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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Ought

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.

97exact KJV occurrences 39Old Testament 58New Testament 33books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 63occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 20:9

Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

3 John 1:8

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where ought 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.

GreekG3784
ὀφείλω

opheílō · of-i'-lo

15 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences

to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty

Strong's KJV usage: :--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.

Strong's first: John 13:14Strong's last: 3 John 1:8

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GreekG5100
τὶς

tìs · tis

7 times translated as this KJV form506 total Strong's occurrences

some or any person or object

Strong's KJV usage: :--a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).

Strong's first: Matthew 5:23Strong's last: Philemon 1:18

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HebrewH1697
דָּבָר

dâbâr · daw-baw'

2 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.

Strong's first: Exodus 5:11Strong's last: Joshua 21:45

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GreekG5534
χρή

chrḗ · khray

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

it needs (must or should) be

Strong's KJV usage: :--ought.

Strong's first: James 3:10Strong's last: James 3:10

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HebrewH3651
כֵּן

kên · kane

1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

adv

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

Strong's KJV usage: after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, (for-) asmuch as yet, be (for which) cause, following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), × the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, × you.

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:12Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:12

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Ruth 1:17
no direct Strong's tag

Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

1 Samuel 12:4
H3972

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.

1 Samuel 12:5
H3972

And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

1 Samuel 25:7
H3972

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 30:22
no direct Strong's tag

Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.

2 Samuel 3:35
H3972

And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

2 Samuel 13:12
H3651

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

2 Samuel 14:10
no direct Strong's tag

And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

2 Samuel 14:19
no direct Strong's tag

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

1 Chronicles 12:32
no direct Strong's tag

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

1 Chronicles 15:2
no direct Strong's tag

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

2 Chronicles 13:5
no direct Strong's tag

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

Nehemiah 5:9
no direct Strong's tag

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Psalms 76:11
no direct Strong's tag

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Matthew 5:23
G5100

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Matthew 21:3
G5100

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

Matthew 23:23
G1163

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Mark 7:12
G3762

And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

Mark 8:23
G5100

And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

Mark 11:25
G5100

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Mark 13:14
G1163

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

Luke 11:42
G1163

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 12:12
G1163

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Luke 13:14
G1163

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

Luke 13:16
G1163

And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

ought

OUGHT. [See Aught, the true orthography.]

OUGHT, v. imperfect, aut.

1. To be held or bound in duty or moral obligation.

These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23.

We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak. Romans 15:1.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers. Matthew 25:27.

2. To be necessary; to behoove.

OUGHT not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into glory? Luke 24:26.

3. To be fit or expedient in a moral view.

My brethren, these things ought not so to be. James 3:10.

4. As a participle, owed; been indebted to.

The love and duty I long have ought you.

That followed, sir, which to myself I ought

[In this sense, obsolete.]

5. In Chaucer's time, it was used impersonally. 'Wel ought us werke, ' that is, well it behooveth us to work.

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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