Repeating Key Words in Bible: Challenges & Difficulties

Finding repeating key words in Bible is not an easy task.

One difficult question is "How to define repeating key words?"

Here, we consider two important aspects related to this question:

1. How many times a word is repeated in the passages of your studies (e.g. a chapter, a book, or the whole Bible) before it is considered as a key word?
2. Does the repeating key words “significantly related” to the chapter or the book in your study?
   
   In most cases, some common words like, "the", "a", "and", “he”, “she”, "his", and "her" are repeating lots of times in the Bible, but they may not be significant and shouldn't be considered as key words. However, in some cases, these common words may significantly relate to a particular chapter in the Bible. For example, the words, "she" and "her" are significantly related to the last chapter of Proverb (for detail, see repeating words in Proverb 31 ).
   

With considering these aspects, more than 10,000 repeated words are selected from the Bible and displayed here. Hope that they can be a useful reference for your Bible reading and studies.
For quick start, click START below to discover repeated words in Bible.

How do the repeated words organized in this site?

They are organized into 3 different types:

1. Repeated words found in a chapter
- May reflect the structures, themes, emphasis of a chapter.

2. Repeated words found in a book
- May reflect the structures, themes, or emphasis of a book
- Not easy to spot manually when the book has many chapters

3. Repeated words not particularly found in a book or a chapter
- Occur across different books and chapters in the Bible
- Difficult to spot manually

The first two types can be browsed from this book-chapter table. For the third type, a list of 289 of them are shown below.

1. Her She Husband Woman A Be
2. Anger Kindled Against Was Judah
3. Every His Tree Fig Vine
4. As Forasmuch Art Is Thou
5. Justice Judgment Do Lord To
6. Sun Moon Stars Darkened
7. Commit Adultery Steal Not
8. Great Small Both Men
9. Vowed Vow If A
10. Afraid Sore Were They
11. Season Due Give In
12. Head Crown Put His
13. Laughed Scorn To Him
14. White Snow As His
15. Bound Fetters Him With
16. Swear Oath If To
17. Must Needs Be For
18. Fro Run To Shall
19. Respect Persons Is For
20. Thick Clouds Darkness
21. Trumpet Sound Heard
22. Strong Holds Down
23. Feet Shoes Put
24. Found Sought None
25. Turned Back Saw
26. Sow Reap Ye
27. Cast Lots Upon
28. What Soever House
29. Get Hence Thee
30. Near Drew Came
31. Nostrils Breath His
32. Carpenters Masons To
33. Urim Thummim
34. Dove Like A
35. Blasting Mildew
36. Hunger Thirst
37. Northward Southward
38. Sell Buy
39. Summer Winter
40. Just Unjust
41. Increased Multiplied
42. Beloved Dearly
43. Rain Latter
44. Turn Aside Right
45. Hold Fast Is
46. Mourn Weep
47. Saw When Fell Down
48. South North West
49. Very Wroth Was
50. Jesus Christ Grace Amen Our You With Be Lord
51. Sheep Oxen Asses Camels
52. Darkness Light Shadow Death
53. Sodom Gomorrah As Lord
54. Flocks Herds Cattle
55. Drinking Eating Were
56. Top Hill An
57. Horse Rider His
58. Escape Remnant A
59. Mourning Lamentation
60. Well Pleased Beloved Voice Am Son My I A In
61. Sake Name's Hated Ye My Be Shall For
62. Sight Favour Found If Have My I In
63. Hath Given God Rest Side On Lord
64. Ground Bowed Face Himself His With To
65. Bread Unleavened Feast Seven Days Month
66. Voice Loud Cried With A Saying
67. Feasts Moons Sabbaths New Burnt To
68. Long How Wilt Thou O Lord
69. Rent Clothes Sackcloth When His That
70. Dwell Therein Land Shall Because That
71. Wine Drink Strong Nor Neither
72. Gold Silver Vessels Brass All
73. Seeing Hearing Understand See Not
74. Battle Array Put Themselves In
75. Place Where Lay He Shall
76. Cherubims Wings Spread Their
77. Chariots Horsemen Horses Them
78. Baskets Fragments Twelve They
79. Little Ones Wives All
80. Plant Build Houses Them
81. Had Been Hadst Thou
82. Fear Dismayed Neither Be
83. Merciful Gracious God Not
84. Find Seek Shall Not
85. Walketh Uprightly His That
86. Too Hard For Lord
87. Lebanon Cedars Trees
88. Wheat Barley Oil
89. Laid Foundation Temple
90. Wrote Letters Sent
91. River Euphrates Great
92. Pursued Overtook After
93. Spread Abroad Earth
94. Some Others Again
95. By Reason Multitude
96. Eaten Drunk Had
97. Menservants Maidservants He
98. Free Bond All
99. Shouted Shout A
100. Bless Blessing Thee
101. Faith Charity But
102. Wept Kissed They
103. Still Stand You
104. Greatly Feared All
105. Own Self I
106. Loveth Hateth That
107. Vineyards Oliveyards
108. Digged Wells
109. Pursue Overtake
110. Salute Greet
111. Knees Feeble
112. Drinketh Eateth
113. Smoke Ascended
114. Once Twice
115. Enemy Adversary
116. Nothing Lacked
117. Sole Foot
118. Here Tarry
119. Cry Aloud
120. Blood Shed Innocent
121. Image Graven Molten A
122. Should Lest Any I
123. Ass Ox Sheep
124. At Time Same
125. Rows Row A
126. Shield Spear
127. Whence Comest
128. Exalted Low
129. Preached Gospel You
130. Sins Iniquities
131. Morning Early Rose Up Took In
132. Country Far A From Come They
133. Lion Roaring As A
134. Yet Though Yea
135. House Father's Shew
136. Shut Doors Up
137. Waters Rivers Up
138. Principalities Powers
139. Cedar Fir
140. Table Shewbread
141. Shoot Arrow
142. Colours Divers
143. Thirsty Hungry
144. Charged Straitly
145. Bow Bent
146. Sanctified Sanctify
147. Hand Right Left Turn Or Not To
148. Blind Lame
149. Stead Reigned Slept Buried Fathers Son City David With Was Father His In
150. These Things Authority Tell What Jesus Do You By Said Them I Unto
151. Came Pass It When Heard Rent Clothes King His He To That
152. Cock Crow Thrice Deny Shalt Before Me Thou Said
153. Say Verily You I Kingdom Unto God
154. Or Whether Bad Good It Be
155. Sent Messengers Saying Come Against Unto
156. Stranger Sojourneth Among Children Israel That
157. Familiar Wizards Spirits Have To That
158. Baptized Baptism Am With Be I
159. Sinners Publicans Disciples With His
160. Wisdom Understanding Knowledge All In
161. Whatsoever Ask Give Will I
162. Third Fourth Second First
163. Sick Palsy Sins Son
164. Mary Magdalene Mother Was
165. Grain Mustard Seed A
166. Glad Rejoice Zion Be
167. Reckoned Genealogy By Were
168. Journey Days' Three Lord
169. Thither Unawares Flee That
170. Lo Beheld I Had
171. Astonished Doctrine At His
172. Sackcloth Gird With Shall
173. Instruments Musick To With
174. Sea Red Wilderness
175. Dead Raised Christ
176. Vows Freewill Offerings
177. Simon Peter Cometh
178. Cloud Pillar Fire
179. Supplication Prayer Made
180. Who Can Tell
181. Basons Shovels All
182. Hearts Harden As
183. Tarshish Ships With
184. Begotten Only Son
185. Grass Flower Is
186. Language Jews' In
187. Followed Wholly Lord
188. Alive Saved Them
189. Remember Visit Lord
190. Gray Hairs
191. Clay Potter
192. Leaven Leavened
193. Colt Loose
194. Jealous Jealousy
195. Prayed Kneeled
196. Write Bill
197. Custom Tribute
198. Bands Loosed
199. Gathered Together Themselves Against
200. Take Heed Yourselves
201. Wilderness Desert In
202. Gods Other Serve Worship Them
203. Fishes Loaves Five Two
204. Being Interpreted Which Is
205. Circumcision Uncircumcision But
206. Dealt Treacherously Have
207. Spoons Bowls
208. Spears Shields
209. True Faithful
210. Signs Wonders Egypt
211. Younger Elder
212. Mouth Lips My
213. Into Entered Synagogue He
214. Hills Mountains Rivers
215. Bridegroom Bride Voice
216. Touched Immediately Him
217. Harlot Played
218. Crooked Straight
219. Sleep Slumber
220. Labour Laboured
221. Violence Spoiled
222. Riches Honour
223. Least Greatest From
224. Enemies Mine Hate Me
225. Served Worshipped
226. Up Lifted Eyes Looked Behold Mine I
227. Beam Mote Eye Own Thine Thy Thou
228. Statutes Judgments Commandments Walk Keep In To
229. Turtledoves Pigeons Young Or Two To
230. Forgive Trespasses Father Your If Ye
231. Travail Anguish Woman As A In
232. Pieces Break In Will Thee I
233. Priests Levites Nethinims Porters Singers
234. Boards Bars Tabernacle Sockets Pillars
235. On Side Jordan Other Tribe
236. Forth Bringeth Fruit Tree Good
237. Us Our We Obeyed In
238. Prey Spoil Cattle A For
239. Sing Praises Praise Unto Lord
240. Generation Jonas Shall A It
241. Desolate Waste Cities Laid
242. Network Pomegranates Upon Were
243. Became David's Servants He
244. Tongues Speak With All
245. Candlestick Lamps Light
246. Iniquity Workers Wicked
247. Male Female Or
248. Named Certain Woman
249. Wise Fool More
250. Shew Kindness David
251. Wheels Wheel Was
252. Taught Temple Jesus
253. Garden Eden God
254. Whoso Keepeth His
255. Itself Torn That
256. Astonishment Hissing
257. Mind Alienated
258. Cause Cease Will
259. Body Members One
260. Famine Pestilence Sword Die By Shall
261. Stone Tables Mount Two Unto
262. Ear Incline Thine Unto
263. Ashamed Confounded Be Shall
264. Harp Psaltery Sound
265. Openly Secret In
266. Goats' Hair
267. Life Eternal
268. Absent Present
269. Judah Jerusalem Inhabitants Kings
270. Round About Cubits
271. Whose Surname
272. Mount Sinai Moses
273. Thine Handmaid
274. Ways Doings
275. Captive Carried Away
276. Jeshua Kadmiel Levites
277. Wait Liers In
278. Creeping Creepeth
279. Jews Greeks
280. Mighty Valour
281. Ghost Holy Filled With
282. Surely Die Live
283. Went Arose Saul
284. Saying Spake Moses Aaron Lord Unto
285. Benjamin Gibeah Men
286. Rachel Leah
287. Reuben Gad Manasseh
288. Saul Jonathan David
289. Goats Kid Sin Offering

Why finding repeated words in KJV? Why not NIV or original Greek or Hebrew?

KJV is used here simply because it is easy to get online. It is freely available and in the public domain. Some other versions are copyrighted.

You may still make use of the repeated words identified in this site. The corresponding verses (in KJV) and verse numbers of each keyword are displayed. You may look up the verses in other versions using the verse numbers.

Finding repeated word in original Greek or Hebrew seems to be more meaningful. Because the difference between English and the original languages, word studies using KJV in this site have some limitations. For more information, click here to see Doing a Word Study With Bible Software by Dr. Harry Hahne.

If possible, I may work on other Bible versions later.

Why finding repeated words in Bible studies?

Inductive Bible Study is a popular method in studying the Bible. It involves three basic processes, which conducted sequentially:

1. Observation: What do you see in the text?

2. Interpretation: What does the text mean?

3. Application: How does it apply to the modern world in general and my life in particular?

Repeated word can be one of the things to be observed in the first process - Observation. As this site provides a long list of identified repeated words, it can be a useful tool for your inductive Bible study.

Click to browse for repeated words: