May in the Bible: 1,027 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)

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may KJV

“May” is in the King James Bible 1,027 times, in 931 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ידע yâda‛ 48 times
אכל 'âkal 37 times
ὦ ō 23 times
בּוא bô' 23 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 21 times
חיה châyâh 18 times
ראה râ'âh 17 times
γίνομαι ginomai 16 times
שׁוּב shûb 15 times
עבד ‛âbad 13 times
שׁמע shâma‛ 13 times
δύναμαι dunamai 12 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 17 times

389 more, less often

יטב yâṭab 12 times
יכל יכול yâkôl yâkôl 12 times
מוּת mûth 12 times
εἴδω eidō 11 times
ישׁב yâshab 11 times
ἔχω echō 10 times
ילך yâlak 10 times
שׁתה shâthâh 10 times
בּרך bârak 9 times
מצא mâtsâ' 8 times
נתן nâthan 8 times
עלה ‛âlâh 8 times
γινώσκω ginōskō 7 times
ארך 'ârak 7 times
כּהן kâhan 7 times
δοξάζω doxazō 6 times
λαμβάνω lambanō 6 times
זכר zâkar 6 times
למד lâmad 6 times
נוּס nûs 6 times
ספר sâphar 6 times
קוּם qûm 6 times
שׁכן shâkan 6 times
δίδωμι didōmi 5 times
ἔρχομαι erchomai 5 times
περισσεύω perisseuō 5 times
πιστεύω pisteuō 5 times
φάγω phagō 5 times
אמר 'âmar 5 times
יהוה yehôvâh 5 times
יצא yâtsâ' 5 times
כּרת kârath 5 times
סוּר שׂוּר sûr śûr 5 times
פּתח pâthach 5 times
שׁלח shâlach 5 times
ἀρέσκω areskō 4 times
βλέπω blepō 4 times
τυγχάνω tugchanō 4 times
אוּלי אלי 'ûlay 'ûlay 4 times
בּנה bânâh 4 times
גּאל gâ'al 4 times
גּאלּה ge'ûllâh 4 times
דּבר dâbar 4 times
טמא ṭâmê' 4 times
ירה ירא yârâh yârâ' 4 times
נגד nâgad 4 times
נכה nâkâh 4 times
נשׂא נסה nâśâ' nâsâh 4 times

And 341 others, each in a phrase with “may” a few times.

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Esther

2:3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
3:9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
4:11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
6:9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

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Translated from 263 Hebrew and 138 Greek words

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