DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Mayest

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114exact KJV occurrences 101Old Testament 13New Testament 30books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 15occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 3:18

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Deuteronomy

34 occurrences in 31 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where mayest appears.

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

Genesis 55 verses Exodus 99 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 44 verses Deuteronomy 3431 verses Joshua 32 verses Judges 33 verses 1 Samuel 44 verses 2 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 44 verses 2 Kings 22 verses 1 Chronicles 22 verses 2 Chronicles 22 verses Ezra 11 verses Nehemiah 22 verses Job 11 verses Psalms 55 verses Proverbs 33 verses Isaiah 66 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Ezekiel 32 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Mark 11 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 33 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Ephesians 11 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses 3 John 11 verses Revelation 31 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.

HebrewH3201

יָכֹל

yâkôl · yaw-kole'

5 times translated as this KJV form193 total Strong's occurrences

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.

Other KJV renderings

could 46 able 43 cannot 35 prevail 13 can 11 may 11 prevailed 9 canst 5

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 7:22Strong's last: Deuteronomy 22:3

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GreekG1410

δύναμαι

dýnamai · doo'-nam-ahee

4 times translated as this KJV form195 total Strong's occurrences

to be able or possible

Strong's KJV usage: :--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.

Other KJV renderings

can 45 able 33 could 27 cannot 15 Can 6 may 6 might 5 thou canst 4

Strong's first: Luke 16:2Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 7:21

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GreekG525

ἀπαλλάσσω

apallássō · ap-al-las'-so

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

to change away, i.e. release, (reflexively) remove

Strong's KJV usage: :--deliver, depart.

Other KJV renderings

that thou mayest be delivered 1 departed 1 deliver 1

Strong's first: Luke 12:58Strong's last: Luke 12:58

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GreekG991

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.

Other KJV renderings

see 30 saw 9 seen 9 seeing 8 heed 6 seeth 6 Beware 4 which seeth 3

Strong's first: Revelation 3:18Strong's last: Revelation 3:18

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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).

Other KJV renderings

lawful 24 is 9 Is it lawful 3 it is lawful 1 Is it 1 it is 1 let 1 are 1

Strong's first: Acts 8:37Strong's last: Acts 8:37

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GreekG2071

ἔσομαι

ésomai · es'-om-ahee

1 times translated as this KJV form220 total Strong's occurrences

will be

Strong's KJV usage: :--shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.

Other KJV renderings

be 89 shall be 43 shall 22 ye shall be 7 there shall be 7 shall it be 5 have 4 pass 4

Strong's first: Ephesians 6:3Strong's last: Ephesians 6:3

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GreekG4016

περιβάλλω

peribállō · per-ee-bal'-lo

1 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences

to throw all around, i.e. invest (with a palisade or with clothing)

Strong's KJV usage: :--array, cast about, clothe(-d me), put on.

Other KJV renderings

clothed 6 arrayed 5 with 3 was 2 ye clothed 2 shall we be clothed 1 having 1 cast 1

Strong's first: Revelation 3:18Strong's last: Revelation 3:18

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GreekG4147

πλουτέω

ploutéō · ploo-teh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

to be (or become) wealthy (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be increased with goods, (be made, wax) rich.

Other KJV renderings

rich 10 is 1 increased with goods 1 thou mayest be rich 1

Strong's first: Revelation 3:18Strong's last: Revelation 3:18

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Acts 8:37

G1832

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

Acts 24:8

G1410

Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.

Acts 24:11

G1410

Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.

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.

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.