Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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O
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Revelation 16:5
And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
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406 occurrences in 373 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
99 verses
Exodus
119 verses
Numbers
76 verses
Deuteronomy
2018 verses
Joshua
33 verses
Judges
108 verses
1 Samuel
88 verses
2 Samuel
2522 verses
1 Kings
2121 verses
2 Kings
1312 verses
1 Chronicles
1513 verses
2 Chronicles
1715 verses
Ezra
33 verses
Nehemiah
88 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
1010 verses
Psalms
406373 verses
Proverbs
1010 verses
Ecclesiastes
33 verses
Song of Solomon
2423 verses
Isaiah
8468 verses
Jeremiah
9289 verses
Lamentations
1816 verses
Ezekiel
4746 verses
Daniel
4946 verses
Hosea
1512 verses
Joel
76 verses
Amos
1413 verses
Obadiah
11 verses
Jonah
65 verses
Micah
1515 verses
Nahum
22 verses
Habakkuk
63 verses
Zephaniah
53 verses
Haggai
43 verses
Zechariah
1715 verses
Malachi
22 verses
Matthew
1717 verses
Mark
22 verses
Luke
77 verses
John
22 verses
Acts
77 verses
Romans
55 verses
1 Corinthians
42 verses
2 Corinthians
11 verses
Galatians
11 verses
1 Timothy
22 verses
Hebrews
33 verses
James
11 verses
Revelation
55 verses
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.
ὦ
ō · o
16 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh
Strong's KJV usage: :--O.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:28Strong's last: James 2:20
Open full G5599 profile →בִּי
bîy · bee
7 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
oh that!; with leave, or if it please
Strong's KJV usage: alas, O, oh.
Strong's first: Genesis 43:20Strong's last: 1 Kings 3:26
Open full H994 profile →ὀλιγόπιστος
oligópistos · ol-ig-op'-is-tos
5 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
incredulous, i.e. lacking confidence (in Christ)
Strong's KJV usage: :--of little faith.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:30Strong's last: Luke 12:28
Open full G3640 profile →πατήρ
patḗr · pat-ayr'
5 times translated as this KJV form453 total Strong's occurrences
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Strong's KJV usage: :--father, parent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:25Strong's last: John 17:5
Open full G3962 profile →הוֹי
hôwy · hoh'ee
3 times translated as this KJV form52 total Strong's occurrences
oh!
Strong's KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Strong's first: Isaiah 10:5Strong's last: Zechariah 2:7
Open full H1945 profile →Ἱερουσαλήμ
Hierousalḗm · hee-er-oo-sal-ame'
2 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
Hierusalem (i.e. Jerushalem), the capitol of Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: :--Jerusalem.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:37Strong's last: Luke 13:34
Open full G2419 profile →ἄνθρωπος
ánthrōpos · anth'-ro-pos
1 times translated as this KJV form567 total Strong's occurrences
man-faced, i.e. a human being
Strong's KJV usage: :--certain, man.
Strong's first: Romans 7:24Strong's last: Romans 7:24
Open full G444 profile →γέννημα
génnēma · ghen'-nay-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fruit, generation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:34Strong's last: Matthew 12:34
Open full G1081 profile →δίκαιος
díkaios · dik'-ah-yos
1 times translated as this KJV form81 total Strong's occurrences
equitable (in character or act); by implication, innocent, holy (absolutely or relatively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--just, meet, right(-eous).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 17:25Strong's last: John 17:25
Open full G1342 profile →δοῦλος
doûlos · doo'-los
1 times translated as this KJV form139 total Strong's occurrences
a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bond(-man), servant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 18:32Strong's last: Matthew 18:32
Open full G1401 profile →Ἰσραήλ
Israḗl · is-rah-ale'
1 times translated as this KJV form69 total Strong's occurrences
Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--Israel.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 12:29Strong's last: Mark 12:29
Open full G2474 profile →אֲהָהּ
ʼăhâhh · a-haw'
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
Oh!
Strong's KJV usage: ah, alas.
Strong's first: Joshua 7:7Strong's last: Joshua 7:7
Open full H162 profile →אָנָּא
ʼânnâʼ · awn-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
oh now!
Strong's KJV usage: I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.
Strong's first: Daniel 9:4Strong's last: Daniel 9:4
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15 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.
no direct Strong's tag
O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
no direct Strong's tag
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
no direct Strong's tag
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
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And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
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And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
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O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
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Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
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Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
no direct Strong's tag
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
no direct Strong's tag
O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
no direct Strong's tag
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
English meaning and historical usage.
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o
O is the fifteenth letter, and the fourth vowel in the English Alphabet. The shape of this letter seems to have been taken from the circular configuration of the lips in uttering the sound. It corresponds in figure with the Coptic o and nearly with the Syriac initial and final vau, and the Ethiopic ain. In words derived from the oriental languages, it often represents the vau of those languages, and sometimes the ain; the original sound of the latter being formed deep in the throat, and with a greater aperture of the mouth.
In English, o has a long sound, as in tone, hone, groan, cloke, roll, droll; a short sound, as in lot plod, rod, song, lodge. The sound of oo is shortened in words ending in a close articulation, as in book and foot.
The long sound of o is usually denoted by e, at the end of a word or syllable, as in bone, lonely; or by a servile a, as in moan, foal. It is generally long before ll, as in roll; but it is short in doll, loll, and in words of more syllables than one, as in folly, volley.
As a numeral, o was sometimes used by the ancients for 11, and with a dash over it for 11, 000.
Among the ancients, o was a mark of tripe time, from the notion that the ternary or number 3, is the most perfect of numbers, and properly expressed by a circle, the most perfect figure.
O is often used as an exclamation, expressing a wish.
O, were he present.
It sometimes expresses surprise. Shakespeare uses o for a circle or oval.
Within this wooden o
O.S. stands for Old Style.
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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