Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
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Prepare
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Philemon 1:22
But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
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18 occurrences in 15 verses.
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Exodus
22 verses
Numbers
55 verses
Deuteronomy
11 verses
Joshua
22 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
22 verses
2 Chronicles
44 verses
Esther
11 verses
Job
44 verses
Psalms
44 verses
Proverbs
22 verses
Isaiah
77 verses
Jeremiah
77 verses
Ezekiel
1815 verses
Joel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Malachi
11 verses
Matthew
33 verses
Mark
33 verses
Luke
55 verses
John
22 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
Philemon
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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כּוּן
kûwn · koon
28 times translated as this KJV form219 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
Strong's KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, × very deed.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 16:5Strong's last: Amos 4:12
Open full H3559 profile →עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh · aw-saw'
22 times translated as this KJV form2,630 total Strong's occurrences
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Strong's KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Strong's first: Numbers 15:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:15
Open full H6213 profile →ἑτοιμάζω
hetoimázō · het-oy-mad'-zo
8 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to prepare
Strong's KJV usage: :--prepare, provide, make ready.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 26:17Strong's last: Philemon 1:22
Open full G2090 profile →קָדַשׁ
qâdash · kaw-dash'
7 times translated as this KJV form173 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 6:4Strong's last: Micah 3:5
Open full H6942 profile →פָּנָה
pânâh · paw-naw'
4 times translated as this KJV form135 total Strong's occurrences
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, × corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), × right (early).
Strong's first: Isaiah 40:3Strong's last: Malachi 3:1
Open full H6437 profile →κατασκευάζω
kataskeuázō · kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo
3 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
to prepare thoroughly (properly, by external equipment; whereas G2090 refers rather to internal fitness); by implication, to construct, create
Strong's KJV usage: :--build, make, ordain, prepare.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:10Strong's last: Luke 7:27
Open full G2680 profile →עָרַךְ
ʻârak · aw-rak'
2 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 21:5Strong's last: Isaiah 65:11
Open full H6186 profile →אָסַר
ʼâçar · aw-sar'
1 times translated as this KJV form73 total Strong's occurrences
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Strong's KJV usage: bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 18:44Strong's last: 1 Kings 18:44
Open full H631 profile →מָנָה
mânâh · maw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 61:7Strong's last: Psalms 61:7
Open full H4487 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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H3559
They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
H4487
He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
H3559
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
H3559
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
H3559
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
H3559
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
H6186
Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.
H6437
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
H3559
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
H6437
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
H6437
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
H6186
But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
H6942
Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
H6942
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
H6942
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
H3559
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
H3559
Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon.
H6942
Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
H6942
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
H6213
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
H6213
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.
H6213
Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
H3559
Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
H6213
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
H6213
Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
English meaning and historical usage.
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prepare
PREPA'RE, verb transitive [Latin paro.]
1. In a general sense, to fit, adapt or qualify for a particular purpose, end, use, service or state, by any means whatever. We prepare ground for seed by tillage; we prepare cloth for use by dressing; we prepare medicines by pulverization, mixture, etc.; we prepare young men for college by previous instruction; men are prepared for professions by suitable study; holiness of heart is necessary to prepare men for the enjoyment of happiness with holy beings.
2. To make ready; as, to prepare the table for entertaining company.
3. To provide; to procure as suitable; as, to prepare arms, ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defense.
Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2 Samuel 15:1.
4. To set; to establish.
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens. Psalms 103:19.
5. To appoint.
It shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. Matthew 20:23.
6. To guide, direct or establish. 1 Chronicles 29:18.
PREPA'RE, verb intransitive To make all things ready; to put things in suitable order; as, prepare for dinner.
1. To take the necessary previous measures.
Dido preparing to kill herself.
2. To make one's self ready.
Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Amos 4:12.
PREPA'RE, noun Preparation. [Not in use.]
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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