KJV dictionary & concordance
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 1:29
Complete exact-word concordance
O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
O LORD, howe long shall I crie, and thou wilt not heare! euen cry out vnto thee of violence, and thou wilt not saue?
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
For loe, I raise vp the Caldeans, that bitter and hastie nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possesse the dwelling places that are not theirs.
1611 marginal noteHebr. breadths.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
They are terrible and dreadfull: their iudgement and their dignity shal proceed of themselues.
1611 marginal noteOr, from them shall proceed the iudgement of these, and the captiuity of these.
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the euening wolues: & their horsemen shall spread themselues, and their horsemen shall come from farre, they shall flie as the Eagle that hasteth to eate.
1611 marginal noteHeb. sharp.
1611 marginal noteZeph.3.3.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup vp as the East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sand.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the supping vp of their faces, &c. Or, their faces shall looke toward the East: Heb. the opposition of their faces toward the East.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
And they shal scoffe at the Kings, and the Princes shall bee a scorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde, for they shall heape dust & take it.
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
Then shall his minde change, and he shall passe ouer, and offend, imputing this his power vnto his God.
¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
¶ Art thou not from euerlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy one? we shall not die: O LORD, thou hast ordained them for iudgement, and O mightie God, thou hast established them for correction.
1611 marginal noteHeb. rocke.
1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Shall they therefore emptie their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
¶ I will stand vpon my watch, & set mee vpon the towre, and will watch to see what he will say vnto me, and what I shall answere when I am reproued.
1611 marginal noteHeb. fenced place.
1611 marginal noteOr, in me.
1611 marginal noteOr, when I am argued with. Heb. vpon my reproofe or arguing.
1611 marginal noteIsai.21.8.
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Historical English dictionary sources
In the present tense, shall, before a verb in the infinitive, forms the future tense; but its force and effect are different with different persons or personal pronouns. […] In the second and third persons, shall implies a promise, command or determination. 'You shall receive your wages, ' 'he shall receive his wages, ' imply that you or he ought to receive them; but usage gives these phrases the force of a promise in the person uttering them.
