163 occurrences in 13 translations

'May' in the Bible

lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

No man may be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other; or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'

it is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

So also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say -- We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do -- we have done.'

and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.'

And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

And those who were present said, Then who may have salvation?

and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,

Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.

Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'

saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless -- that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

And they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what is the sign when these things may be about to happen?'

and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end is not immediately.'

when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

verily I say to you -- This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.'

for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.'

And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

When He reached the place, He told them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

He asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אלי אוּלי 
'uwlay 
Usage: 45

הוה הוא 
Hava' 
be thou , be , shall be , may be , hath
Usage: 6

יכול יכל 
Yakol 
Usage: 194

ἄνοιξις 
Anoixis 
Usage: 1

δύναμαι 
Dunamai 
can , cannot , be able , may , able ,
Usage: 140

ἔξεστι 
Exesti 
be lawful , may , let
Usage: 24

εὐπρόσεδρος 
Euprosedros 
Usage: 1

ἰσχύω 
Ischuo 
can , be able , avail , prevail , be whole , cannot , can do , may ,
Usage: 19

ἴσως 
Isos 
it may be
Usage: 0

καύχησις 
Kauchesis 
Usage: 12

οἰκοδομή 
Oikodome 
Usage: 17

τυγχάνω 
Tugchano 
obtain , be , chance , little , enjoy , may be , not tr ,
Usage: 11

ὦ 
be , may be , should be , is , might be , were , not tr ,
Usage: 41

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