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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Nails

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.

10exact KJV occurrences 8Old Testament 2New Testament 8books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 10occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Deuteronomy 21:12

Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

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LAST OCCURRENCE

John 20:25

The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where nails appears.

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

Deuteronomy 11 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Daniel 22 verses John 21 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.

AramaicH2953
טְפַר

ṭᵉphar · tef-ar'

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

n-m

a finger-nail; also a hoof or claw

Strong's KJV usage: nail.

Strong's first: Daniel 4:33Strong's last: Daniel 7:19

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HebrewH6856
צִפֹּרֶן

tsippôren · tsip-po'-ren

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

n-m

properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of a style (or pen, tipped with adamant)

Strong's KJV usage: nail, point.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 21:12Strong's last: Deuteronomy 21:12

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

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1 Chronicles 22:3
H4548

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

nail

NAIL, noun If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, or it may be a shoot.

1. The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal.

2. The horny substance growing at the end of the human fingers and toes.

3. A small pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, to be driven into a board or other piece of timber, and serving to fasten it to other timber. The larger kinds of instruments of this sort are called spikes; and a long thin kind with a flattish head, is called a brad.

4. A stud or boss; a short nail with a large broad head.

5. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the 16th of a yard.

6. On the nail in hand; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail

7. To hit the nail on the head, to hit or touch the exact point.

NAIL, verb transitive

1. To fasten with nails; to unite, close or make compact with nails.

2. To stud with nails.

3. To stop the vent of a cannon; to spike.

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.