Definition

lest somehow

Etymology

from G3361 (μή) and G4458 (-πώς);

Word family

• μή mḗ
• -πώς -pṓs

How the KJV renders it

• lest (by any means
• by some means
• haply
• perhaps)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.