How in the Bible: 543 times in the King James Version

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

Concordance › H

how KJV

“How” is in the King James Bible 543 times, in 489 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

πῶς pōs 99 times
ὅτι hoti 32 times
πόσος posos 26 times
ὡς hōs 19 times
τίς tis 11 times
יהוה yehôvâh 11 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 11 times
ὅσος hosos 9 times
איך איכה איככה 'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh 9 times
אמר 'âmar 8 times
ἕως heōs 7 times
πότε pote 5 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 30 times

199 more, less often

מה מה מ־ מ־ מה mâh mah mâ ma meh 5 times
ὅπως hopōs 4 times
אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh 4 times
אף 'aph 4 times
ירא yârê' 4 times
לחם lâcham 4 times
ποσάκις posakis 3 times
ארץ 'erets 3 times
גּבּור גּבּר gibbôr gibbôr 3 times
טוב ṭôb 3 times
ילך yâlak 3 times
יפה yâphâh 3 times
ישׁב yâshab 3 times
לא לוא לה lô' lô' lôh 3 times
עד ‛ad 3 times
ראה râ'âh 3 times
רשׁע râshâ‛ 3 times
שׁוּב shûb 3 times
δίδωμι didōmi 2 times
πηλίκος pēlikos 2 times
אדּיר 'addı̂yr 2 times
אהב אהב 'âhab 'âhêb 2 times
אחד 'echâd 2 times
אל 'êl 2 times
אשׁר 'ăsher 2 times
בּבל bâbel 2 times
גּדל gâdal 2 times
דּוד דּויד dâvid dâvı̂yd 2 times
היך hêyk 2 times
הלך hâlak 2 times
חיה châyâh 2 times
טוב ṭôb 2 times
ידע yâda‛ 2 times
יום yôm 2 times
יעץ yâ‛ats 2 times
כּבד כּבד kâbad kâbêd 2 times
כּרת kârath 2 times
מה mâh 2 times
נחם nâcham 2 times
נשׂא נסה nâśâ' nâsâh 2 times
נתן nâthan 2 times
עיר ער עיר ‛ı̂yr ‛âr ‛âyar 2 times
עם ‛am 2 times
פּעם פּעמה pa‛am pa‛ămâh 2 times
פּרעה par‛ôh 2 times
רבב râbab 2 times
רוּם rûm 2 times
שׂוּם שׂים śûm śı̂ym 2 times

And 151 others, each in a phrase with “how” a few times.

Every verse 489 verses

Judges

20:3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
21:16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

Ruth

1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

1 Samuel

1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
10:27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
16:2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
17:18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
23:3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
24:10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anointed.
24:18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
28:9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

2 Samuel

1:4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
1:5 And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
1:14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
1:19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
1:25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
1:27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
2:26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
4:11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
16:11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
18:19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
19:2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

1 Kings

3:7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
5:3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
8:27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
12:6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
14:19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
18:13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
20:7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
21:29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?