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And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
Read in context →He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Read in context →4 occurrences in 3 verses.
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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.
aphormḗ · af-or-may'
a starting-point, i.e. (figuratively) an opportunity
Strong's KJV usage: :--occasion.
Strong's first: Romans 7:8Strong's last: 1 Timothy 5:14
Open full G874 profile →ʻillâh · il-law'
a pretext (as arising artificially)
Strong's KJV usage: occasion.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:4Strong's last: Daniel 6:5
Open full H5931 profile →mâtsâʼ · maw-tsaw'
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Strong's KJV usage: be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Strong's first: Judges 9:33Strong's last: 1 Samuel 10:7
Open full H4672 profile →taʼănâh · tah-an-aw'
an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose
Strong's KJV usage: occasion.
Strong's first: Judges 14:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 2:24
Open full H8385 profile →diá · dee-ah'
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
Strong's KJV usage: :--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in).
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 8:8Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:8
Open full G1223 profile →gâlal · gaw-lal'
to roll (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.
Strong's first: Genesis 43:18Strong's last: Genesis 43:18
Open full H1556 profile →nâʼats · naw-ats'
to scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for 5132, to bloom
Strong's KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, × great, provoke.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:14Strong's last: 2 Samuel 12:14
Open full H5006 profile →nᵉphal · nef-al'
Strong's KJV usage: fall (down), have occasion.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:20Strong's last: Ezra 7:20
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
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OCCA'SION, noun s as z. [Latin occasio, from oceido, to fall; ob and cado.]
1. Properly, a falling, happening or coming to; an occurrence, casualty, incident; something distinct from the ordinary course or regular orders of things.
2. Opportunity; convenience; favorable time, season or circumstances.
I'll take th' occasion which he give to bring him to his death.
Use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh. Galatians 5:13.
Sin taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me.
Romans 7:8.
3. Accidental cause; incident, event or fact giving rise to something else. What was the occasion of this custom?
Her beauty was the occasion of the war.
4. Incidental need; casual exigency; opportunity accompanied with need or demand. So we say, we have occasion for all our resources. We have frequent occasions for assisting each other.
The ancient canons were well fitted for the occasion of the church in its purer ages.
My occasions have found time to use them toward a supply of money.
OCCA'SION, verb transitive
1. To cause incidentally; to cause; to produce. The expectation of war occasions a depression in the price of stocks. Consumptions are often occasioned by colds. Indigestion occasions pain in the head. Heat occasions lassitude.
2. To influence; to cause.
If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes -
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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