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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

What

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985exact KJV occurrences 577Old Testament 408New Testament 59books containing the word 31mapped Strong's IDs 389occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 18:18

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where what 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.

GreekG5101
τίς

tís · tis

259 times translated as this KJV form556 total Strong's occurrences

an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)

Strong's KJV usage: :--every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, - with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.

Strong's first: Matthew 5:46Strong's last: Revelation 18:18

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HebrewH4100
מָה

mâh · maw

6 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences

i

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

Strong's KJV usage: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.

Strong's first: Genesis 4:10Strong's last: Zechariah 2:2

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GreekG1063
γάρ

gár · gar

4 times translated as this KJV form1,056 total Strong's occurrences

properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)

Strong's KJV usage: :--and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.

Strong's first: Matthew 27:23Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 11:22

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GreekG3745
ὅσος

hósos · hos'-os

4 times translated as this KJV form116 total Strong's occurrences

as (much, great, long, etc.) as

Strong's KJV usage: :--all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever).

Strong's first: Mark 6:30Strong's last: Jude 1:10

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HebrewH834
אֲשֶׁר

ʼăsher · ash-er'

3 times translated as this KJV form107 total Strong's occurrences

r

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: × after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.

Strong's first: Genesis 38:18Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:35

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GreekG5100
τὶς

tìs · tis

2 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: John 5:19Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:2

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GreekG1096
γίνομαι

gínomai · ghin'-om-ahee

1 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 18:31Strong's last: Matthew 18:31

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GreekG4217
ποταπός

potapós · pot-ap-os'

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

interrogatively, whatever, i.e. of what possible sort

Strong's KJV usage: :--what (manner of).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Mark 13:1Strong's last: Mark 13:1

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HebrewH375
אֵיפֹה

ʼêyphôh · ay-fo'

1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences

adv

what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?

Strong's KJV usage: what manner, where.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Judges 8:18Strong's last: Judges 8:18

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HebrewH376
אִישׁ

ʼîysh · eesh

1 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.

Strong's first: Leviticus 17:3Strong's last: Leviticus 17:3

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HebrewH1571
גַּם

gam · gam

1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences

adv

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

Strong's KJV usage: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

Strong's first: Job 2:10Strong's last: Job 2:10

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HebrewH1697
דָּבָר

dâbâr · daw-baw'

1 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: Ezra 8:17Strong's last: Ezra 8:17

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AramaicH3964
מָא

mâʼ · maw

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

i

(as indefinitely) that

Strong's KJV usage: + what.

Strong's first: Ezra 6:8Strong's last: Ezra 6:8

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HebrewH4310
מִי

mîy · me

1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences

i

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

Strong's KJV usage: any (man), × he, × him, O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), would to God.

Strong's first: Genesis 24:65Strong's last: Genesis 24:65

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Luke 6:3
G3739

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

Luke 6:11
G5101

And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

Luke 6:32
G4169

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

Luke 6:33
G4169

And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

Luke 6:34
G4169

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

Luke 7:22
G3739

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

Luke 7:24
G5101

And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Luke 7:25
G5101

But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

Luke 7:26
G5101

But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

Luke 7:31
G5101

And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

Luke 7:39
no direct Strong's tag

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

Luke 8:9
G5101

And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?

Luke 8:25
G5101

And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.

Luke 8:28
G5101

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

Luke 8:30
G5101

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

Luke 8:34
no direct Strong's tag

When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.

Luke 8:35
no direct Strong's tag

Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

Luke 8:36
no direct Strong's tag

They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

Luke 8:47
G3739

And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

Luke 8:56
no direct Strong's tag

And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

Luke 9:25
G5101

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Luke 9:33
G3739

And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.

Luke 9:55
G3634

But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.

Luke 10:25
G5101

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 10:26
G5101

He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

what

WHAT, pronoun relative or substitute. [G., Latin See Wight.]

1. That which. Say what you will, is the same as say that which you will.

2. Which part. Consider what is due to nature, and what to art or labor.

3. what is the substitute for a sentence or clause of a sentence. I tell thee what corporal, I could tear her. Here what relates to the last clause, I could tear her; this is what I tell you.

4. what is used as an adjective, of both genders, often in specifying sorts or particulars. See what colors this silk exhibits. I know what qualities you desire in a friend; that is, I know the qualities which you desire.

5. what is much used in asking questions. what sort of character is this? what poem is this? what man is this we see coming?

6. what time, at the time or on the day when.

WHAT time the morn mysterious visions brings.

7. To how great a degree.

WHAT a partial judges are our love and hate!

8. Whatever.

Whether it was the shortness of his foresight, the strength of his will--or what it was--

9. Some part, or some. The year before, he had so used the matter, that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty castles; that is, he had taken above thirty castles; that is, he had taken above thirty castles, a part or some by force, a part or some by policy; or what may be interpreted partly. Sometimes what has no verb to govern it, and it must be considered as adverbially used. what with carrying apples and fuel, he finds himself in a hurry; that is, partly, in part.

10. what is sometimes used elliptically for what is this, or how is this?

WHAT! Could ye not watch with me one hour? Matthew 26:8.

11. what is used interrogatively and elliptically, as equivalent to what will be the consequence? what will follow? As in the phrase, what if I undertake this business myself?

WHAT though, that is, grant this or that; allow it to be so.

WHAT ho, an exclamation of calling.

WHAT, noun Fare; things; matter. [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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