KJV dictionary & concordance
Should or is bound to; expresses duty, fitness, or necessity.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 20:9
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head, because of the Angels.
1611 marginal noteThat is, a couering, in signe that she is vnder the power of her husband
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
And I wrote this same vnto you, least when I came, I should haue sorrow from them of whome I ought to reioyce, hauing confidence in you all, that my ioy is the ioy of you all.
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
So that contrarywise, yee ought rather to forgiue him, and comfort him, lest perhaps, such a one should be swallowed vp with ouermuch sorrow.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
I am become a foole in glorying, ye haue compelled me. For I ought to haue beene commended of you: for in nothing am I behinde the very chiefest Apostles, though I be nothing.
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Behold, the third time I am readie to come to you, and I will not bee burthensome to you; for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay vp for the parents, but the parents for the children.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: hee that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
For which I am an ambassador in bonds, that therein I may speake boldly, as I ought to speake.
1611 marginal noteOr, in a chaine.
1611 marginal noteOr, thereof.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speake.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Let your speech bee alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how yee ought to answere euery man.
FURTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
¶ Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Iesus, that as yee haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God, so yee would abound more and more.
1611 marginal noteOr, request
1611 marginal noteOr, beseech
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