How many times does the word `and occur in the King James Version of the Bible?
The conjunction and occurs in the King James Version of the Bible 46,227 times, 35,543 times in the Old Testament and 10,684 times in the New Testament. The monotonous repetition of and in that and other English translations of the Bible is owing to the fact that the translators attempted to render the Hebrew and Greek originals as literally as possible. What is the relation of Sabaoth to Sabbath? Sabaoth (SABB-a-oath or so-BAY-oath) occurs only twice in the King James as well as in the New King James Versions of the Bible, both times in the New Testament, and it is a Hebrew word meaning “armies” or “hosts.” It has no relation to Sabbath, which literally means “rest.” For some reason the English translators saw fit to let Sabaoth remain un-translated in Romans 9:29 and James 5:4. In other parts of the Bible the Hebrew form of Jehovah Sabaoth is rendered by “the Lord of Hosts” or an equivalent English phrase. Martin Luther uses the term in his great Reformation hymn, “A Mighty Fortress
