Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Read in context →Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Read in context →19 occurrences in 19 verses.
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mónon · mon'-on
merely
Strong's KJV usage: :--alone, but, only.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:47Strong's last: 1 John 5:6
Open full G3440 profile →mónos · mon'-os
remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere
Strong's KJV usage: :--alone, only, by themselves.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:10Strong's last: Revelation 15:4
Open full G3441 profile →yâchîyd · yaw-kheed'
properly, united, i.e. sole; by implication, beloved; also lonely; (feminine) the life (as not to be replaced)
Strong's KJV usage: darling, desolate, only (child, son), solitary.
Strong's first: Genesis 22:2Strong's last: Zechariah 12:10
Open full H3173 profile →monogenḗs · mon-og-en-ace'
only-born, i.e. sole
Strong's KJV usage: :--only (begotten, child).
Strong's first: Luke 7:12Strong's last: John 3:18
Open full G3439 profile →ʼechâd · ekh-awd'
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Strong's KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Strong's first: 1 Kings 4:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 7:5
Open full H259 profile →bad · bad
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
Strong's KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 8:3Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:29
Open full H905 profile →heîs · hice
one
Strong's KJV usage: :--a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some.
Strong's first: Mark 2:7Strong's last: Mark 2:7
Open full G1520 profile →ʼak · ak
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
Strong's KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, wherefore, yet (but).
Strong's first: Genesis 7:23Strong's last: Genesis 7:23
Open full H389 profile →ʼim · eem
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
Strong's KJV usage: (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), + but, either, + except, + more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, + save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, + surely (no more, none, not), though, + of a truth, + unless, + verily, when, whereas, whether, while, + yet.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 2:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 2:6
Open full H518 profile →ʼepheç · eh'-fes
cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
Strong's KJV usage: ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
Strong's first: Numbers 22:35Strong's last: Numbers 22:35
Open full H657 profile →bâdâd · baw-dawd'
separate; adverb, separately
Strong's KJV usage: alone, desolate, only, solitary.
Strong's first: Psalms 4:8Strong's last: Psalms 4:8
Open full H910 profile →zûwlâh · zoo-law'
probably scattering, i.e. removal; used adverbially, except
Strong's KJV usage: beside, but, only, save.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:12Strong's last: Deuteronomy 4:12
Open full H2108 profile →yachad · yakh'-ad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Strong's KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
Strong's first: Job 34:29Strong's last: Job 34:29
Open full H3162 profile →kâçam · kaw-sam'
to shear
Strong's KJV usage: × only, poll. Compare 3765.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 44:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:20
Open full H3697 profile →maʻal · mah'al
properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (× very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 28:13Strong's last: Deuteronomy 28:13
Open full H4605 profile →raq · rak
properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
Strong's KJV usage: but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.
Strong's first: Genesis 6:5Strong's last: Genesis 6:5
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And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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ONLY, adjective
1. Single; one along; as, John was the only man present.
2. This and no other. This is an only child.
3. This above all others. He is the only man for music.
ONLY, adverb
1. Singly; merely; barely; in one manner or for one purpose along.
I purpose my thoughts only as conjectures.
And to be loved himself, needs only to be known.
2. This and no other wise.
Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5.
3. Singly; without more; as only-begotten.
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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