KJV dictionary & concordance

why

Concordance for “why”

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282 occurrences261 verses39 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:6

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Numbers 11:20

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But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Numbers 11:20 · retained source text

But euen a whole moneth, vntill it come out at your nostrels, and it bee loathsome vnto you, because that yee haue despised the LORD which is among you, and haue wept before him, saying, Why came we foorth out of Egypt?

1611 marginal noteHeb. moneth of dayes.

Numbers 20:4

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And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

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1611 witness · Numbers 20:4 · retained source text

And why haue yee brought vp the Congregation of the LORD into this wildernesse, that we and our cattell should die there?

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.2.

Numbers 27:4

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Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

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1611 witness · Numbers 27:4 · retained source text

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no sonne? Giue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

1611 marginal noteHebr. diminished.

Complete reference index — all 261 verses

Genesis 4:6 Genesis 12:18 Genesis 12:19 Genesis 25:22 Genesis 27:45 Genesis 42:1 Genesis 47:15 Exodus 1:18 Exodus 2:20 Exodus 3:3 Exodus 5:22 Exodus 14:5 Exodus 17:2 Exodus 18:14 Exodus 32:11 Numbers 11:20 Numbers 20:4 Numbers 27:4 Deuteronomy 5:25 Joshua 5:4 Joshua 7:25 Joshua 17:14 Judges 2:2 Judges 5:16 Judges 5:17 Judges 5:28 Judges 6:13 Judges 8:1 Judges 9:28 Judges 11:7 Judges 11:26 Judges 13:18 Judges 15:10 Judges 21:3 Ruth 1:11 Ruth 1:21 Ruth 2:10 1 Samuel 1:8 1 Samuel 2:23 1 Samuel 6:3 1 Samuel 17:8 1 Samuel 17:28 1 Samuel 19:17 1 Samuel 20:2 1 Samuel 20:8 1 Samuel 21:1 1 Samuel 22:13 1 Samuel 27:5 1 Samuel 28:12 1 Samuel 28:15 2 Samuel 3:24 2 Samuel 7:7 2 Samuel 11:10 2 Samuel 11:21 2 Samuel 13:4 2 Samuel 13:26 2 Samuel 16:9 2 Samuel 16:17 2 Samuel 18:11 2 Samuel 19:10 2 Samuel 19:11 2 Samuel 19:29 2 Samuel 19:36 2 Samuel 19:41 2 Samuel 19:43 2 Samuel 20:19 2 Samuel 24:3 1 Kings 1:6 1 Kings 1:13 1 Kings 2:22 1 Kings 2:43 1 Kings 9:8 1 Kings 14:6 1 Kings 21:5 2 Kings 1:5 2 Kings 7:3 2 Kings 8:12 2 Kings 12:7 2 Kings 14:10 1 Chronicles 17:6 1 Chronicles 21:3 2 Chronicles 7:21 2 Chronicles 24:6 2 Chronicles 24:20 2 Chronicles 25:15 2 Chronicles 25:16 2 Chronicles 25:19 2 Chronicles 32:4 Ezra 4:22 Ezra 7:23 Nehemiah 2:2 Nehemiah 2:3 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 13:11 Nehemiah 13:21 Esther 3:3 Esther 4:5 Job 3:11 Job 3:12 Job 3:23 Job 7:20 Job 7:21 Job 9:29 Job 15:12 Job 19:22 Job 19:28 Job 21:4 Job 24:1 Job 27:12 Job 31:1 Job 33:13 Psalms 2:1 Psalms 10:1 Psalms 22:1 Psalms 42:5 Psalms 42:9 Psalms 42:11 Psalms 43:2 Psalms 43:5 Psalms 44:23 Psalms 52:1 Psalms 68:16 Psalms 74:1 Psalms 74:11 Psalms 80:12 Psalms 88:14 Proverbs 5:20 Proverbs 22:27 Ecclesiastes 2:15 Ecclesiastes 7:16 Ecclesiastes 7:17 Song of Solomon 1:7 Isaiah 1:5 Isaiah 40:27 Isaiah 63:17 Jeremiah 2:14 Jeremiah 2:33 Jeremiah 2:36 Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 8:14 Jeremiah 8:19 Jeremiah 8:22 Jeremiah 14:8 Jeremiah 14:9 Jeremiah 14:19 Jeremiah 15:18 Jeremiah 26:9 Jeremiah 27:13 Jeremiah 29:27 Jeremiah 30:15 Jeremiah 36:29 Jeremiah 46:15 Jeremiah 49:1 Ezekiel 18:19 Ezekiel 18:31 Ezekiel 33:11 Daniel 1:10 Daniel 2:15 Jonah 1:10 Micah 4:9 Habakkuk 1:3 Haggai 1:9 Malachi 2:10 Matthew 6:28 Matthew 7:3 Matthew 8:26 Matthew 9:11 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 13:10 Matthew 15:2 Matthew 15:3 Matthew 16:8 Matthew 17:10 Matthew 17:19 Matthew 19:7 Matthew 19:17 Matthew 20:6 Matthew 21:25 Matthew 22:18 Matthew 26:10 Matthew 27:23 Matthew 27:46 Mark 2:7 Mark 2:8 Mark 2:18 Mark 2:24 Mark 4:40 Mark 5:35 Mark 5:39 Mark 7:5 Mark 8:12 Mark 8:17 Mark 9:11 Mark 9:28 Mark 10:18 Mark 11:3 Mark 11:31 Mark 12:15 Mark 14:4 Mark 14:6 Mark 15:14 Mark 15:34 Luke 2:48 Luke 5:30 Luke 5:33 Luke 6:2 Luke 6:41 Luke 6:46 Luke 12:26 Luke 12:57 Luke 13:7 Luke 18:19 Luke 19:31 Luke 19:33 Luke 20:5 Luke 20:23 Luke 22:46 Luke 23:22 Luke 24:5 Luke 24:38 John 1:25 John 4:27 John 7:19 John 7:45 John 8:43 John 8:46 John 9:30 John 10:20 John 12:5 John 13:37 John 18:21 John 18:23 John 20:13 John 20:15 Acts 1:11 Acts 3:12 Acts 4:25 Acts 5:3 Acts 5:4 Acts 7:26 Acts 9:4 Acts 14:15 Acts 15:10 Acts 22:7 Acts 22:16 Acts 26:8 Acts 26:14 Romans 3:7 Romans 8:24 Romans 9:19 Romans 9:20 Romans 14:10 1 Corinthians 4:7 1 Corinthians 6:7 1 Corinthians 10:29 1 Corinthians 10:30 1 Corinthians 15:29 1 Corinthians 15:30 Galatians 2:14 Galatians 5:11 Colossians 2:20

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Genesis8 occurrences
7 verses Exodus8 occurrences
8 verses Numbers3 occurrences
3 verses Deuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verse Joshua3 occurrences
3 verses Judges13 occurrences
12 verses Ruth3 occurrences
3 verses 1 Samuel16 occurrences
13 verses 2 Samuel17 occurrences
17 verses 1 Kings7 occurrences
7 verses 2 Kings5 occurrences
5 verses 1 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 verses 2 Chronicles7 occurrences
7 verses Ezra2 occurrences
2 verses Nehemiah5 occurrences
5 verses Esther2 occurrences
2 verses Job16 occurrences
14 verses Psalms24 occurrences
15 verses Proverbs2 occurrences
2 verses Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
3 verses Song of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah3 occurrences
3 verses Jeremiah18 occurrences
18 verses Ezekiel3 occurrences
3 verses Daniel2 occurrences
2 verses Jonah1 occurrence
1 verse Micah1 occurrence
1 verse Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse Malachi1 occurrence
1 verse Matthew19 occurrences
19 verses Mark20 occurrences
20 verses Luke19 occurrences
18 verses John14 occurrences
14 verses Acts14 occurrences
13 verses Romans6 occurrences
5 verses 1 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 verses Galatians2 occurrences
2 verses Colossians1 occurrence
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