KJV dictionary & concordance

should

Meaning of “should”

A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

783 occurrences690 verses60 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:18

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1 Samuel 2:30

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Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:30 · retained source text

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I sayd indeede that thy house, & the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: but now the LORD saith, Be it farre from mee; for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 8:7

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And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 8:7 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Samuel, Hearken vnto the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee: for they haue not reiected thee, but they haue reiected mee, that I should not reigne ouer them.

1 Samuel 9:6

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And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:6 · retained source text

And hee said vnto him, Behold now, there is in this citie a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith, commeth surely to passe: Now let vs goe thither; peraduenture he can shew vs our way that we should goe.

1 Samuel 10:22

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Therefore they inquired of the Lord further, if the man should yet come thither. And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 10:22 · retained source text

Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither: and the LORD answered, Behold, hee hath hid himselfe among the stuffe.

1 Samuel 12:21

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And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:21 · retained source text

And turne ye not aside, for then should ye goe after vaine things, which cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are vaine.)

1 Samuel 12:23

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Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:23 · retained source text

Moreouer, as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD, in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from ceasing.

1 Samuel 15:21

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But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:21 · retained source text

But the people tooke of the spoile, sheepe and oxen, the chiefe of the things which should haue bene vtterly destroyed, to sacrifice vnto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:29

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And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:29 · retained source text

And also the strength of Israel will not lie, nor repent: for he is not a man that he should repent.

1611 marginal noteOr, eternitie: or, victory.

1 Samuel 17:26

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And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:26 · retained source text

And Dauid spake to the men that stood by him, saying; What shall bee done to the man that killeth this Philistine; and taketh away the reproch from Israel? for who is this vncircumcised Philistine, that he should defie the armies of the liuing God?

1 Samuel 18:18

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And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:18 · retained source text

And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my fathers family in Israel, that I should be sonne in law to the king?

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Genesis 2:18 Genesis 4:15 Genesis 18:25 Genesis 21:7 Genesis 23:8 Genesis 26:7 Genesis 27:45 Genesis 29:7 Genesis 29:19 Genesis 30:38 Genesis 33:13 Genesis 34:31 Genesis 38:9 Genesis 40:15 Genesis 43:25 Genesis 44:7 Genesis 44:8 Genesis 44:17 Genesis 44:22 Genesis 47:15 Genesis 47:26 Exodus 3:11 Exodus 5:2 Exodus 14:12 Exodus 22:3 Exodus 32:12 Exodus 35:1 Exodus 39:7 Exodus 39:23 Leviticus 4:13 Leviticus 4:22 Leviticus 9:6 Leviticus 10:18 Leviticus 10:19 Leviticus 11:43 Leviticus 20:26 Leviticus 24:23 Leviticus 26:13 Leviticus 27:26 Numbers 7:9 Numbers 9:4 Numbers 11:13 Numbers 12:14 Numbers 14:3 Numbers 14:31 Numbers 15:34 Numbers 20:4 Numbers 23:19 Numbers 27:4 Numbers 32:9 Numbers 35:28 Numbers 35:32 Deuteronomy 1:18 Deuteronomy 1:33 Deuteronomy 1:39 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 4:21 Deuteronomy 4:42 Deuteronomy 5:25 Deuteronomy 17:16 Deuteronomy 20:18 Deuteronomy 25:3 Deuteronomy 29:18 Deuteronomy 32:27 Deuteronomy 32:30 Joshua 8:29 Joshua 8:33 Joshua 9:27 Joshua 11:20 Joshua 22:28 Joshua 22:29 Joshua 24:16 Judges 8:6 Judges 8:15 Judges 9:9 Judges 9:11 Judges 9:13 Judges 9:28 Judges 9:38 Judges 9:41 Judges 20:38 Judges 21:3 Judges 21:22 Ruth 1:12 1 Samuel 2:30 1 Samuel 8:7 1 Samuel 9:6 1 Samuel 10:22 1 Samuel 12:21 1 Samuel 12:23 1 Samuel 15:21 1 Samuel 15:29 1 Samuel 17:26 1 Samuel 18:18 1 Samuel 18:19 1 Samuel 19:1 1 Samuel 19:17 1 Samuel 20:2 1 Samuel 20:5 1 Samuel 22:13 1 Samuel 24:6 1 Samuel 26:11 1 Samuel 27:1 1 Samuel 27:5 1 Samuel 27:11 1 Samuel 29:4 2 Samuel 2:22 2 Samuel 12:23 2 Samuel 13:26 2 Samuel 15:20 2 Samuel 16:9 2 Samuel 16:19 2 Samuel 18:12 2 Samuel 18:13 2 Samuel 19:19 2 Samuel 19:22 2 Samuel 19:34 2 Samuel 19:35 2 Samuel 19:36 2 Samuel 19:43 2 Samuel 20:20 2 Samuel 21:5 2 Samuel 23:17 1 Kings 1:27 1 Kings 2:1 1 Kings 2:15 1 Kings 6:6 1 Kings 8:36 1 Kings 11:10 1 Kings 14:2 1 Kings 21:3 2 Kings 3:27 2 Kings 4:43 2 Kings 6:33 2 Kings 7:19 2 Kings 8:13 2 Kings 11:9 2 Kings 11:17 2 Kings 17:15 2 Kings 17:28 2 Kings 18:35 2 Kings 22:19 1 Chronicles 9:28 1 Chronicles 11:19 1 Chronicles 16:42 1 Chronicles 21:17 1 Chronicles 21:18 1 Chronicles 23:13 1 Chronicles 23:32 1 Chronicles 25:1 1 Chronicles 29:14 2 Chronicles 2:6 2 Chronicles 4:20 2 Chronicles 6:27 2 Chronicles 15:13 2 Chronicles 20:21 2 Chronicles 23:16 2 Chronicles 23:19 2 Chronicles 25:13 2 Chronicles 29:11 2 Chronicles 29:24 2 Chronicles 30:1 2 Chronicles 30:5 2 Chronicles 32:4 2 Chronicles 32:14 Ezra 2:63 Ezra 4:22 Ezra 7:23 Ezra 8:17 Ezra 9:14 Ezra 10:5 Ezra 10:7 Ezra 10:8 Nehemiah 2:3 Nehemiah 5:12 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 6:11 Nehemiah 6:13 Nehemiah 7:65 Nehemiah 8:14 Nehemiah 8:15 Nehemiah 9:12 Nehemiah 9:15 Nehemiah 9:19 Nehemiah 9:23 Nehemiah 10:37 Nehemiah 11:23 Nehemiah 13:1 Nehemiah 13:2 Nehemiah 13:19 Nehemiah 13:22 Esther 1:8 Esther 1:22 Esther 2:10 Esther 2:11 Esther 3:14 Esther 4:8 Esther 8:13 Esther 9:21 Esther 9:22 Esther 9:25 Esther 9:27 Esther 9:28 Job 3:12 Job 3:13 Job 6:10 Job 6:11 Job 6:14 Job 8:7 Job 9:2 Job 9:32 Job 10:19 Job 11:2 Job 11:3 Job 13:5 Job 13:9 Job 15:2 Job 15:3 Job 15:14 Job 16:5 Job 19:28 Job 21:4 Job 21:15 Job 23:7 Job 27:5 Job 31:1 Job 31:28 Job 32:7 Job 32:13 Job 34:6 Job 34:9 Job 34:10 Job 34:23 Job 34:33 Job 36:16 Job 41:11 Psalms 27:3 Psalms 30:3 Psalms 38:16 Psalms 49:5 Psalms 49:9 Psalms 69:22 Psalms 73:15 Psalms 78:5 Psalms 78:6 Psalms 79:10 Psalms 81:14 Psalms 81:15 Psalms 81:16 Psalms 95:11 Psalms 104:5 Psalms 106:23 Psalms 115:2 Psalms 119:92 Psalms 139:18 Psalms 143:8 Proverbs 8:29 Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:27 Ecclesiastes 2:3 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Ecclesiastes 3:14 Ecclesiastes 3:22 Ecclesiastes 5:6 Ecclesiastes 7:14 Song of Solomon 1:7 Song of Solomon 8:1 Song of Solomon 8:3 Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 1:9 Isaiah 5:2 Isaiah 5:4 Isaiah 8:11 Isaiah 8:19 Isaiah 10:15 Isaiah 36:20 Isaiah 41:7 Isaiah 48:11 Isaiah 48:19 Isaiah 49:15 Isaiah 50:4 Isaiah 51:14 Isaiah 53:2 Isaiah 54:9 Isaiah 57:6 Isaiah 57:16 Isaiah 63:13 Jeremiah 5:17 Jeremiah 20:18 Jeremiah 23:22 Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 26:24 Jeremiah 27:10 Jeremiah 27:17 Jeremiah 29:26 Jeremiah 32:31 Jeremiah 32:35 Jeremiah 33:20 Jeremiah 33:21 Jeremiah 33:24 Jeremiah 34:9 Jeremiah 34:10 Jeremiah 37:10 Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah 39:14 Jeremiah 40:15 Jeremiah 44:14 Jeremiah 46:13 Jeremiah 51:53 Jeremiah 51:60 Lamentations 1:10 Lamentations 1:16 Lamentations 1:17 Lamentations 3:26 Lamentations 3:44 Lamentations 4:12 Ezekiel 8:6 Ezekiel 13:19 Ezekiel 13:22 Ezekiel 14:3 Ezekiel 14:14 Ezekiel 18:23 Ezekiel 19:9 Ezekiel 20:9 Ezekiel 20:14 Ezekiel 20:22 Ezekiel 20:25 Ezekiel 21:10 Ezekiel 22:30 Ezekiel 24:8 Ezekiel 33:10 Ezekiel 34:2 Daniel 1:3 Daniel 1:10 Daniel 1:16 Daniel 1:18 Daniel 2:13 Daniel 2:18 Daniel 2:29 Daniel 2:46 Daniel 3:11 Daniel 3:19 Daniel 5:15 Daniel 5:29 Daniel 6:1 Daniel 6:2 Daniel 6:23 Daniel 7:14 Hosea 10:3 Hosea 10:10 Hosea 13:13 Joel 2:17 Jonah 4:11 Micah 6:16 Zephaniah 3:7 Haggai 1:2 Zechariah 7:3 Zechariah 7:7 Zechariah 7:11 Zechariah 7:12 Zechariah 8:6 Malachi 1:13 Malachi 2:7 Matthew 2:4 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 5:29 Matthew 5:30 Matthew 7:12 Matthew 11:3 Matthew 12:16 Matthew 13:15 Matthew 15:33 Matthew 16:11 Matthew 16:20 Matthew 17:27 Matthew 18:14 Matthew 18:30 Matthew 18:34 Matthew 19:13 Matthew 20:10 Matthew 20:31 Matthew 24:22 Matthew 25:27 Matthew 26:35 Matthew 27:20 Mark 3:9 Mark 3:12 Mark 3:14 Mark 4:12 Mark 4:22 Mark 4:26 Mark 4:27 Mark 5:43 Mark 6:8 Mark 6:12 Mark 7:36 Mark 8:30 Mark 9:9 Mark 9:10 Mark 9:18 Mark 9:30 Mark 9:34 Mark 10:13 Mark 10:32 Mark 10:36 Mark 10:48 Mark 10:51 Mark 11:16 Mark 12:19 Mark 13:20 Mark 14:31 Mark 15:11 Mark 15:24 Luke 1:29 Luke 1:43 Luke 1:57 Luke 1:71 Luke 2:1 Luke 2:6 Luke 2:26 Luke 4:42 Luke 5:7 Luke 6:31 Luke 7:4 Luke 7:19 Luke 7:20 Luke 8:12 Luke 8:56 Luke 9:13 Luke 9:31 Luke 9:46 Luke 9:51 Luke 15:32 Luke 17:2 Luke 17:6 Luke 17:20 Luke 18:39 Luke 19:11 Luke 19:27 Luke 19:40 Luke 20:10 Luke 20:20 Luke 20:28 Luke 22:23 Luke 22:24 Luke 23:24 Luke 24:16 Luke 24:21 Luke 24:47 John 1:31 John 2:25 John 3:15 John 3:16 John 3:20 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Webster 1828

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The preterit of shall, but now used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past time or conditional present. 'He should have paid the debt at the time the note became due.' Should here denotes past time. 'I should ride to town this day if the weather would permit.' Here should expresses present or future time conditionally. […] When should in this person is uttered without emphasis, it declares simply that an event would take place, on some condition or under circumstances.

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