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
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them downe, O LORD our shield.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
They shall beare thee vp in their hands: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: to turne away his wrath, lest hee should destroy them.
1611 marginal noteExod. 33.13.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put forth their hands vnto iniquitie.
1611 marginal noteHebr. wickednesse.
Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked deuice, lest they exalt themselues. Selah.
1611 marginal noteOr, let them not be exalted.
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Heare me speedily, O LORD, my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from mee: lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit.
1611 marginal noteOr, for I am become like. &c.
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.
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Historical English dictionary sources
That not; for fear that.
