was KJV
“Was” is in the King James Bible 4,531 times, in 3,638 verses. Jump to the verses ↓
- ἦν ēn 262 times
- γίνομαι gínomai 169 times
- בּוֹא bôwʼ 65 times
- חָרָה chârâh 41 times
- מְאֹד mᵉʼôd 37 times
- מוּת mûwth 32 times
- קָבַר qâbar 32 times
- נָגַד nâgad 30 times
- ἐστί estí 29 times
- מָצָא mâtsâʼ 28 times
- δίδωμι dídōmi 23 times
- ἔρχομαι érchomai 22 times
- No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1,467 times
1,024 more, less often
- ὤν ṓn 22 times
- נָתַן nâthan 20 times
- עָלָה ʻâlâh 20 times
- ῥέω rhéō 19 times
- יָלַד yâlad 19 times
- קָרָא qârâʼ 19 times
- מֶלֶךְ melek 18 times
- עָשָׂה ʻâsâh 18 times
- אִישׁ ʼîysh 16 times
- εἶναι eînai 15 times
- חָזַק châzaq 15 times
- יוֹם yôwm 15 times
- ἤμην ḗmēn 14 times
- מָלֵא mâlêʼ 14 times
- מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh 14 times
- שׁוּב shûwb 14 times
- καλέω kaléō 13 times
- γεννάω gennáō 12 times
- μέλλω méllō 12 times
- יָרֵא yârêʼ 12 times
- לָכַד lâkad 12 times
- קָצַף qâtsaph 12 times
- שָׁמַע shâmaʻ 12 times
- βάλλω bállō 11 times
- εὑρίσκω heurískō 11 times
- אֶרֶץ ʼerets 11 times
- גָּדוֹל gâdôwl 11 times
- חָלָה châlâh 11 times
- יָדַע yâdaʻ 11 times
- יָצָא yâtsâʼ 11 times
- כָּבַד kâbad 11 times
- לֵבָב lêbâb 11 times
- עָבַר ʻâbar 11 times
- פָּנִים pânîym 11 times
- יָלַךְ yâlak 10 times
- לָקַח lâqach 10 times
- γράφω gráphō 9 times
- λογίζομαι logízomai 9 times
- אֶחָד ʼechâd 9 times
- אָמַר ʼâmar 9 times
- גָּלָה gâlâh 9 times
- דָּבָר dâbâr 9 times
- כָּתַב kâthab 9 times
- צָוָה tsâvâh 9 times
- ἐγείρω egeírō 8 times
- εἰσέρχομαι eisérchomai 8 times
- ἐν en 8 times
- ὑπάρχω hypárchō 8 times
And 976 others, each in a phrase with “was” a few times.
Hebrew and Greek words, transliterations, and pronunciations from the Open Scriptures Strong's dictionaries (CC BY-SA).
“was” is under Be.
BE, verb intransitive substantive, participle present tense being; participle passive been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to continue. This verb is defective, and its defects are supplied by verbs from other roots, as, is, was, were, which have no radical connection with be The case is the same with the substantive verb in most languages.]
1. To be fixed; to exist; to have a real state or existence, for a longer or shorter time.
Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus. Phil 2:1.
To be contents his natural desire.
From Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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Job
- 1:18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
- 4:16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
- 29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
- 29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
- 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- 29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
- 29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- 29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
- 29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
- 31:23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
- 31:25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
- 32:1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- 32:5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
- 32:12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
- 33:27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Psalms
- 4:1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
- 18:12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
- 22:9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
- 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- 35:13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- 37:36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- 38:13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
- 55:12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
- 55:13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
- 55:18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
- 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- 68:8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
- 69:12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
- 69:20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
- 73:16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
- 73:22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- 77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- 78:30 They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
- 78:35 And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
- 79:3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
- 81:4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
- 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
- 107:12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
- 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
- 142:4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Proverbs
- 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Ecclesiastes
- 2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- 2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
- 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
- 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
- 4:1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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