Haply
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HAP; HAPLY

hap, hap'-li (miqreh, lu; mepote):

Hap (a Saxon word for "luck, chance") is the translation of miqreh, "a fortuitous chance," "a lot" (Ruth 2:3, the King James Version "Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz"); in 1 Samuel 6:9, the same word is translated "chance" (that happened); "event," in Ecclesiastes 9:2, 3, with "happeneth," in Ecclesiastes 2:14.

Haply (from "hap") is the translation of lu, "if that" (1 Samuel 14:30, "if haply the people had eaten freely"); of ei ara, "if then" (Mark 11:13, "if haply he might find anything thereon"); of ei arage (Acts 17:27, "if haply they might feel after him"); of mepote, "lest ever" "lest perhaps" etc. (Luke 14:29 Acts 5:39); of me pos, "lest in anyway" (2 Corinthians 9:4 the King James Version, "lest haply," the Revised Version (British and American) "lest by any means").

The Revised Version has "haply" for "at any time" (Matthew 4:6; Matthew 5:25; Matthew 13:15 Mark 4:12 Luke 4:11; Luke 21:34 Hebrews 2:1); introduces "haply" (Matthew 7:6; Matthew 13:29; Matthew 15:32; Matthew 27:64 Mark 14:2 Luke 3:15; Luke 12:58; Luke 14:8, 12 Acts 27:29 Hebrews 4:1); has "haply there shall be," for "lest there be" (Hebrews 3:12).

W. L. Walker

Greek
686. ara -- therefore (an illative particle)
... Probably from airo (through the idea of drawing a conclusion); a particle denoting
an inference more or less decisive (as follows) -- haply, (what) manner (of ...
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3381. me pos -- lest perhaps, whether perhaps
... lest. Or me pos (may poce) from me and pos; lest somehow -- lest (by any means,
by some means, haply, perhaps). see GREEK me. see GREEK pos. 3380b, 3381. ...
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302. an -- usually untranslatable, but generally denoting ...
... occurs. [Though 302 () is not easily "," it always conveys meaning. (The
sometimes translates as "perchance," "haply."). 302 () is ...
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4458. pos -- at all
... Adverb from the base of pou; an enclitic particle of indefiniteness of manner; somehow
or anyhow; used only in composition -- haply, by any (some) means ...
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3379. mepote -- never, lest ever
... Or me pote (may pot'-eh) from me and pote; not ever; also if (or lest) ever (or
perhaps) -- if peradventure, lest (at any time, haply), not at all, whether or ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3863. lu -- if, oh that
... if haply, peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God that. ... if (haply),
peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that). 3862, 3863. ...
/hebrew/3863.htm - 6k
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Or Haply is it So, that He who Plots in this Way to Find...
... Section 13. Or haply is it so, that he who plots in this way to find?
13. Or haply is it so, that he who plots in this way to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/against lying/section 13 or haply is.htm

I have Said This, Lest Haply Married Fruitfulness Dare to vie with ...
... Section 7. I have said this, lest haply married fruitfulness dare to vie
with virgin chastity? 7. I have said this, lest haply ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/of holy virginity /section 7 i have said.htm

Therefore if Haply, which Whether it Can Take Place...
... Section 16. Therefore if haply, which whether it can take place? 16. Therefore
if haply, (which whether it can take place, I know ...
/.../augustine/on the good of marriage/section 16 therefore if haply.htm

If the Head had not Been Right, --Haply the Members had Murmured ...
... If the head had not been right,"haply the members had murmured:"for when because
of a perverse head"the course of the members is put astray,"they are ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xv if the head.htm

And on the Great Day, which is the Last of the Feast...
... [2400] Hath any of the rulers or the Pharisees haply believed in him? ... [2404] They
answered and said unto him, Art thou also haply from Galilee? ...
/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section xxxv and on the.htm

Nothing but Leaves
... 'And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find any
thing thereon: and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; ...14. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/nothing but leaves.htm

Our Forefathers have Handed Down to us the Tradition, That, after ...
... Being on the eve therefore of departing from one another, they first mutually agreed
upon a standard of their future preaching, lest haply, when separated ...
/.../2 our forefathers have handed.htm

To whom the Method of Perfection Should be Laid Open.
... is not improved by words, for even though he understands, he will not obey." And
"Do not say anything in the ears of an imprudent man, lest haply he mock at ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xvii to whom the.htm

Psalm XLI.
... Unless haply ye think, brethren, that those Pagans, when they raged against Christians,
said not this among themselves, "to blot out the Name of Christ from ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xli.htm

Fundamental Oneness of the Dispensations.
... Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in falling away from the living God: but exhort one another day by ...
/.../chapter iii fundamental oneness of.htm

Thesaurus
Haply (26 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps;
it may be. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HAP; HAPLY. ...
/h/haply.htm - 17k

Hap (1 Occurrence)
... event; fate; luck; lot. 4. (vi) To happen; to befall; to chance. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. HAP; HAPLY. hap, hap'-li (miqreh ...
/h/hap.htm - 9k

Snare (69 Occurrences)
... 9:8, "A fowler's snare is in all his ways"; Amos 3:5 seems to indicate that the
snare was set for the feet; Luke 21:34, "But take heed to yourselves, lest haply...
/s/snare.htm - 31k

Lest (282 Occurrences)
... Luke 14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish
it, all that behold it begin to mock him, (KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT). ...
/l/lest.htm - 37k

Revelation (52 Occurrences)
... The religion of the Bible, thus announces itself, not as the product of men's search
after God, if haply they may feel after Him and find Him, but as the ...
/r/revelation.htm - 89k

Happen (328 Occurrences)

/h/happen.htm - 8k

Quit (12 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:58 For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on
the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge ...
/q/quit.htm - 13k

Overcharge (1 Occurrence)
... o-ver-charj': Luke 21:34, "lest haply your hearts be overcharged with drunkenness"
(baruno, "burden," here with the force "be occupied with"); 2 Corinthians 2:5 ...
/o/overcharge.htm - 7k

Gamaliel (7 Occurrences)
... seditions that had failed, he reminded them at the same time that if this last under
Peter "is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be ...
/g/gamaliel.htm - 13k

Feel (58 Occurrences)
... Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and
find him, though he be not far from every one of us: (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV ...
/f/feel.htm - 25k

Resources
What does the Bible say about luck? | GotQuestions.org

Haply: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Haply (26 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:6
and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
(ASV)

Matthew 5:25
Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
(ASV)

Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.
(ASV)

Matthew 13:15
For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
(ASV)

Matthew 13:29
But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.
(ASV)

Matthew 15:32
And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.
(ASV)

Matthew 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.
(ASV)

Mark 4:12
that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them.
(ASV)

Mark 11:13
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Mark 14:2
for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.
(ASV)

Luke 3:15
And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
(ASV)

Luke 4:11
and, On their hands they shall bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.
(ASV)

Luke 12:58
For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.
(ASV)

Luke 14:8
When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,
(ASV)

Luke 14:12
And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.
(ASV)

Luke 14:29
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
(KJV ASV)

Luke 21:34
But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
(ASV)

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 17:27
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
(KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 27:29
And fearing lest haply we should be cast ashore on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.
(ASV)

Acts 28:27
For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
(ASV)

2 Corinthians 9:4
Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away 'from them'.
(ASV)

Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
(ASV)

Hebrews 4:1
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
(ASV)

1 Samuel 14:30
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Subtopics

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