Open full H3201 profile →ō · o
(may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with G1487 and its compounds, as well as with other particles) be
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ appear, are, (may, might, should) be, X have, is, + pass the flower of her age, should stand, were.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:4Strong's last: 1 Timothy 4:15
Open full G5600 profile →dýnamai · doo'-nam-ahee
to be able or possible
Strong's KJV usage: :--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:42Strong's last: Ephesians 3:4
Open full G1410 profile →doxázō · dox-ad'-zo
to render (or esteem) glorious (in a wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(make) glorify(-ious), full of (have) glory, honour, magnify.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:2Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:12
Open full G1392 profile →eídō · i'-do
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
Strong's KJV usage: :--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:16Strong's last: Luke 5:24
Open full G1492 profile →blépō · blep'-o
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: Mark 4:12Strong's last: Romans 11:10
Open full G991 profile →gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:45Strong's last: John 12:36
Open full G1096 profile →pisteúō · pist-yoo'-o
to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ)
Strong's KJV usage: :--believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
Strong's first: John 11:15Strong's last: John 17:21
Open full G4100 profile →ginṓskō · ghin-oce'-ko
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
Strong's KJV usage: :--allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Strong's first: John 10:38Strong's last: John 17:23
Open full G1097 profile →phágō · fag'-o
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat, meat.
Strong's first: Luke 22:8Strong's last: John 6:50
Open full G5315 profile →déchomai · dekh'-om-ahee
to receive (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, receive, take.
Strong's first: Luke 16:4Strong's last: Luke 16:9
Open full G1209 profile →échō · ekh'-o
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: John 6:40Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:20
Open full G2192 profile →plēróō · play-ro'-o
to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.
Strong's KJV usage: :--accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
Strong's first: Luke 21:22Strong's last: John 13:18
Open full G4137 profile →phaínō · fah'-ee-no
to lighten (shine), i.e. show (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: :-- appear, seem, be seen, shine, X think.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:5Strong's last: Matthew 6:16
Open full G5316 profile →shûwb · shoob
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 12:6Strong's last: 1 Kings 12:9
Open full H7725 profile →agorázō · ag-or-ad'-zo
properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
Strong's KJV usage: :--buy, redeem.
Strong's first: Matthew 14:15Strong's last: Matthew 14:15
Open full G59 profile →akoúō · ak-oo'-o
to hear (in various senses)
Strong's KJV usage: :--give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.
Strong's first: Mark 4:12Strong's last: Mark 4:12
Open full G191 profile →anoígō · an-oy'-go
to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: :--open.
Strong's first: Luke 12:36Strong's last: Luke 12:36
Open full G455 profile →háptomai · hap'-tom-ahee
properly, to attach oneself to, i.e. to touch (in many implied relations)
Strong's KJV usage: :--touch.
Strong's first: Matthew 9:21Strong's last: Matthew 9:21
Open full G680 profile →aphíēmi · af-ee'-ay-mee
to send forth, in various applications (as follow)
Strong's KJV usage: :--cry, forgive, forsake, lay aside, leave, let (alone, be, go, have), omit, put (send) away, remit, suffer, yield up.
Strong's first: Mark 11:25Strong's last: Mark 11:25
Open full G863 profile →báptō · bap'-to
to whelm, i.e. cover wholly with a fluid; in the New Testament only in a qualified or special sense, i.e. (literally) to moisten (a part of one's person), or (by implication) to stain (as with dye)
Strong's KJV usage: :--dip.
Strong's first: Luke 16:24Strong's last: Luke 16:24
Open full G911 profile →gemízō · ghem-id'-zo
to fill entirely
Strong's KJV usage: :--fill (be) full.
Strong's first: Luke 14:23Strong's last: Luke 14:23
Open full G1072 profile →deipnéō · dipe-neh'-o
to dine, i.e. take the principle (or evening) meal
Strong's KJV usage: :--sup (X -er).
Strong's first: Luke 17:8Strong's last: Luke 17:8
Open full G1172 profile →diamartýromai · dee-am-ar-too'-rom-ahee
to attest or protest earnestly, or (by implication) hortatively
Strong's KJV usage: :--charge, testify (unto), witness.
Strong's first: Luke 16:28Strong's last: Luke 16:28
Open full G1263 profile →dídōmi · did'-o-mee
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
Strong's KJV usage: :--adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Strong's first: John 15:16Strong's last: John 15:16
Open full G1325 profile →dokéō · dok-eh'-o
compare the base of G1166) of the same meaning; to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:9Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:9
Open full G1380 profile →ei · i
if, whether, that, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: :--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 14:10Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:10
Open full G1487 profile →ekzētéō · ek-zay-teh'-o
to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship
Strong's KJV usage: :--en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
Strong's first: Luke 11:50Strong's last: Luke 11:50
Open full G1567 profile →éxesti · ex'-es-tee
so also ἐξόν ex-on' neuter present participle of the same (with or without some form of G1510 expressed); impersonally, it is right (through the figurative idea of being out in public)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be lawful, let, X may(-est).
Strong's first: Acts 21:37Strong's last: Acts 21:37
Open full G1832 profile →exypnízō · ex-oop-nid'-zo
to waken
Strong's KJV usage: :--awake out of sleep.
Strong's first: John 11:11Strong's last: John 11:11
Open full G1852 profile →epibaréō · ep-ee-bar-eh'-o
to be heavy upon, i.e. (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively, to be severe towards
Strong's KJV usage: :--be chargeable to, overcharge.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 2:5Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 2:5
Open full G1912 profile →épō · ep'-o
to speak or say (by word or writing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
Strong's first: Luke 14:10Strong's last: Luke 14:10
Open full G2036 profile →érchomai · er'-khom-ahee
to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accompany, appear, bring, come, enter, fall out, go, grow, X light, X next, pass, resort, be set.
Strong's first: Matthew 23:35Strong's last: Matthew 23:35
Open full G2064 profile →esthíō · es-thee'-o
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour, eat, live.
Strong's first: Luke 22:30Strong's last: Luke 22:30
Open full G2068 profile →tharrhéō · thar-hreh'-o
to exercise courage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be bold, X boldly, have confidence, be confident.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:2Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:2
Open full G2292 profile →thaumázō · thou-mad'-zo
to wonder; by implication, to admire
Strong's KJV usage: :--admire, have in admiration, marvel, wonder.
Strong's first: John 5:20Strong's last: John 5:20
Open full G2296 profile →theōréō · theh-o-reh'-o
to be a spectator of, i.e. discern, (literally, figuratively (experience) or intensively (acknowledge))
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold, consider, look on, perceive, see.
Strong's first: John 17:24Strong's last: John 17:24
Open full G2334 profile →hístēmi · his'-tay-mee
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: Matthew 18:16Strong's last: Matthew 18:16
Open full G2476 profile →ísōs · ee'-soce
likely, i.e. perhaps
Strong's KJV usage: :--it may be.
Strong's first: Luke 20:13Strong's last: Luke 20:13
Open full G2481 profile →kataxióō · kat-ax-ee-o'-o
to deem entirely deserving
Strong's KJV usage: :--(ac-)count worthy.
Strong's first: Luke 21:36Strong's last: Luke 21:36
Open full G2661 profile →kerdaínō · ker-dah'-ee-no
to gain (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(get) gain, win.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:1Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:1
Open full G2770 profile →kērýssō · kay-roos'-so
to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
Strong's KJV usage: :--preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.
Strong's first: Mark 1:38Strong's last: Mark 1:38
Open full G2784 profile →lambánō · lam-ban'-o
while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
Strong's first: Acts 26:18Strong's last: Acts 26:18
Open full G2983 profile →légō · leg'-o
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Strong's first: Hebrews 13:6Strong's last: Hebrews 13:6
Open full G3004 profile →logízomai · log-id'-zom-ahee
to take an inventory, i.e. estimate (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--conclude, (ac-)count (of), + despise, esteem, impute, lay, number, reason, reckon, suppose, think (on).
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 4:16Strong's last: 2 Timothy 4:16
Open full G3049 profile →ménō · men'-o
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
Strong's KJV usage: :--abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, tarry (for), X thine own.
Strong's first: John 14:16Strong's last: John 14:16
Open full G3306 profile →mnēmoneúō · mnay-mon-yoo'-o
to exercise memory, i.e. recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse
Strong's KJV usage: :--make mention; be mindful, remember.
Strong's first: John 16:4Strong's last: John 16:4
Open full G3421 profile →paraskeuázō · par-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
to furnish aside, i.e. get ready
Strong's KJV usage: :--prepare self, be (make) ready.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 9:3Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 9:3
Open full G3903 profile →peirázō · pi-rad'-zo
to test (objectively), i.e. endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline
Strong's KJV usage: :--assay, examine, go about, prove, tempt(-er), try.
Strong's first: Revelation 2:10Strong's last: Revelation 2:10
Open full G3985 profile →siniázō · sin-ee-ad'-zo
to riddle (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sift.
Strong's first: Luke 22:31Strong's last: Luke 22:31
Open full G4617 profile →tēréō · tay-reh'-o
to guard (from loss or injury, properly, by keeping the eye upon; and thus differing from G5442, which is properly to prevent escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; figuratively, to fulfil a command); by implication, to detain (in custody; figuratively, to maintain); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried); by extension, to withhold (for personal ends; figuratively, to keep unmarried)
Strong's KJV usage: :--hold fast, keep(- er), (pre-, re-)serve, watch.
Strong's first: Mark 7:9Strong's last: Mark 7:9
Open full G5083 profile →tynchánō · toong-khan'-o
akin to the base of G5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e. (transitively) to attain or secure an object or end, or (intransitively) to happen (as if meeting with); but in the latter application only impersonal (with G1487), i.e. perchance; or (present participle) as adjective, usual (as if commonly met with, with G3756, extraordinary), neuter (as adverb) perhaps; or (with another verb) as adverb, by accident (as it were)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be, chance, enjoy, little, obtain, X refresh…self, + special.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:10Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:10
Open full G5177 profile →phaneróō · fan-er-o'-o
to render apparent (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self).
Strong's first: John 3:21Strong's last: John 3:21
Open full G5319 profile →phérō · fer'-o
to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
Strong's first: John 15:2Strong's last: John 15:2
Open full G5342 profile →chaírō · khah'-ee-ro
to be "cheer"ful, i.e. calmly happy or well-off; impersonally, especially as salutation (on meeting or parting), be well
Strong's KJV usage: :--farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting, hall, joy(- fully), rejoice.
Strong's first: John 4:36Strong's last: John 4:36
Open full G5463 profile →ʼûwlay · oo-lah'ee
if not; hence perhaps
Strong's KJV usage: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
Strong's first: Genesis 16:2Strong's last: Genesis 16:2
Open full H194 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
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MAY, noun [Latin Maius.]
1. The fifth month of the year, beginning with January, but the third, beginning with March, as was the ancient practice of the Romans.
2. A young woman.
3. The early part of life.
His may of youth and bloom of lustihood.
MAY, verb intransitive To gather flowers in May-morning.
MAY, verb aux; preterit tense might.
1. To be possible. We say, a thing may be, or may not be; an event may happen; a thing may be done, if means are not wanting.
2. To have physical power; to be able.
Make the most of life you may
3. To have moral power; to have liberty, leave, license or permission; to be permitted; to be allowed. A man may do what the laws permit. He may do what is not against decency, propriety or good manners. We may not violate the laws, or the rules of good breeding. I told the servant he might be absent.
Thou mayest be no longer steward. Luke 16:4.
4. It is used in prayer and petitions to express desire. O may we never experience the evils we dread. So also in expressions of good will. may you live happily, and be a blessing to your country. It was formerly used for can, and its radical sense is the same.
MAY be, it may be, are expressions equivalent to perhaps, by chance, peradventure, that is, it is possible to be.
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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