Lest in the Bible: 240 times in the King James Version

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lest KJV

“Lest” is in the King James Bible 240 times, in 229 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ἵνα μή hina mē 43 times
μήποτε, μή ποτε mēpote mē pote 20 times
μή mē 15 times
מוּת mûth 13 times
μήπως, μή πως mēpōs mē pōs 12 times
πώς pōs 8 times
אמר 'âmar 5 times
ארץ 'erets 4 times
נשׂא נסה nâśâ' nâsâh 3 times
ספה sâphâh 3 times
עם ‛am 3 times
שׂבע שׂבע śâba‛ śâbêa‛ 3 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 2 times

94 more, less often

שׁחת shâchath 3 times
שׁכח שׁכח shâkach shâkêach 3 times
שׁמע shâma‛ 3 times
בּוא bô' 2 times
בּלתּי biltı̂y 2 times
בּת bath 2 times
חמה חמא chêmâh chêmâ' 2 times
טרף ṭâraph 2 times
יהוה yehôvâh 2 times
ירשׁ ירשׁ yârash yârêsh 2 times
ישׁ yêsh 2 times
כּרת kârath 2 times
נגף nâgaph 2 times
נפשׁ nephesh 2 times
נתן nâthan 2 times
ערל ‛ârêl 2 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 2 times
פּן pên 2 times
ראה râ'âh 2 times
εἰς eis 1 time
אב 'âb 1 time
אח 'âch 1 time
איב אויב 'ôyêb 'ôyêb 1 time
אכל 'âkal 1 time
אלף 'âlaph 1 time
אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh 1 time
אנף 'ânaph 1 time
אסף 'âsaph 1 time
אף 'aph 1 time
בּוּז bûz 1 time
בּית bayith 1 time
בּל bal 1 time
גּאל gâ'al 1 time
הרס hâras 1 time
זוּר zûr 1 time
חזקיּה חזקיּהוּ יחזקיּה יחזקיּהוּ chizqı̂yâh chizqı̂yâhû yechizqı̂yâh yechizqı̂yâhû 1 time
חטא châṭâ' 1 time
חי chay 1 time
חכם châkâm 1 time
חרם châram 1 time
חרם חרם chêrem cherem 1 time
חרשׁ chârash 1 time
חתת châthath 1 time
יכח yâkach 1 time
יסף yâsaph 1 time
יצא yâtsâ' 1 time
יקשׁ yâqôsh 1 time
ישׁן yâshên 1 time

And 46 others, each in a phrase with “lest” a few times.

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2 Corinthians

2:3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
9:4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.

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