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might

Meaning of “might”

Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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475 occurrences439 verses57 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 12:19

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Job 6:8
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:8 · retained source text

O that I might haue my request! and that God would graunt mee the thing that I long for!

1611 marginal noteHebr. my expectation.

Job 9:33
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 9:33 · retained source text

Neither is there any dayes-man betwixt vs, that might lay his hand vpon vs both.

1611 marginal noteHeb. one that should argue.

1611 marginal noteOr, Umpire.

Job 16:21
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 16:21 · retained source text

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour.

1611 marginal noteOr, friend.

Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 23:3 · retained source text

O that I knewe where I might find him! that I might come euen to his seate!

Job 38:13
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:13 · retained source text

That it might take hold of the endes of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

1611 marginal noteHeb. wings.

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Where “might” appears

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Genesis11 occurrences
11 verses
Exodus5 occurrences
4 verses
Leviticus2 occurrences
2 verses
Numbers4 occurrences
4 verses
Deuteronomy18 occurrences
16 verses
Joshua10 occurrences
7 verses
Judges6 occurrences
6 verses
Ruth1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Samuel5 occurrences
5 verses
2 Samuel6 occurrences
6 verses
1 Kings12 occurrences
12 verses
2 Kings16 occurrences
16 verses
1 Chronicles8 occurrences
8 verses
2 Chronicles18 occurrences
18 verses
Ezra3 occurrences
3 verses
Nehemiah7 occurrences
6 verses
Esther2 occurrences
2 verses
Job9 occurrences
7 verses
Psalms16 occurrences
16 verses
Proverbs1 occurrence
1 verse
Ecclesiastes4 occurrences
3 verses
Isaiah8 occurrences
7 verses
Jeremiah18 occurrences
16 verses
Ezekiel17 occurrences
12 verses
Daniel14 occurrences
14 verses
Joel2 occurrences
2 verses
Amos1 occurrence
1 verse
Jonah2 occurrences
2 verses
Micah2 occurrences
2 verses
Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse
Zechariah5 occurrences
5 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew19 occurrences
19 verses
Mark14 occurrences
14 verses
Luke22 occurrences
20 verses
John37 occurrences
32 verses
Acts18 occurrences
18 verses
Romans27 occurrences
23 verses
1 Corinthians12 occurrences
10 verses
2 Corinthians15 occurrences
15 verses
Galatians12 occurrences
11 verses
Ephesians13 occurrences
12 verses
Philippians3 occurrences
2 verses
Colossians6 occurrences
6 verses
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
3 verses
2 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Timothy2 occurrences
1 verse
Titus2 occurrences
2 verses
Philemon2 occurrences
2 verses
Hebrews10 occurrences
10 verses
James1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Peter4 occurrences
4 verses
2 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
1 John3 occurrences
3 verses
3 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation5 occurrences
5 verses

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