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haply perhaps, by chance
Mark 11:13 — "if haply he might find any thing thereon" — is on the chance that he might.
Means: perhaps, by chanceIn the KJV: 6 timesNo longer in ordinary English
The word behind it
ἄρα · G686 · a particle denoting an inference more… · 2×μήποτε · G3379 · not ever; also if (or lest) ever (or perhaps) · 2×לוּא · H3863 · a conditional particle; if; by… · 1×-πώς · G4458 · an enclitic particle of indefiniteness… · 1×
Where it appears
All 6 verses.
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?
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.
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
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:
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.
Common questions
What does "haply" mean in the Bible?
In the King James Version haply means perhaps, by chance. Mark 11:13 — "if haply he might find any thing thereon" — is on the chance that he might.
How many times does "haply" appear in the King James Version?
6 times.
What Greek word is behind "haply"?
Most often ἄρα (ára), Strong's G686, meaning a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows).
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