16 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, everything he owns is under your control, only you may not extend your hand against him." So Satan left the LORD's presence.

"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

God stores up their iniquity to repay their children; making them repay so that they may be aware.

"For when they're humbled, you may respond; "It's their pride!' but he delivers the humble.

"May my enemy be like the wicked; my adversary like the unjust.

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

She mistreats her young as though they're not hers, and she has no fear that her labor may be in vain,

Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever?

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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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