KJV dictionary & concordance
For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 3:3
Complete exact-word concordance
lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger,
1611 marginal noteHebr. thy strength.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.
1611 marginal noteMat.7.16.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Loue not sleepe, lest thou come to pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
1611 marginal noteChap. 19.15. and 12.11.
lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and hee turne away his wrath from him.
1611 marginal noteHeb. it be euill in his eyes.
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Goe not forth hastily to striue, lest thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Lest he that heareth it, put thee to shame, and thine infamie turne not away.
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Hast thou found hony? eate so much as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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Historical English dictionary sources
That not; for fear that.
