KJV word meanings
Start with a word, then read the verse and the surrounding chapter. These studies explain the English wording while keeping every Scripture quotation in the King James Version.
Word meanings to explore
- letteth meaning in the KJV
In 2 Thessalonians 2:7, letteth means restrains or holds back.
- thither meaning in the KJV
Thither means to that place or toward that place.
- whither meaning in the KJV
Whither means to what place, or to the place to which.
- whence meaning in the KJV
Whence means from where or from which place or source.
- prevent meaning in the KJV
Prevent can mean come before, go before, or meet beforehand in the KJV.
- conversation meaning in the KJV
Conversation often means conduct or manner of life in the KJV; Philippians 3:20 concerns heavenly citizenship.
- quick meaning in the KJV
Quick can mean living or alive in the KJV, rather than fast.
- meat meaning in the KJV
Meat often means food in the KJV, with a wider sense than animal flesh.
- charity meaning in the KJV
Charity in these KJV passages is love expressed in its character and actions.
- peculiar meaning in the KJV
Peculiar describes a special possession or a people belonging to God in these KJV passages.
- suffer meaning in the KJV
Suffer can mean allow or permit, and it can also describe undergoing hardship.
- anon meaning in the KJV
Anon means immediately or at once in its two KJV occurrences.
- stablish meaning in the KJV
Stablish means establish, make firm, or strengthen.
- holpen meaning in the KJV
Holpen is an older form meaning helped.
- wot meaning in the KJV
Wot means know in the KJV.
- wist meaning in the KJV
Wist means knew; wist not means did not know.
How to study a word in context
Open a study below to see its meaning, contrasting uses where relevant, exact KJV examples, the first occurrence of that spelling, and an exact-word count. Follow a reference to read the complete chapter.
In the reader, hover on desktop or tap on a touchscreen to select a highlighted word. Plain Meaning describes that occurrence; the lexical note explains the associated term or construction. The same English word can have more than one meaning.
Search a word across the whole Bible