Purpose in the Bible: 36 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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purpose KJV

“Purpose” is in the King James Bible 36 times, in 35 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

πρόθεσις prothesis 8 times
τοῦτο touto 4 times
חפץ chêphets 3 times
מחשׁבה מחשׁבת machăshâbâh machăshebeth 3 times
βουλεύω bouleuō 2 times
אמר 'âmar 2 times
חשׁב châshab 2 times
עצה ‛êtsâh 2 times
αὐτός autos 1 time
βούλημα boulēma 1 time
τίς tis 1 time
בּוא bô' 1 time

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דּבר dâbâr 1 time
מעשׂה ma‛ăśeh 1 time
צבוּ tsebû 1 time
רב rôb 1 time
ריק rı̂yq 1 time
שׁלל shâlal 1 time

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Ezra

4:5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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