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Were

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2,773exact KJV occurrences 1,989Old Testament 784New Testament 59books containing the word 79mapped Strong's IDs 345occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 1:5

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:2

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where were 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.

GreekG1096
γίνομαι

gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee

28 times translated as this KJV form701 total Strong's occurrences

to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: :--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.

Strong's first: Matthew 11:21Strong's last: Revelation 16:18

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GreekG5613
ὡς

hōs · hoce

20 times translated as this KJV form492 total Strong's occurrences

which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)

Strong's KJV usage: :--about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.

Strong's first: John 7:10Strong's last: Revelation 21:21

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GreekG2192
ἔχω

échō · ekh'-o

7 times translated as this KJV form708 total Strong's occurrences

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.

Strong's first: Matthew 8:16Strong's last: Acts 24:9

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HebrewH3426
יֵשׁ

yêsh · yaysh

6 times translated as this KJV form133 total Strong's occurrences

prt

there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)

Strong's KJV usage: (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.

Strong's first: Numbers 22:29Strong's last: Psalms 53:2

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GreekG2076
ἐστί

estí · es-tee'

5 times translated as this KJV form917 total Strong's occurrences

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

Strong's KJV usage: :--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.

Strong's first: Mark 14:35Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 7:14

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GreekG5225
ὑπάρχω

hypárchō · hoop-ar'-kho

5 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences

to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)

Strong's KJV usage: :--after, behave, live.

Strong's first: Luke 16:14Strong's last: Acts 28:7

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GreekG846
αὐτός

autós · ow-tos'

2 times translated as this KJV form5,718 total Strong's occurrences

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Strong's KJV usage: :--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.

Strong's first: Mark 1:19Strong's last: Acts 28:17

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GreekG907
βαπτίζω

baptízō · bap-tid'-zo

2 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences

to immerse, submerge; to make whelmed (i.e. fully wet); used only (in the New Testament) of ceremonial ablution, especially (technically) of the ordinance of Christian baptism

Strong's KJV usage: :--Baptist, baptize, wash.

Strong's first: Mark 1:5Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:2

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GreekG4029
περίκειμαι

períkeimai · per-ik'-i-mahee

2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

to lie all around, i.e. inclose, encircle, hamper (literally or figuratively)

Strong's KJV usage: :--be bound (compassed) with, hang about.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 9:42Strong's last: Luke 17:2

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HebrewH1961
הָיָה

hâyâh · haw-yaw

2 times translated as this KJV form76 total Strong's occurrences

v

to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Strong's KJV usage: beacon, × altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, follow, happen, × have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, × use.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 4:32Strong's last: Judges 12:2

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HebrewH5414
נָתַן

nâthan · naw-than'

2 times translated as this KJV form2,007 total Strong's occurrences

v

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, × avenge, × be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, × doubtless, × without fail, fasten, frame, × get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), × have, × indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), lie, lift up, make, O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, × pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), sing, slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, × surely, × take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, weep, willingly, withdraw, would (to) God, yield.

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 28:67Strong's last: Deuteronomy 28:67

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GreekG609
ἀποκόπτω

apokóptō · ap-ok-op'-to

1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts)

Strong's KJV usage: :--cut off.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Galatians 5:12Strong's last: Galatians 5:12

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GreekG1289
διασπείρω

diaspeírō · dee-as-pi'-ro

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

to sow throughout, i.e. (figuratively) distribute in foreign lands

Strong's KJV usage: :--scatter abroad.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 8:1Strong's last: Acts 8:1

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GreekG2309
θέλω

thélō · thel'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form217 total Strong's occurrences

to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in

Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).

Strong's first: John 5:35Strong's last: John 5:35

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GreekG2680
κατασκευάζω

kataskeuázō · kat-ask-yoo-ad'-zo

1 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.

Strong's first: Hebrews 9:6Strong's last: Hebrews 9:6

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GreekG2983
λαμβάνω

lambánō · lam-ban'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form276 total Strong's occurrences

while G138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

Strong's KJV usage: :--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).

Strong's first: Luke 5:26Strong's last: Luke 5:26

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GreekG3081
λυσιτελεῖ

lysiteleî · loo-sit-el-i'

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

impersonally, it answers the purpose, i.e. is advantageous

Strong's KJV usage: :--it is better.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Luke 17:2Strong's last: Luke 17:2

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GreekG4270
προγράφω

prográphō · prog-raf'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

to write previously; figuratively, to announce, prescribe

Strong's KJV usage: :--before ordain, evidently set forth, write (afore, aforetime).

Strong's first: Jude 1:4Strong's last: Jude 1:4

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GreekG4314
πρός

prós · pros

1 times translated as this KJV form702 total Strong's occurrences

a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e. pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e. near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e. whither or for which it is predicated)

Strong's KJV usage: :--about, according to , against, among, at, because of, before, between, (where-)by, for, X at thy house, in, for intent, nigh unto, of, which pertain to, that, to (the end that), X together, to (you) -ward, unto, with(-in).

Strong's first: Acts 28:10Strong's last: Acts 28:10

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GreekG4851
συμφέρω

symphérō · soom-fer'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage

Strong's KJV usage: :--be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).

Strong's first: Matthew 18:6Strong's last: Matthew 18:6

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GreekG5426
φρονέω

phronéō · fron-eh'-o

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

to exercise the mind, i.e. entertain or have a sentiment or opinion; by implication, to be (mentally) disposed (more or less earnestly in a certain direction); intensively, to interest oneself in (with concern or obedience)

Strong's KJV usage: :--set the affection on, (be) care(-ful), (be like-, + be of one, + be of the same, + let this) mind(-ed), regard, savour, think.

Strong's first: Philippians 4:10Strong's last: Philippians 4:10

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HebrewH4564
מַסְתֵּר

maçtêr · mas-tare'

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

n-m

properly, a hider, i.e. (abstractly) a hiding, i.e. aversion

Strong's KJV usage: hid.

Strong's first: Isaiah 53:3Strong's last: Isaiah 53:3

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HebrewH7200
רָאָה

râʼâh · raw-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,312 total Strong's occurrences

v

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

Strong's KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed, × joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, × be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), × sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, × surely, × think, view, visions.

Strong's first: 2 Kings 25:19Strong's last: 2 Kings 25:19

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 Kings 23:7
no direct Strong's tag

And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.

2 Kings 23:8
no direct Strong's tag

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

2 Kings 23:8
no direct Strong's tag

And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

2 Kings 23:12
no direct Strong's tag

And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

2 Kings 23:13
no direct Strong's tag

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

2 Kings 23:13
no direct Strong's tag

And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

2 Kings 23:16
no direct Strong's tag

And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

2 Kings 23:19
no direct Strong's tag

And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

2 Kings 23:20
no direct Strong's tag

And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:24
no direct Strong's tag

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 23:24
no direct Strong's tag

Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 24:16
no direct Strong's tag

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:4
no direct Strong's tag

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

2 Kings 25:5
no direct Strong's tag

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

2 Kings 25:10
no direct Strong's tag

And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

2 Kings 25:11
no direct Strong's tag

Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

2 Kings 25:13
no direct Strong's tag

And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:15
no direct Strong's tag

And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

2 Kings 25:19
H7200

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

2 Kings 25:19
no direct Strong's tag

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

2 Kings 25:19
no direct Strong's tag

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

2 Kings 25:25
no direct Strong's tag

But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

2 Kings 25:26
no direct Strong's tag

And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.

2 Kings 25:28
no direct Strong's tag

And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

were

WERE, pronoun er, which when prolonged, becomes ware. This is used as the imperfect tense plural of be; we were you were they were; and in some other tenses. It is the Danish verb vaerer, to be, to exist, and in origin has no connection with be, nor with was. It is united with be, to supply its want of tenses, as went is with go.

WERE, noun A dam. [See Wear.]

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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