1031 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

And Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "From every tree of the garden {you may freely eat},

Adam, PriviledgesGod's ProvisionFood DefinedFood PermittedAdam and eveGardensMorality

The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

Food DefinedFood PermittedNASB

May God make space for Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be a slave for him."

EnlargementTents

And Sarai said to Abram, "may my harm [be] upon you. {I had my servant sleep with you}, and [when] she saw that she had conceived, {she no longer respected me}. May Yahweh judge between me and you!"

God, As JudgeCriticism, against believersAbraham, Testing And VictoryPeople Possibly Doing Evil

so that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you {exceedingly}."

Revelation, In OtGod Multipling PeopleGod's Covenant With The Patriarchs

And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where [are] the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them."

Self IndulgenceVulgarityHomosexualitySexual Union IntendedWhere Are People?sex

Come, let us give our father wine to drink and let us lie with him that {we may secure descendants through our father}."

Courteousnessgrandfathers

And it happened [that], the next day the firstborn said to the younger one, "Look, I laid with my father last night. Let us give him wine to drink also tonight, then go and lie with him that {we may secure descendants through our father}."

Firstborn Daughters

"I [am] a stranger and an alien among you; give to me {my own burial site} among you so that I may bury my dead from before me.

Being A PilgrimPilgrims, Examples OfUnseenReckoned As ForeignersThe Cave Of Machpelah

that he may sell to me the cave of Machpelah which {belongs to him}, which [is] at the end of his field. At full value let him sell [it] to me in your midst as {a burial site}."

CavesCaves For BuryingThe Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's PresenceBurying placescouples

And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "{If only you will hear me}--I give the price of the field. Take [it] from me that I may bury my dead there."

The Cave Of MachpelahIn Men's Presence

that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,

daughtersGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansWives, Duties OfIntermarriageSwearing

And let it be [that] the girl to whom I shall say, 'Please, offer your jar that I may drink' and [who] says, 'Drink--and I will also water your camels,' she [is the one] you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. By her I will know that you have shown loyal love to my master."

DrinksWater ContainersRequesting FoodMan Providing WaterSeeking A SignGod Appointing OthersGiving In Marriage

So now, {if you are going to deal loyally and truly} with my master, tell me. And if not, tell me, so that I may turn to [the] right or to [the] left."

Changing DirectionGiving InformationTurning To Right And Left

And her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl remain with us ten days [or so]; after [that] she may go."

Ten Or More DaysPeople Who Delayed

And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "You [are] our sister; may you become countless thousands; and may your offspring take possession of the gate of his enemies."

BenedictionsBlessedA Million And MoreCapturing GatesPeople OvercomingPeople Who Blessed OthersChildren Being A Blessing

that you may not do us harm just as we have not touched you, but have only done good to you and sent you away in peace. You [are] now blessed by Yahweh."

Names And Titles For The ChristianNot TouchingGoing In PeaceBlessed By God

Then you must take it to your father and he will eat [it] so that he may bless you before his death."

Requesting FoodBefore DeathPeople Blessing

And Jacob said to his father, "I [am] Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please get up, sit up and eat from my wild game so that you may bless me."

Examples Of DeceitFirstbornInheritance, MaterialFirstborn SonsThis Is MePeople Blessing

Then he said, "Bring [it] near to me that I may eat from the game of my son, so that I may bless you." And he brought [it] to him, and he ate. And he brought wine to him, and he drank.

WineProviding WinePeople Blessing

May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of grain and new wine.

Alcoholdrought, physicaldrinkingdewWineFertile LandPlenty Of WinePlenty Through God

Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you; Be lord of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. Cursed be those cursing you, and blessed be those blessing you."

Jacob, Life And Character OfServing PeopleSalutationsBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

He too prepared tasty food and brought [it] to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat from the wild game of his son, that you may bless me."

SavourinessPeople BlessingDeercooking

Now, may El-Shaddai bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become an assembly of peoples.

God, Power OfProcreationMay God Bless!fruitfulness

And may he give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraham."

Blessing Through God's PeopleGod Gave The Land

Then she said, "Here [is] my servant girl Bilhah; go in to her that she may bear children {as my surrogate}. Then I will even {have children} by her."

KneelingMaidsMarital SexKneesMarital Sex Between

And she said to her, "[Is] your taking my husband [such] a small [thing] that you will also take the mandrakes of my son?" Then Rachel said, "Then he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes."

Marital SexMarital Sex BetweenTaking Other PeopleUnimportant Things

And it happened [that] as soon as Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away that I may go to my place and my land.

Returning to their landPeople Sending People

For you have searched all my possessions and what did you find among all the possessions of my household? Set it before my kinsmen and your kinsmen that they may decide between the two of us!

Not FindingIn Men's Presence

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

God, As JudgeGod Is To Be Feared

And he turned aside to her at the roadside and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he did not know that she [was] his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What will you give to me that you may come in to me?"

Daughters In LawNot Recognising PeopleWages Of A Prostitute

But remember me when it goes well with you, and please may you show kindness with respect to me, and mention me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.

Remembering PeoplePeople Releasing Othersjail

Then he said, "Look, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us there that we may live and not die."

VisitingKept Alive By Men

Then Reuben said to his father, "You may kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hand and I myself will return him to you."

Two Sons

I myself will be surety for him. You may seek him from my hand. If I do not bring him back to you and present him before you, then I will stand guilty before you forever.

SafetyEternal Evil

And may El-Shaddai grant you compassion before the man that he may release your other brother to you and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved."

God, Power OfBereavementPeople Showing MercyPeople Releasing Others

Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes upon him.'

Seeing People

Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."

AbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

Then Joseph said to his father, "They [are] my sons whom God has given me here." And he said, "Please bring them to me that I may bless them."

Children, attitudes towardsSanctity Of LifeChildren, A Gift From GodPeople Who Blessed Others

The angel who redeemed me from all evil, may he bless the boys. And through them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac. And let them multiply into many in the midst of the earth.

People Naming PeopleAngels Looking After PeopleAngels Providing ProtectionMay God Bless!

So he blessed them that day, saying, Through you Israel shall pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

Like Good PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

The blessings of your father are superior to the blessings of my ancestors, to the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.

HeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

And when the brothers of Joseph saw that their father [was] dead, they said, "It may be [that] Joseph will hold a grudge against us and pay us back dearly for all the evil that we did to him."

GrudgesResentment, Against PeopleResponseRepaying Evil For EvilNamed People Angry With Others

"so that they may believe that Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, appeared to you, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."

God Of The FathersGod AppearingBelieving In GodOthers Believing In God

And afterward, Moses and Aaron went, and they said to Pharaoh, "Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel, 'Release my people so that they may hold a festival for me in the desert.'"

FeastsAaron, Moses SpokespersonA Feast In The WildernessFestivals Observed

And they said to them, "May Yahweh look upon you and judge because you have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants [so as] to put a sword into their hand to kill us."

NosesSmellsApproval To Kill

And you must say to him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Release my people that they may serve me in the desert, and, look, you have not listened until now."

A Feast In The WildernessWorshipping God

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Release my people so that they may serve me."

Preaching, Content OfServanthood, And Worship Of GodWorshipping God

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Start early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Look, [he is] going out to the water, and you must say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh, "Release my people so that they may serve me."

ConfrontationMorningRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyWorshipping God

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, "Release my people so that they may serve me."

Worshipping GodProblem People

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Start early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Look, [he is] going out to the water, and you must say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, "Release my people so that they may serve me.

MorningThose Who Rose EarlyWorshipping GodEarly Rising

And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and they said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, 'Until when will you refuse to submit before me? Release my people so that they may serve me.

HumilityBefore People ActWorshipping GodHumbling Oneself

And the servants of Pharaoh said to him, "Until when will this be a snare for us? Release the men so that they may serve Yahweh their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

Man TrappingBefore People ActWorshipping God

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt with the locusts so that they may come up over the land of Egypt, and let them eat all the vegetation of the land, all that the hail left behind."

SymbolsStretching OutRemaining FoodAnimals Eating

And now forgive my sin surely this time, and pray to Yahweh your God so that he may only remove from me this death."

Not DyingDeath PreventedForgive One AnotherPray For UsPraying For SinnersForgiveness

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the heavens so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt and so that [a person can] feel darkness."

Stretching Out

And Pharaoh called Moses and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only your sheep and goats and your cattle must be left behind. Your dependents may also go with you."

Kings SummoningWorship God!

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, {so that my wonders may multiply} in the land of Egypt."

And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This [is] the statute of the Passover: No foreigner may eat it.

Aaron, Life EventsLaws Restricting ForeignersThe Law Given To Israel

But any slave of a man, an acquisition by money, and you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

Circumcision, physicalServanthood, In SocietyServants Of PeopleCircumcision

A temporary resident and a hired worker may not eat it.

And when an alien dwells with you and he wants to prepare [the] Passover for Yahweh, every male belonging to him must be circumcised, and then he may come near to prepare it, and he will be as the native of the land, but any uncircumcised [man] may not eat it.

ForeignersExclusivenessUncircumcisionForeigners Permitted At The FeastsCircumcisionStrangers in israelAliens

Now listen to my voice; I will advise you, and may God be with you. You be for the people before God, and you bring the issues to God.

Wise CouncelPay Attention To People!

Not a hand will touch it, because he will certainly be stoned or certainly be shot; whether an animal or a man, he will not live.' At the blowing of the ram's horn they may go up to the mountain."

HornsMusical Instruments, types ofRamsThrowing StonesDeath As PunishmentNot TouchingTrumpets For SignallingBoth Men And Animals KilledInstructions About Stoning

But if he did not lie in wait {and it was an accident}, I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

Altars, UsesDeath penaltyKillingMurderManslaughterAsylumAmbushUnintentional

And now leave me [alone] so that {my anger may blaze} against them, and let me destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation."

God Will Be AngryIsrael Hardened

And now if I have found favor in your eyes, make known [to] me, please, your way, and so I may know you so that I can find favor in your eyes. And see that this nation is your people."

Knowing God's WaysNationalism

[As] an offering of [the] choicest portion, you may bring them to Yahweh, but they must not be offered on the altar [as] an appeasing fragrance.

LeavenedRefreshing GodFirst fruits

Every male among Aaron's sons may eat it [as] a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire {belonging to} Yahweh. Anything that touches them will become holy.'"

GenerationsTouchMen WorshippingTouching Holy ThingsPermitted To Eat Offerings

Any male among the priests may eat it; it [is] {a most holy thing}.

Men WorshippingPermitted To Eat Offerings

Every male among the priests may eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place; it [is] {a most holy thing}.

Men WorshippingFood For Priests DefinedPermitted To Eat Offerings

" 'But if his sacrifice [is] [for] a vow or [as] a freewill offering, it must be eaten on the day of his presenting his sacrifice, and on the next day the remainder from it may be eaten,

Freewill OfferingVowsMaking VowsRemaining OfferingsPeople WillingFree Will

And the meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned with fire, and as for the [clean] meat, anyone who is clean may eat the meat.

Sanitation, DisinfectionTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean Animals

and a dead body's fat or mangled carcass's fat may be used for any {purpose}, but you certainly must not eat it.

Animals Torn To PiecesFat Of AnimalsDeath Of CreaturesForbidden FoodUseful Things

Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "You must not let your hair hang loosely, and you must not tear your garments, so that you will not die and he will be angry with all the community. But your brothers, all the house of Israel, may weep [because of] {the burning that Yahweh caused},

ClothingClothing, Tearing OfHairsCovering HeadsBare HeadsDeath Due To God's PresenceBurning PeopleNot Tearing ClothesDo Not MournGod Will Be AngryMourning The Death Of Others

"You and your sons with you may not drink wine or strong drink when you come to [the] tent of assembly, so that you will not die--[it is] a lasting statute for your generations--

AbstinenceAlcoholOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesWineProhibitionEntering The TabernacleNot Drinking WineStrong DrinkDeath Due To God's PresenceDrinking No WineAlcoholic Beveragesbeeralcoholism

"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'These [are] the animals that you may eat from all the animals that [are] on the land:

Food DefinedRelation Of Animals To Man

Any among the animals that has a divided hoof and has a split cleft in [the] hoof, such you may eat.

BeastsCleft HoofsFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanClean AnimalsClean FoodNoting What Animals Eatporkcats

However, these you may not eat from those that chew the cud and from those that have a divided hoof: the camel, because it [is] a chewer of cud but it does not have a hoof that is divided--it [is] unclean for you;

CamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

" 'These you may eat from all that [are] in the water: any in the water that has a fin and scales, [whether] in the seas or in the streams--such you may eat.

Sea DwellersClean FoodBrooksFishThe SeaEating Meatpork

Only this may you eat from any of {the winged insects} that walk on [all] fours--[that] which has jointed legs above its feet for leaping upon the land.

Feet Of CreaturesClean Food

{From these} you may eat the locust according to its kind and the bald locust according to its kind and the cricket according to its kind and the grasshopper according to its kind.

InsectsLocustsGrasshoppersAccording To Its KindClean FoodKinds Of Living ThingsWeedbugs

And [for] thirty-three days she shall stay in the blood of [her] cleansing; she must not touch any holy [object], and she may not come to the sanctuary until the fulfilling of the days of her cleansing.

SanctuaryTouchMore Than One MonthTouching Holy ThingsTouching Unclean ThingsPurifying OneselfHallowed

[This is] so that the {Israelites} may bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing {in the open field} and bring them for Yahweh to [the] tent of assembly's entrance to the priest, and they shall sacrifice fellowship offerings for Yahweh with them.

Sacrifices At The Doorway

And {they may no longer sacrifice} their sacrifices to the goat-idols after which they were prostituting. This is {a lasting statute} for them {throughout} their generations." '

Apostasy in OTFalse ReligionThey Committed ImmoralityOccultism Being Forbidden

{Therefore} I said to the {Israelites}, '{None of you} may eat blood, nor may the alien who is dwelling in your midst eat blood.'

Forbidden Food

"And [if there is] {anyone} from the {Israelites} or from the alien who is dwelling in their midst who hunts a wild game animal or a bird that may be eaten, then he shall pour out its blood, and he shall cover it with the soil.

HuntingLifebloodForeigners Included In The Law

Indeed, [the] life of all flesh, its blood, [is] in its life, so I said to the {Israelites}, 'You may not eat [the] blood of any flesh, because [the] life of all flesh [is] its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.'

People Consuming BloodForbidden FoodThose To Be Cut Off From IsraelBlood

and for his sister, a virgin, [who is] closest to him, {who has not had a husband}--for her he may defile himself.

BrothersSinglenessvirginity

He may eat his God's food, from {the most holy things} and from the holy things.

Permitted To Eat Offerings

and {the sun sets}, and he shall be clean; then afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it [is] his food.

SunsetsFood For Priests Defined

But a priest, if [with] his money he buys a person [as] {his possession}, that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food.

Money, Uses OfRightsSlavesPermitted To Eat Offerings

And a priest's daughter, when {she marries a layman}, she herself may not eat {the votive offering}.

But a priest's daughter, when she becomes a widow or divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father's house as [in] her childhood, she may eat from her father's food, but {no layman may eat it}.

SinglenessDivorceFathers And Daughters

As for an ox or sheep that is deformed or that is stunted, you may present it [as] a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted.

Making VowsBlemished CreaturesRegulating SacrificesFree Will

"And you shall not profane my holy name, so that I may be consecrated in the midst of the {Israelites}; I [am] Yahweh, who consecrates you,

God, Holiness OfRitual LawSanctification, Nature And BasisProfaning God's NameI Am The LordHallowedMaking People Holy

" 'As for your slave and your slave woman who are yours, from the nations that [are] all around you, from them you may buy a slave or a slave woman.

Making SlavesDealing With The Nationsslavery

And you may buy also from the children of the temporary residents who are dwelling with you as aliens and from their clan who are with you, who have children in your land; indeed, they may be as property for you.

ForeignersMaking SlavesLaws Restricting ForeignersPropertyImmigrantsAliens

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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

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