by
Bible Usage:
- by used 2,633 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 7:2
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:25
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1157 Used 1 time
- H3027 Used 41 times
- H310 Used 1 time
- H3365 Used 1 time
- H413 Used 27 times
- H4480 Used 27 times
- H4481 Used 1 time
- H5324 Used 1 time
- H5493 Used 1 time
- H5674 Used 33 times
- H5676 Used 1 time
- H5704 Used 5 times
- H5921 Used 216 times
- H5973 Used 22 times
- H5974 Used 1 time
- H5975 Used 2 times
- H5978 Used 1 time
- H5980 Used 1 time
- H6118 Used 1 time
- H681 Used 33 times
- H6966 Used 1 time
- H7121 Used 1 time
- H7945 Used 1 time
- H834 Used 1 time
- H854 Used 10 times
- G1096 Used 1 time
- G1223 Used 240 times
- G1279 Used 1 time
- G1330 Used 1 time
- G1519 Used 2 times
- G1537 Used 55 times
- G1722 Used 139 times
- G1824 Used 1 time
- G1909 Used 8 times
- G2064 Used 1 time
- G2112 Used 2 times
- G2117 Used 1 time
- G2186 Used 3 times
- G2476 Used 3 times
- G2521 Used 2 times
- G2596 Used 27 times
- G303 Used 2 times
- G3361 Used 1 time
- G3844 Used 23 times
- G3855 Used 5 times
- G3881 Used 1 time
- G3896 Used 1 time
- G3899 Used 3 times
- G3928 Used 3 times
- G3936 Used 12 times
- G4026 Used 1 time
- G4314 Used 4 times
- G4571 Used 1 time
- G5228 Used 1 time
- G5259 Used 42 times
- G5547 Used 1 time
- G575 Used 9 times
In the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Corinthians 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "against myself."
BY, preposition
1. Near; close; as, sit by me; that house stands by a river.
[Latin pressus.]
2. Near, in motion; as, to move, go or pass by a church. But it seems, in other phrases, or with a verb in the past time, to signify past, gone beyond. 'The procession is gone by; ' 'the hour is gone by; ' 'John went by ' We now use past as an equivalent word. The procession is gone past. Gone by is in strictness tautology, as now used; but I apprehend by signifies primarily near.
3. Through, or with, denoting the agent, means, instrument or cause; as, 'a city is destroyed by fire; ' 'profit is made by commerce; ' 'to take by force.' This use answers to that of the Latin per, through, denoting a passing, acting, agency, or instrumentality.
4. 'Day by day; ' 'year by year; ' 'article by article.' In these phrases, by denotes passing from one to another, or each particular separately taken.
5. 'By the space of seven years.' In this phrase, by denotes through, passing or continuing, during.
6. 'By this time, the sun had risen.' The word here seems to denote, at, present or come to.
7. According to; as, 'this appears by his own account; ' 'these are good rules to live by '
8. On; as, 'to pass by land or water; ' 'great battles by sea and land.' In the latter phrase, at or on might be substituted for by
9. It is placed before words denoting quantity, measure or proportion; as, to sell by the pound; to work by the rod or perch; this line is longer by a tenth.
10. It is used to represent the means or instrument of swearing, or affirming; as, to swear by heaven, or by earth; to affirm by all that is sacred.
11. In the phrase, 'he has a cask of wine by him, ' by denotes nearness or presence.
12. 'To sit by one's self, ' is to sit alone, or without company.
13. 'To be present by attorney.' In this phrase, by denotes means or instrument; through or in the presence of a substitute.
14. In the phrase, 'North by West, ' the sense seems to be north passing to the west, inclining or going westward, or near west.
As an adverb, by denotes also nearness, or presence; as, there was no person by at the time. But some noun is understood. So in the phrase, 'to pass or go by ' there is a noun understood.
BY and by is a phrase denoting nearness in time; in a short time after; presently; soon.
When persecution ariseth, because of the word, by and by he is offended. Math.13.
BY the by signifies, as we proceed or pass.
To stand by is to stand near, or to support.
BY in lullaby, and in the nursery, a word used in lulling infants to sleep, is evidently allied to words found in many languages, signifying to rest, or be quiet, or to appease; that is, to press, to stop. [Latin paco.]
BY or bye, in by-law.
In the common phrase, good-bye, bye signifies passing, going. The phrase signifies, a good going, a prosperous passage, and it is precisely equivalent to farewell.
BY is used in many compound words, in most of which we observe the sense of nearness, closeness, or a withdrawing or seclusion.
Bible Usage:
- by used 2,633 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 7:2
- Last Reference: Revelation 21:25
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1157 Used 1 time
- H3027 Used 41 times
- H310 Used 1 time
- H3365 Used 1 time
- H413 Used 27 times
- H4480 Used 27 times
- H4481 Used 1 time
- H5324 Used 1 time
- H5493 Used 1 time
- H5674 Used 33 times
- H5676 Used 1 time
- H5704 Used 5 times
- H5921 Used 216 times
- H5973 Used 22 times
- H5974 Used 1 time
- H5975 Used 2 times
- H5978 Used 1 time
- H5980 Used 1 time
- H6118 Used 1 time
- H681 Used 33 times
- H6966 Used 1 time
- H7121 Used 1 time
- H7945 Used 1 time
- H834 Used 1 time
- H854 Used 10 times
- G1096 Used 1 time
- G1223 Used 240 times
- G1279 Used 1 time
- G1330 Used 1 time
- G1519 Used 2 times
- G1537 Used 55 times
- G1722 Used 139 times
- G1824 Used 1 time
- G1909 Used 8 times
- G2064 Used 1 time
- G2112 Used 2 times
- G2117 Used 1 time
- G2186 Used 3 times
- G2476 Used 3 times
- G2521 Used 2 times
- G2596 Used 27 times
- G303 Used 2 times
- G3361 Used 1 time
- G3844 Used 23 times
- G3855 Used 5 times
- G3881 Used 1 time
- G3896 Used 1 time
- G3899 Used 3 times
- G3928 Used 3 times
- G3936 Used 12 times
- G4026 Used 1 time
- G4314 Used 4 times
- G4571 Used 1 time
- G5228 Used 1 time
- G5259 Used 42 times
- G5547 Used 1 time
- G575 Used 9 times