37 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

(And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these [things] in order that you may be saved.)

And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.

He answered and said, "And who is [he], sir, that I may believe in him?"

And Jesus said,]] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind!"

and I am glad {for your sake} that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."

Then Thomas (the one who is called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go also, so that we may die with him."

And I know that you always hear me, but for the sake of the crowd standing around I said [it], so that they may believe that you sent me."

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my preparation for burial.

While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light." Jesus said these [things], and [then] he went away [and] was hidden from them.

From now [on] I am telling you before [it] happens, in order that when [it] happens you may believe that I am [he].

And now I have told you before [it] happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.

But so that the world may know that I love the Father, and just as the Father has commanded me, thus I am doing. Get up, let us go from here!

Jesus said these [things], and lifting up his eyes to heaven he said, "Father, the hour has come! Glorify your Son, in order that your Son may glorify you--

And now I am coming to you, and I am saying these [things] in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

And for them I sanctify myself, so that [they] themselves also may be sanctified in the truth.

And I made known to them your name, and will make [it] known, in order that the love [with] which you loved me may be in them, and I [may be] in them."

And the one who has seen [it] has testified, and his testimony is true, and that person knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

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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