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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Whether

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.

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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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.

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

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

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

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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

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

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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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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

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

Leviticus 13:48
no direct Strong's tag

Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin;

Leviticus 13:52
no direct Strong's tag

He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

Leviticus 13:55
no direct Strong's tag

And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

Leviticus 15:3
no direct Strong's tag

And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.

Leviticus 16:29
no direct Strong's tag

And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

Leviticus 17:15
no direct Strong's tag

And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Leviticus 18:9
no direct Strong's tag

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

Leviticus 22:28
no direct Strong's tag

And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

Leviticus 27:12
H996

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

Leviticus 27:14
no direct Strong's tag

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.

Leviticus 27:26
no direct Strong's tag

Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.

Leviticus 27:30
no direct Strong's tag

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.

Leviticus 27:33
no direct Strong's tag

He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.

Numbers 9:21
no direct Strong's tag

And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

Numbers 9:22
no direct Strong's tag

Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

Numbers 11:23
no direct Strong's tag

And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Numbers 13:18
no direct Strong's tag

And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Numbers 13:19
no direct Strong's tag

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 13:19
no direct Strong's tag

And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 13:20
no direct Strong's tag

And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

Numbers 13:20
no direct Strong's tag

And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

Numbers 15:30
no direct Strong's tag

But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Numbers 18:15
no direct Strong's tag

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Deuteronomy 4:32
no direct Strong's tag

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

Deuteronomy 8:2
no direct Strong's tag

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

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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