Were in the Bible: 2,773 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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were KJV

“Were” is in the King James Bible 2,773 times, in 2,315 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ἦν ēn 116 times
פּקד pâqad 81 times
γίνομαι ginomai 45 times
יצא yâtsâ' 27 times
בּוא bô' 25 times
ילד yâlad 25 times
מצא mâtsâ' 25 times
ὤν, οὖσα, ὄν ōn ousa on 22 times
ὡς hōs 17 times
ἐν en 16 times
מאד me'ôd 14 times
βαπτίζω baptizō 13 times
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1,035 times

704 more, less often

אסף 'âsaph 13 times
בּן bên 13 times
ἔρχομαι erchomai 12 times
πλήθω plēthō 12 times
תּמם tâmam 12 times
ראה râ'âh 11 times
ἐξίστημι existēmi 10 times
συνάγω sunagō 10 times
ירא yârê' 10 times
ἐκπλήσσω ekplēssō 9 times
פּנים pânı̂ym 9 times
שׁנים שׁתּים shenayim shettayim 9 times
εἰσί eisi 8 times
ἔχω echō 8 times
φοβέω phobeō 8 times
בּוּשׁ bûsh 8 times
יחשׂ yâchaś 8 times
נגף nâgaph 8 times
סוּר שׂוּר sûr śûr 8 times
עבר ‛âbar 8 times
עלה ‛âlâh 8 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 8 times
פּוּץ pûts 8 times
ἀνοίγω anoigō 7 times
ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai 7 times
καλέω kaleō 7 times
μετά meta 7 times
χορτάζω chortazō 7 times
יתר yâthar 7 times
מלא מלא mâlê' mâlâ' 7 times
תּשׁע תּשׁעה têsha‛ tish‛âh 7 times
παραγίνομαι paraginomai 6 times
σύν sun 6 times
συνέρχομαι sunerchomai 6 times
ישׁ yêsh 6 times
מוּת mûth 6 times
נכה nâkâh 6 times
שׁוּב shûb 6 times
שׁלושׁ שׁלשׁ שׁלושׁה שׁלשׁה shâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh 6 times
ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai 5 times
βάλλω ballō 5 times
ἐστί esti 5 times
λαλέω laleō 5 times
σφόδρα sphodra 5 times
ὑπάρχω huparchō 5 times
אלף 'eleph 5 times
גּדל gâdal 5 times
גּלה gâlâh 5 times

And 656 others, each in a phrase with “were” a few times.

translating no Strong's number

7 verses with no Strong's number in Isaiah Show all

Isaiah

5:25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
37:12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
37:19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
37:27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
46:1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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Translated from 450 Hebrew and 266 Greek words

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