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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Purposes

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.

5exact KJV occurrences 5Old Testament 0New Testament 4books containing the word 3mapped Strong's IDs 5occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Job 17:11

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jeremiah 50:45

Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where purposes appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Job 11 verses Proverbs 11 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 22 verses
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.

HebrewH4284
מַחֲשָׁבָה

machăshâbâh · makh-ash-aw-baw'

3 times translated as this KJV form56 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)

Strong's KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Proverbs 15:22Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:45

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HebrewH8356
שָׁתָה

shâthâh · shaw-thaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a basis, i.e. (figuratively) political or moral support

Strong's KJV usage: foundation, purpose.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 19:10Strong's last: Isaiah 19:10

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Proverbs 15:22
H4284

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

purpose

PUR'POSE, noun [Latin propositum, propono; pro, before, and pono, to set or place.]

1. That which a person sets before himself as an object to be reached or accomplished; the end or aim to which the view is directed in any plan, measure or exertion. We believe the Supreme Being created intelligent beings for some benevolent and glorious purpose and if so, how glorious and benevolent must be his purpose in the plan of redemption! The ambition of men is generally directed to one of two purposes, or to both; the acquisition of wealth or of power. We build houses for the purpose of shelter; we labor for the purpose of subsistence.

2. Intention; design. This sense, however, is hardly to be distinguished from the former; as purpose always includes the end in view.

Every purpose is established by counsel. Proverbs 20:18.

Being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. Ephesians 1:11.

3. End; effect; consequence, good or bad. What good purpose will this answer? We sometimes labor to no purpose Men often employ their time, talents and money for very evil purposes.

To what purpose is this waste? Matthew 26:8.

4. Instance; example. [Not in use.]

5. Conversation. [Not in use.]

Of purpose on purpose with previous design; with the mind directed to that object. On purpose is more generally used, but the true phrase is of purpose

PUR'POSE, verb intransitive To intend; to design; to resolve; to determine on some end or object to be accomplished.

I have purposed it, I will also do it. Isaiah 46:11. Ephesians 3:11.

Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem. Acts 19:21.

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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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.