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15exact KJV occurrences 5Old Testament 10New Testament 12books containing the word 9mapped Strong's IDs 13occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where obtain 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.

GreekG5177
τυγχάνω

tynchánō · toong-khan'-o

3 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: Luke 20:35Strong's last: Hebrews 11:35

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GreekG2983
λαμβάνω

lambánō · lam-ban'-o

2 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: 1 Corinthians 9:25Strong's last: Hebrews 4:16

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GreekG2013
ἐπιτυγχάνω

epitynchánō · ep-ee-toong-khan'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to chance upon, i.e. (by implication) to attain

Strong's KJV usage: :--obtain.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: James 4:2Strong's last: James 4:2

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GreekG2638
καταλαμβάνω

katalambánō · kat-al-am-ban'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences

to take eagerly, i.e. seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-)take.

Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 9:24Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 9:24

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HebrewH2388
חָזַק

châzaq · khaw-zak'

1 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences

v

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Strong's first: Daniel 11:21Strong's last: Daniel 11:21

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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James 4:2
G2013

Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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obtain

OBTA'IN, verb transitive [Latin obtineo; ob and teneo, to hold.]

1. To get; to gain; to procure; in a general sense, to gain possession of a thing, whether temporary or permanent; to acquire. This word usually implies exertion to get possession, and in this it differs from receive, which may or may not imply exertion. It differs from acquire, as genus from species; acquire being properly applied only to things permanently possessed; but obtain is applied both to things of temporary and of permanent possession. We obtain loans of money on application; we obtain answers to letters; we obtain spirit from liquors by distillation and salts by evaporation. We obtain by seeking; we often receive without seeking. We acquire or obtain a good title to lands by deed, or by a judgment of court; but we do not acquire spirit by distillation; nor do we acquire an answer to a letter or an application.

He shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries. Daniel 11:21.

In whom we have obtained an inheritance. Ephesians 1:11.

2. To keep; to hold.

OBTA'IN, verb intransitive

1. To be received in customary or common use; to continue in use; to be established in practice.

The Theodosian code, several hundred years after Justinian's time, obtained in the western parts of the empire.

2. To be established; to subsist in nature.

The general laws of fluidity, elasticity and gravity, obtain in animal and inanimate tubes.

3. To prevail; to succeed. [Little used.]

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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