The in the Bible: 64,040 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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the KJV

“The” is in the King James Bible 64,040 times, in 24,127 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

יהוה yehôvâh 6,149 times
בּן bên 3,211 times
ארץ 'erets 2,014 times
מלך melek 1,644 times
בּית bayith 1,184 times
עם ‛am 1,033 times
דּבר dâbâr 706 times
יום yôm 663 times
כּהן kôhên 636 times
עיר ער עיר ‛ı̂yr ‛âr ‛âyar 624 times
יד yâd 464 times
κύριος kurios 460 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 405 times

4,558 more, less often

אדני 'ădônây 350 times
גּוי גּי gôy gôy 336 times
דּרך derek 331 times
אישׁ 'ı̂ysh 325 times
הר har 311 times
ראשׁ rô'sh 302 times
שׁם shêm 292 times
ים yâm 291 times
פּלשׁתּי pelishtı̂y 277 times
מזבּח mizbêach 271 times
חרב chereb 269 times
לויּי לוי lêvı̂yı̂y lêvı̂y 264 times
שׂר śar 263 times
עין ‛ayin 256 times
אלהים 'ĕlôhı̂ym 251 times
קול קל qôl qôl 250 times
שׂדה שׂדי śâdeh śâday 250 times
υἱός uihos 247 times
אנושׁ 'ĕnôsh 245 times
מדבּר midbâr 243 times
אהל 'ôhel 235 times
רשׁע râshâ‛ 233 times
מים mayim 232 times
בּת bath 227 times
נביא nâbı̂y' 225 times
תּוך tâvek 216 times
קדשׁ qôdesh 214 times
פּנים pânı̂ym 212 times
שׁער sha‛ar 210 times
ארון ארן 'ârôn 'ârôn 195 times
γῆ gē 185 times
מועד מעד מועדה mô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh 184 times
מחנה machăneh 184 times
אשּׁה נשׁים 'ishshâh nâshı̂ym 180 times
ישׁב yâshab 180 times
שׁמים שׁמה shâmayim shâmeh 178 times
מטּה מטּה maṭṭeh maṭṭâh 176 times
πνεῦμα pneuma 173 times
רוּח rûach 172 times
νόμος nomos 171 times
משׁפּחה mishpâchâh 170 times
פּה peh 165 times
גּבוּל גּבל gebûl gebûl 164 times
בּקר bôqer 159 times
Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios 157 times
λόγος logos 155 times
שׁנים שׁתּים shenayim shettayim 154 times
κόσμος kosmos 153 times

And 4,510 others, each in a phrase with “the” a few times.

155 verses in Esther Show all

Esther

9:31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
9:32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
10:1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
10:2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
10:3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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