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The word in Scripture

Word in the Bible

The word word appears 699 times in the King James Version of the Bible.

The word word appears 699 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The word is God's self-revelation, His speech that creates, commands, and saves. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What word means in the Bible

The word is God's self-revelation, His speech that creates, commands, and saves.

Where the word word appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word word appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.”Psalms 56:10

“Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.”Psalms 105:19

“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”Isaiah 8:20

“But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”Matthew 12:36

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”John 1:1

“He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.”John 14:24

“Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:”Romans 9:6

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”Romans 10:17

Word and the Lord Jesus

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was made flesh: Jesus Christ.

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Questions people ask

How many times does the word word appear in the Bible?

The word word appears 699 times in the King James Version of the Bible. That number counts the exact word, in its King James spelling, wherever it occurs.

What does word mean in the Bible?

The word is God's self-revelation, His speech that creates, commands, and saves.

How does word point to Jesus?

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was made flesh: Jesus Christ.

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