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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

May

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.

1,027exact KJV occurrences 743Old Testament 284New Testament 61books containing the word 56mapped Strong's IDs 108occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:14

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where may 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.

GreekG5600
ὦ

ō · o

10 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences

(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

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GreekG1492
εἴδω

eídō · i'-do

5 times translated as this KJV form743 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG1096
γίνομαι

gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee

4 times translated as this KJV form701 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG4100
πιστεύω

pisteúō · pist-yoo'-o

4 times translated as this KJV form271 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG1097
γινώσκω

ginṓskō · ghin-oce'-ko

3 times translated as this KJV form248 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG2192
ἔχω

échō · ekh'-o

2 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: John 6:40Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:20

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GreekG4137
πληρόω

plēróō · play-ro'-o

2 times translated as this KJV form98 total Strong's occurrences

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

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HebrewH7725
שׁוּב

shûwb · shoob

2 times translated as this KJV form1,105 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG911
βάπτω

báptō · bap'-to

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

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

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GreekG1325
δίδωμι

dídōmi · did'-o-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form434 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG1380
δοκέω

dokéō · dok-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form67 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG1832
ἔξεστι

éxesti · ex'-es-tee

1 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG2476
ἵστημι

hístēmi · his'-tay-mee

1 times translated as this KJV form166 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG2983
λαμβάνω

lambánō · lam-ban'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form276 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG3004
λέγω

légō · leg'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1,358 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG5083
τηρέω

tēréō · tay-reh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG5177
τυγχάνω

tynchánō · toong-khan'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences

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

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GreekG5342
φέρω

phérō · fer'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences

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

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

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Ezekiel 22:3
no direct Strong's tag

Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.

Ezekiel 23:48
no direct Strong's tag

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Ezekiel 24:11
no direct Strong's tag

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Ezekiel 24:11
no direct Strong's tag

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Ezekiel 24:11
no direct Strong's tag

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Ezekiel 24:11
no direct Strong's tag

Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.

Ezekiel 25:10
no direct Strong's tag

Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.

Ezekiel 28:17
no direct Strong's tag

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Ezekiel 34:10
no direct Strong's tag

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

Ezekiel 37:9
no direct Strong's tag

Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

Ezekiel 38:16
no direct Strong's tag

And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Ezekiel 39:12
no direct Strong's tag

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

Ezekiel 39:17
no direct Strong's tag

And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

Ezekiel 43:10
no direct Strong's tag

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

Ezekiel 43:11
no direct Strong's tag

And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.

Ezekiel 44:25
no direct Strong's tag

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

Ezekiel 44:30
no direct Strong's tag

And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezekiel 45:11
no direct Strong's tag

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

may

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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