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Whether

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171exact KJV occurrences 101Old Testament 70New Testament 36books containing the word 14mapped Strong's IDs 75occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 18:21

I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Leviticus

21 occurrences in 20 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where whether appears.

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

Genesis 88 verses Exodus 99 verses Leviticus 2120 verses Numbers 108 verses Deuteronomy 66 verses Joshua 11 verses Judges 44 verses Ruth 11 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 32 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 2 Chronicles 32 verses Ezra 33 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Esther 33 verses Job 43 verses Proverbs 32 verses Ecclesiastes 64 verses Song of Solomon 22 verses Jeremiah 32 verses Ezekiel 74 verses Matthew 77 verses Mark 44 verses Luke 77 verses John 32 verses Acts 88 verses Romans 53 verses 1 Corinthians 1410 verses 2 Corinthians 129 verses Ephesians 11 verses Philippians 33 verses Colossians 22 verses 1 Thessalonians 11 verses 2 Thessalonians 11 verses 1 Peter 11 verses 1 John 11 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.

GreekG1535

εἴτε

eíte · i'-teh

30 times translated as this KJV form65 total Strong's occurrences

if too

Strong's KJV usage: :--if, or, whether.

Other KJV renderings

or 29 Or 3 If 1 else 1 be 1

Strong's first: Romans 12:6Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 2:15

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GreekG1487

εἰ

ei · i

22 times translated as this KJV form453 total Strong's occurrences

if, whether, that, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: :--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether.

Other KJV renderings

if 228 If 108 but 29 save 12 that 12 though 8 except 7 Though 3

Strong's first: Matthew 26:63Strong's last: 1 John 4:1

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GreekG5101

τίς

tís · tis

8 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.

Other KJV renderings

what 164 What 91 who 59 Why 48 Who 43 why 40 whom 16 which 13

Strong's first: Matthew 9:5Strong's last: Luke 22:27

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GreekG1437

ἐάν

eán · eh-an'

3 times translated as this KJV form278 total Strong's occurrences

a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.; often used in connection with other particles to denote indefiniteness or uncertainty

Strong's KJV usage: :--before, but, except, (and) if, (if) so, (what-, whither-)soever, though, when (-soever), whether (or), to whom, (who-)so(-ever).

Other KJV renderings

if 161 If 54 except 19 though 12 Except 6 whatsoever 5 Whosoever 2 whomsoever 2

Strong's first: Romans 14:8Strong's last: Romans 14:8

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HebrewH996

בֵּין

bêyn · bane

2 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences

prep

between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or

Strong's KJV usage: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

Other KJV renderings

between 6 from 5 betwixt 5 among 4 and 2 in 1 even 1 or 1

Strong's first: Leviticus 27:12Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 14:11

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AramaicH2006

הֵן

hên · hane

2 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

inj

lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if

Strong's KJV usage: (that) if, or, whether.

Other KJV renderings

if 11 or 2 If 1

Strong's first: Ezra 5:17Strong's last: Ezra 7:26

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GreekG2273

ἤτοι

ḗtoi · ay'-toy

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

either indeed

Strong's KJV usage: :--whether.

Strong's first: Romans 6:16Strong's last: Romans 6:16

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GreekG3379

μήποτε

mḗpote · may'-pot-eh

1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences

not ever; also if (or lest) ever (or perhaps)

Strong's KJV usage: :--if peradventure, lest (at any time, haply), not at all, whether or not.

Other KJV renderings

lest 12 lest at any time 4 time 3 not 1 Lest 1 Do 1 haply 1 if 1

Strong's first: Luke 3:15Strong's last: Luke 3:15

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GreekG3739

ὅς

hós · hos

1 times translated as this KJV form1,291 total Strong's occurrences

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

Strong's KJV usage: :--one, (an-, the) other, some, that, what, which, who(-m, -se), etc.

Other KJV renderings

which 396 whom 245 that 156 who 48 whose 41 Who 38 what 32 whosoever 27

Strong's first: Acts 1:24Strong's last: Acts 1:24

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GreekG4220

πότερον

póteron · pot'-er-on

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

interrogative as adverb, which (of two), i.e. is it this or that

Strong's KJV usage: :--whether.

Strong's first: John 7:17Strong's last: John 7:17

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GreekG5037

τέ

té · teh

1 times translated as this KJV form186 total Strong's occurrences

both or also (properly, as correlation of G2532)

Strong's KJV usage: :--also, and, both, even, then, whether.

Other KJV renderings

and 86 And 55 both 32 also 2 Then 2 which 1 as 1 so 1

Strong's first: Acts 9:2Strong's last: Acts 9:2

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HebrewH176

אוֹ

ʼôw · o

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

conj

desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

Strong's KJV usage: also, and, either, if, at the least, × nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.

Other KJV renderings

or 9 either 2 and 2 least 1 then 1 nor 1 Otherwise 1 also 1

Strong's first: Leviticus 5:1Strong's last: Leviticus 5:1

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HebrewH335

אַי

ʼay · ah'ee

1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences

adv

where? hence how?

Strong's KJV usage: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).

Other KJV renderings

Where 3 what 3 whence 2 where 2 thou 1 way 1 Which 1 for 1

Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 11:6Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 11:6

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HebrewH4480

מִן

min · min

1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences

prep

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

Strong's KJV usage: above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, × neither, × nor, (out) of, over, since, × then, through, × whether, with.

Other KJV renderings

of 3 from 2 among 2 out 1 because 1 in 1 with 1 since 1

Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 15:13Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 15:13

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Luke 3:15

G3379

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

Luke 5:23

G5101

Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?

Luke 6:7

G1487

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

Luke 14:28

G1487

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Luke 14:31

G1487

Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Luke 22:27

G5101

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

Luke 23:6

G1487

When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

whether

WHETHER, pronoun or substitute. [Latin The sense seems to be what, or which of two, referring either to persons or to sentences.]

1. Which of two.

WHETHER of them twain did the will of his father? Matthew 21:31

Here whether is a substitute for one of two, and signifies which; which of the two; but in this sense it is obsolete.

2. Which of two alternatives, expressed by a sentence or the clause of a sentence, and followed by or. Resolve whether you will go or not; that is, you will go or not go; resolve which.

[Note. In the latter use, which is now most common, whether is called an adverb. This is a mistake. It is the same part of speech as in the former example. The only difference is that in the former example it represents or refers to a noun, and in the latter to a sentence or clause.]

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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