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destroy29 words
- apolluōἀπολλύωto destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out
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- to perish: to come to one's own ruin, to die, to be lost
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- avadאָבַדto perish, to be destroyed, to come to a final end; and, when done to someone else, to destroy them or wipe them out.
- shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
- kathaireōκαθαιρέωto bring something down by force: to take it down from where it stands or hangs, tear it down, or remove someone from a place of power
- apolluōἀπολλύωto destroy: to put to death or bring to ruin so that something or someone is wiped out
appoint25 words
- didōmiδίδωμιto give: to transfer something from one person to another, whether an object, a gift, a right, or a charge.
- histēmiἵστημιto set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
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- to stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- amadעָמַדto set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
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- to stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
- to remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
desire25 words
- thelōθέλωto will: to want, wish, or be disposed toward something, ranging from casual desire to deliberate purpose
- boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
- epithumiaἐπιθυμίαa strong desire: an intense reaching of the heart toward something, which is good or evil depending on what it reaches for
- thelēmaθέλημαwill: what someone has decided shall be, whether a purpose, a desire, or a command
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
destruction25 words
- apōleiaἀπώλειαruin, destruction, loss: the wrecking or wasting of something, and in most of the New Testament the final doom of the ungodly
- sheverשֶׁבֶרa breaking: the shattering of something whole, from a snapped bone to the collapse of a whole nation
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- the interpretation of a dream: the unlocking of what a dream means
- erēmōsisἐρήμωσιςthe laying waste of a place, and the ruined emptiness that laying it waste leaves behind
- beliyya'alבְּלִיַּעַלdestruction: deadly ruin, pictured in poetry as a flood that engulfs a person and drags them toward death
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- ruinous worthlessness: the good-for-nothing quality that makes a person or a plan both useless and destructive
- shodשֹׁדforcible devastation: the ruin of violent plundering, whether the destroying act or the havoc it leaves behind
praise25 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- eulogeōεὐλογέωto bless: to speak a good word over someone or something, whether praising God, calling down God's favor on a person, or actually granting that favor
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
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- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- halalהָלַלto praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
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- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
rest24 words
- eirēnēεἰρήνηpeace: a whole, rightly-ordered, flourishing life, above all the mended relationship with God
- nu'aḥנוּחַto come to rest: to settle down, alight, and be at quiet after motion or trouble
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- to give rest: to grant relief and security, almost always God settling his people safe from their enemies
- to set down: to lay, deposit, or place a thing somewhere, and by extension to leave it, leave it alone, or let it be
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
- shabbatשַׁבָּתSabbath: a God-appointed time of complete stopping, set apart as holy
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
food23 words
- leḥemלֶחֶםfood: sustenance broadly, including meals, livelihood, and the grain supply that keeps people alive.
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- bread: a baked loaf, the physical product of ground grain.
- brōmaβρῶμαfood: anything eaten to nourish the body
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- trophēτροφήfood: whatever is eaten to nourish and sustain life
- okhelאֹכֶלfood: anything eaten, especially as a supply or provision
- leḥemלֶחֶםfood: sustenance broadly, including meals, livelihood, and the grain supply that keeps people alive.
gather23 words
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
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- to take someone in, to welcome a stranger as a guest
- asaphאָסַףto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
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- to take away: to remove something so that it is gone
- qavatsקָבַץto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
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- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
- episunagōἐπισυνάγωto gather together into one place, drawing in what was spread out on every side
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
strength23 words
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
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- a mighty work: a deed that openly displays power, a miracle
- a power: a being or cosmic force that possesses power, including the heavenly bodies and spiritual powers
- meaning: the force a sound or word carries, what it signifies
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
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- army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
- wealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
- worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
- ko'aḥכֹּחַstrength: the capacity to act, endure, or prevail, in body, in resources, or in might
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- a kind of lizard: an unclean crawling creature in the dietary law
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
trouble23 words
- raרַעcalamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
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- bad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
- morally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
- thlipsisθλῖψιςaffliction: the crushing pressure of trouble, distress, or suffering bearing down on a person
- kakiaκακίαtrouble: the hardship or misfortune that a day brings with it.
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- badness inside a person: above all ill will toward others, and more broadly a corrupt character and the wrongs it produces.
- tarassōταράσσωto agitate: to stir something into commotion, whether water, a person's heart, or a crowd
- thlibōθλίβωto afflict: to bear down on someone with hardship, trouble, or persecution, like a weight pressing from outside
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- to press physically: to squeeze or crowd something so that it is pinched tight
- raרַעcalamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
gift22 words
- charisχάριςfavor freely shown by someone who is free to give it, and that favor made real in a gift, a standing, or a power at work in the one who receives it
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- thanks: the grateful return owed for kindness received
- graceful charm: the winning, attractive quality of speech
- minḥahמִנְחָהa gift presented to someone of higher standing to win favor, show respect, or smooth a relationship.
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- tribute: the payment a weaker nation or subject hands over to a ruler it is forced to serve.
- an offering presented to God; most often the grain offering of flour, oil, and incense given alongside the animal sacrifices.
- dōronδῶρονa thing given: a gift handed from one party to another, whatever the setting.
- eulogiaεὐλογίαblessing: praise offered up to God, or the favor, benefit, or generous gift bestowed on a person
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- flattery: fine-sounding, smooth speech used to win people over and deceive them
- qorbanקׇרְבָּןan offering: anything a worshiper brings near and presents to God as a gift
- charisχάριςfavor freely shown by someone who is free to give it, and that favor made real in a gift, a standing, or a power at work in the one who receives it
mighty22 words
- gadolגָּדוֹלgreat: large in size, high in degree, or high in rank, depending on what it describes
- hupsēlosὑψηλόςhigh: standing up well above whatever surrounds it, as a mountain, a wall, or the height where God is enthroned
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- lofty in standing: set above other people, whether in what human beings admire or in a person's own estimate of himself
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
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- possible: able to be done or to happen
- ischurosἰσχυρόςstrong: possessing real, built-in force that grips, holds, and resists
- ayilאַיִלa chief or mighty man: a powerful leader of a people
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- a ram: an adult male sheep, especially one offered in sacrifice
- a projecting post or pillar framing a doorway or gateway
- a great tree, an oak or terebinth
ruin22 words
- shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
- apōleiaἀπώλειαruin, destruction, loss: the wrecking or wasting of something, and in most of the New Testament the final doom of the ungodly
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- kataskaptōκατασκάπτωto ruinnot studied yet
- suntrimmaσύντριμμαruinnot studied yet
before21 words
- panehפָּנֶהthe position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
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- the face: the front of a person's head, the look it carries, and the presence of the one who turns it toward you
- the front or surface of a thing: the outer side it turns toward you
- enōpionἐνώπιονbeforenot studied yet
- proπρόbeforenot studied yet
- enantiἔναντιbeforenot studied yet
- emprosthenἔμπροσθενin front of, or in the presence of: it sets one person or thing facing another, reaching from a physical spot all the way to standing before God himself
- panehפָּנֶהthe position words built on this noun: before, in front of, away from, and so because of
break21 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- shavarשָׁבַרto break: to shatter something so that it comes apart, or to crush a power, a body, or a person until they collapse
- ra'aרָעַעto break, shatter, or smash to pieces
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- to be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- pararפָּרַרto break something binding so it no longer holds: to annul a covenant, vow, or law, or to frustrate a plan
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- to break apart, shatter, or split into pieces
burn21 words
- saraphשָׂרַףto burn something up: to set it on fire so that it is consumed or destroyed
- qatarקָטַרto send an offering up in smoke on an altar: to burn a sacrifice or incense so it rises to a god
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
command21 words
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- davarדָבַרto speak: to put thought into words and aim them at a hearer
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- to subdue: to bring peoples under someone's rule
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
faint21 words
- ekluōἐκλύωto lose strength and give way: the body collapsing from exhaustion, or the resolve going slack under pressure
- raphahרָפָהto go slack: for a grip, a hand, or strength to loosen and give way, or to make it do so, ranging from losing heart to letting go to leaving alone
- yagaיָגֵעַto wear out with hard effort: to toil to the point of weariness, to grow weary, or to wear another out
- masasמָסַסto melt away: to lose firm shape and dissolve, whether wax before fire, courage before terror, or a life dwindling to nothing
- la'ahלָאָהto be worn out: to spend one's strength or patience to the point of not being able to go on, or to wear another out that way
curse20 words
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- qalalקָלַלto declare someone worthless: to revile, or to curse
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- to be light in weight, and so to be swift, to die down, or to count for little
- to make something lighter: to ease a burden, or to lower a person's standing
- to shake something to and fro, and so to work an edge onto a blade
- kataraomaiκαταράομαιto curse someone: to call down ruin on a person or thing, normally by invoking God against them, as the exact opposite of blessing them
- ararאָרַרto curse: to declare a person, animal, or piece of ground cut off from blessing and handed over to ruin, by a formal word that God is expected to make good
- kataraκατάραa curse: a pronouncement calling down ruin on someone, and the doomed condition that pronouncement creates
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
fear20 words
- phobeōφοβέωto fear: to be gripped by fear, whether dread of a threat or reverent awe before God
- yareיָרֵאto be afraid, to feel fear in the face of danger or threat.
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- to revere, to hold in awe; the posture of loyal devotion toward God or toward a legitimate authority.
- to be awesome, dreadful, or terrifying, said of the person, place, or act that inspires awe rather than the person who feels it.
- phobosφόβοςfear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
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- reverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
- a cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
- paḥadפַּחַדdread: overwhelming fear that grips a person or sweeps over a people, and by extension the dreadful thing that causes it
- yirahיִרְאָהfear: from raw dread of danger, through awe before the holy, to the reverent devotion to God that the Old Testament calls the beginning of wisdom.
help20 words
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
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- to seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
- to conceive: to become pregnant with a child
- boētheōβοηθέωto come to someone's aid in trouble: to help by rushing to the rescue, in time and to real effect
- azarעָזַרto help: to come to someone's aid by adding your strength to theirs
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
power20 words
- cheirχείρthe hand: the body part, and by extension the power, agency, and ownership that a hand stands for
- yadיָדthe hand: the part of the body that grasps and works, and by extension the power, the doing, and the reach that a hand stands for
- dunamisδύναμιςpower: the strength or ability to do something, especially God's effective power at work
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- a mighty work: a deed that openly displays power, a miracle
- a power: a being or cosmic force that possesses power, including the heavenly bodies and spiritual powers
- meaning: the force a sound or word carries, what it signifies
- ischusἰσχύςstrength a person or being simply has: might held in reserve, whether or not it is being used at the moment
- archēἀρχήruler or realm of authority: those who hold power, or the office and sphere they hold
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- beginning: the point in time where something starts
- origin: the source from which something comes, the one in whom it starts
- corner or end: the outermost edge of a physical object
terror20 words
- phobosφόβοςa cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
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- fear: the alarm or dread that grips a person in the face of danger, the supernatural, or overwhelming power
- reverence: the respect and submission owed to God, and the deference owed to people in authority
- paḥadפַּחַדdread: overwhelming fear that grips a person or sweeps over a people, and by extension the dreadful thing that causes it
- emahאֵימָהoverwhelming, paralyzing dread: a terror so heavy it can seem less like a feeling and more like a physical force that falls on a person or is sent against them.
- moraמוֹרָאthe fear a mighty figure inspires in others, and so also the one who is feared or the deed that produces the fear
- meḥittahמְחִתָּהruin: the shattering collapse that overtakes a person, a people, or a place, or the dread of one
- phobosφόβοςa cause of fear: a person or thing that makes others afraid, a threat or terror
burden19 words
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
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- an oracle: a weighty pronouncement from God delivered through a prophet, most often a sentence of doom against a nation.
- the carrying of song: a term for the performance of music in worship, used of the Levite who directed it.
- barosβάροςweight: heaviness itself, whether it presses down on the person carrying it or simply gives a thing mass and substance
- phortionφορτίονa load: whatever someone is carrying, named without any claim about how heavy it is
- bareōβαρέωto burdennot studied yet
- sevalahסִבְלָהburdennot studied yet
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
come19 words
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
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- to bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
- erchomaiἔρχομαιto come or go: to move from one place to another and arrive there
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- to come about: of a time or event, to arrive and become reality
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- yatsaיָצָאto go out: to move from inside a place to outside it, or to come forth from a source into view
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- to bring out: to cause a person or thing to come out, to lead or carry something out from where it was
- katabainōκαταβαίνωto move downward, from a higher position to a lower one
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
divide19 words
- ḥalaqחָלַקto divide something into shares and hand them out: to apportion, allot, or distribute
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- to be smooth, or to make speech smooth: to flatter
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- merizōμερίζωto divide a whole into parts: to deal them out as shares, or to be left split against itself
- diaireōδιαιρέωto apportion or distribute: to parcel out shares of something valuable and hand them to specific recipients, by the authority of the one doing the dividing.
- badalבָּדַלto draw a dividing line between two things: to part them, to tell them apart, or to set one of them aside for a purpose
- ḥalaqחָלַקto divide something into shares and hand them out: to apportion, allot, or distribute
leave19 words
- kataleipōκαταλείπωto leave behind: to go away from someone or something, or to let it stay behind, remain, or be given up
- aphiēmiἀφίημιto let, allow, or leave alone: to permit something rather than stop or hinder it
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- to let go: to release your hold so a person or thing departs, stays behind, or is left where it is
- to forgive: to cancel what is owed, whether a debt or a sin, so it is no longer charged against the person
- aphistēmiἀφίστημιto move away from a place, person, or commitment: to depart, withdraw, or fall away
- azavעָזַבto leave: to let go of someone or something, whether by simply walking away or by abandoning what one was bound to hold onto
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- to restore or repair, as in setting a wall or building back in order
- egkataleipōἐγκαταλείπωto abandon someone: to walk away and leave a person stranded in the very trouble they needed you for
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- to leave someone or something remaining: to let a survivor or a remainder be left when the rest is gone
set19 words
- histēmiἵστημιto set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
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- to stand: to be on one's feet, to be positioned somewhere, or to hold one's ground
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- kathizōκαθίζωto seat someone, to set or install a person in a position
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- to sit down: to lower oneself onto a seat or mount, and so to take one's place
- to settle, to stay or remain in a place
- tassōτάσσωto place a person or thing in an ordered position assigned by an authority: to appoint, station, arrange, or set in order.
- histēmiἵστημιto set, to place: to make someone or something stand in a position, and so to set up, present, appoint, or establish it
cut off18 words
- karatכָּרַתto cut off: to remove, exterminate, or exclude someone from the community or from the land
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- to cut: to physically sever something with a blade or tool
- to make a covenant: to ratify a binding agreement by the cutting of a sacrificial animal
- aphaireōἀφαιρέωto take away or remove something, whether by cutting it off, stripping it from someone, or doing away with it entirely
- ekkoptōἐκκόπτωto cut off or cut down: to sever something from what it grew on or belonged to, and be rid of it
- batsarבָּצַרto cut off, curb: to bring a proud spirit low
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- made inaccessible: fortified, walled off, or otherwise put beyond reach
- to gather grapes: to cut the ripe clusters from the vine at the vintage
- mulמוּלto cut off, beat back, or waste away: a separate poetic word for destroying or fending off, unrelated to the covenant rite
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- to circumcise: to cut away the foreskin as the bodily sign of belonging to God's covenant
- karatכָּרַתto cut off: to remove, exterminate, or exclude someone from the community or from the land
garment18 words
- himationἱμάτιονa garment: a piece of clothing, especially the loose outer robe worn over the tunic
- begedבֶּגֶדa piece of clothing: any woven covering worn on the body, from an everyday robe to priestly vestments
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- treachery: faithless, deceitful dealing that breaks trust
- stolēστολήa fine outer robe: the good clothing a person puts on when appearance matters, marking rank, honor, or heavenly standing
- chitōnχιτώνthe tunic: the plain inner garment worn next to the skin, under the outer cloak
- levushלְבוּשׁclothing: an article of clothing worn on the body, or a covering pictured as one
judge18 words
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
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- to decide, to resolve: to reach a firm decision or settled purpose about what to do.
- to consider, to regard: to form an opinion and hold that something is the case.
- to go to law, to be brought to trial: to be a party in legal proceedings.
- shaphatשָׁפַטto judge: to exercise rightful authority over a person or dispute and set it right, whether by deciding a case, ruling a people, defending the wronged, or punishing the guilty
- kritēsκριτήςa judge: one who hears a case and pronounces a binding verdict or decision
- palalפָּלַלto pray: to lay a matter before God and ask him to act on it, for oneself or for someone else
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- to render a judgment: to step between two sides and settle a case, or to size up how a matter stands
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
rule18 words
- basileuōβασιλεύωto reign as king: to hold the throne and exercise royal power over others
- archōἄρχωto rule, to be first in authority over others
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- to begin, to start doing something
- mashalמָשַׁלto rule: to hold and actively exercise authority over someone or something
- poimainōποιμαίνωto act as a shepherd toward: to feed, guard, lead and govern those in one's charge
- atsarעָצַרto hold back: to restrain, stop, or shut something in so it cannot move, flow, or get out
slaughter18 words
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
- thuōθύωto slaughter an animal, whether as an offering to a god or for a meal
- zavaḥזָבַחto slaughter an animal as an offering to a god; to sacrifice.
- sphazōσφάζωto slaughter: to kill by cutting the throat, the way an animal is killed at an altar or for the table
- shaḥatשָׁחַטto slaughter: to kill an animal or a person by cutting the throat and draining the blood
behold17 words
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- hinnehהִנֵּהbehold, look: a pointing word that grabs the listener's attention and directs it at what comes next.
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
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- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
branch17 words
- qanehקָנֶהthe shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
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- a reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
- a measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- qatsirקָצִירa green shoot or branch: the new growth a plant or tree sends out
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- harvest: the reaping of a ripened crop, the season when it happens, or the crop itself
- kladosκλάδοςa branch: a limb growing out from the trunk of a tree
- shibbolשִׁבֹּלֶתan ear of grain: the seed-bearing head at the top of a cereal stalk.
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- a rushing body of water: a flood, torrent, or flowing stream.
- maqqelמַקֵּלa stick of wood: a rod, staff, or fresh-cut branch carried or used in the hand
- qanehקָנֶהthe shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
bring17 words
- boבּוֹאto bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
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- to come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- agōἄγωto lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
+3 more meanings
- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
- to keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
- qaravקָרַבto come near, or to bring near: to close the distance to someone or something, and in worship to present an offering before God
- boבּוֹאto bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
complete17 words
- holosὅλοςwhole: one thing taken in its full extent, with nothing of it left out
- sunteleōσυντελέωto completenot studied yet
- plēroōπληρόωto complete something so that it reaches its full extent: a stretch of time runs its course, a set number is reached, or a task is carried all the way through
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- to fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- plēthō, pimplēmiπλήθω, πίμπλημιto make completely full: to fill a space, flood a person with something, or bring a set time to its full measure
- plērēsπλήρηςfull: holding all it can, so that nothing more will fit and nothing needed is missing
cover17 words
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- tsaphahצָפָהto overlay a surface with a thin applied layer, especially to plate wood or stone with metal
- katakaluptōκατακαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
cry17 words
- qaraקָרָאto raise the voice toward someone: to call, summon, invoke, name, proclaim, or read aloud
- klaiōκλαίωto weep aloud: to cry out in audible grief, mourning, or distress
- krazōκράζωto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent voice that forces itself on those who hear it.
- bakhahבָּכָהto weep: to shed tears aloud, the body's open response to grief, pain, longing, or relief.
- za'aqזָעַקto cry out: to raise a loud, urgent shout wrung out by distress, danger, grief, or wrong
+1 more meaning
- to call out so as to summon: to muster troops or rally people by a public call
darkness17 words
- skotosσκότοςdarkness: the absence of light, used both for real physical dark and, far more often, for the realm and condition of life cut off from God
- ḥoshekhחֹשֶׁךְdarkness: the absence of light, and by extension the trouble, danger, death, and evil that come with it.
- gnophosγνόφοςdarknessnot studied yet
- skotiaσκοτίαdarkness: the absence of light, used both for literal nighttime gloom and, in John's writings above all, for the realm of evil, ignorance, and hostility to God that the coming of Christ is driving out.
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
deliver17 words
- paradidōmiπαραδίδωμιto hand over: to place a person or thing out of one's own keeping and into the power, custody, or care of someone else
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- to hand down: to pass on a teaching, account, or body of belief from one person or generation to the next
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
+1 more meaning
- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- rhuomaiῥύομαιto rescue: to reach into a place of danger and pull someone out of it to safety
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- exaireōἐξαιρέωto take something out and be rid of it: to pull a part out of the place where it sits
+1 more meaning
- to rescue someone by pulling them out: to get a person clear of the grip or the situation holding them
- paradidōmiπαραδίδωμιto hand over: to place a person or thing out of one's own keeping and into the power, custody, or care of someone else
increase17 words
- prostithēmiπροστίθημιto add: to put one thing together with what is already there, so the total grows
- ravahרָבָהto make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
+2 more meanings
- to become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- plēthunōπληθύνωto increase in quantity: to become many or much, or to make something become many or much.
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- auxanōαὐξάνωto grow or increase; also, with God as the one acting, to make something grow
receive17 words
- lambanōλαμβάνωto take or receive: to get something into your hands or into your possession, whether by reaching for it or by accepting what someone gives you
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- klēronomeōκληρονομέωto inherit: to come into secure, rightful possession of something, as an heir receives what is set aside for them
- dechomaiδέχομαιto welcome a person: to take someone in and give them a willing, favorable reception
+1 more meaning
- to accept something offered: to take a message, gift, or object to oneself willingly
- paralambanōπαραλαμβάνωto receive a teaching or tradition handed down to you, taking it as your own
+1 more meaning
- to take someone or something to your side and bring them along with you
spread17 words
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
+3 more meanings
- to turn aside or turn away: to change direction so as to leave the straight path, toward something or away from it
- to bend justice or pervert a legal case: to push a judgment off its honest course against the weak
- to incline the ear or heart: to bend one's attention toward someone, or to bend another's heart a certain way
- trechōτρέχωto run: to move at speed on foot, and by extension to pour full effort into a course already marked out, all the way to its finish
- parasפָּרַשׂto spread out: to open something wide or stretch it flat across a space.
- natashנָטַשׁto spread out: to scatter, deploy, or let loose over an area
+2 more meanings
- to abandon: to walk away from someone or something one is bound to keep
- to let lie: to release a field or a matter and leave it alone
- diapherōδιαφέρωto carry something through or across a place, or to be carried along by an outside force
+2 more meanings
- to differ from something else, to be unlike it
- to be worth more than something else, to surpass it in value or importance
- natahנָטָהto stretch out or spread something: to extend a hand, arm, or fabric into open space
beat16 words
- nakhahנָכָהto deliver a blow: to strike someone or something, whether a single hit, a fatal stroke, a battlefield rout, or an affliction sent from God
- pa'amפַּעַםa time: a single instance of something happening, counted out and often added up
+2 more meanings
- a foot, or the step a foot makes: the tread of a person walking, often used of the path one's life takes
- a pedestal-foot: one of the cast metal corner-feet that the ark and other holy furniture rested on
- epiballōἐπιβάλλω(without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
+1 more meaning
- to throw or lay something onto something; to lay hands on a person, that is, to seize or arrest
- tuptōτύπτωto strike or beat: to hit someone with a blow, often blow after blow
- prospiptōπροσπίπτωto beat against something: of wind and water striking a building
+1 more meaning
- to fall down at someone's feet: to go to the ground in front of a person, out of fear, gratitude, or urgent need
crush16 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- shavarשָׁבַרto break: to shatter something so that it comes apart, or to crush a power, a body, or a person until they collapse
- thlibōθλίβωto press physically: to squeeze or crowd something so that it is pinched tight
+1 more meaning
- to afflict: to bear down on someone with hardship, trouble, or persecution, like a weight pressing from outside
- thrauōθραύωto crushnot studied yet
- likmaōλικμάωto crushnot studied yet
decree16 words
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
+2 more meanings
- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
+2 more meanings
- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- the taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
- millahמִלָּהa spoken word, and by extension the matter it concerns or the command it carries
- dogmaδόγμαdecreenot studied yet
- datדָּתan authoritative rule handed down by a ruler: a royal decree, or the settled law of a kingdom
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
honor16 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
+1 more meaning
- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- doxazōδοξάζωto praise or honor someone, above all to give glory to God for what he has done
+2 more meanings
- to clothe with splendor: to lift someone into a state of radiant honor and glory
- in John's Gospel, to reveal someone's true glory, the way the Father and Son honor each other and the cross becomes the moment of glory
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- timēτιμήhonor: the public recognition of someone's worth, and the respect or esteem that worth is owed.
+1 more meaning
- price: the amount at which something is valued, or the money it fetches.
- kavadכָּבֵדto honor: to treat someone as weighty, giving them the regard, deference, or worship their standing deserves
+2 more meanings
- to be heavy: to weigh much, whether a literal load, a crushing trouble, or a body part that has grown too heavy to work
- to be honored: to carry weight in others' eyes, to be held in high regard or shown to be glorious
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
keep16 words
- poieōποιέωto bring something about: to make a thing or to do a deed, so that something now exists or has happened that did not before.
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
+1 more meaning
- to press or squeeze: a separate, rare word that happens to share this spelling
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- agōἄγωto keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
+3 more meanings
- to lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
lay16 words
- tithēmiτίθημιto put something somewhere on purpose: to set, lay, or place it where the actor decides it should be
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- ballōβάλλωto send something to a place by throwing it or by setting it down: cast, throw, or put
- nu'aḥנוּחַto set down: to lay, deposit, or place a thing somewhere, and by extension to leave it, leave it alone, or let it be
+2 more meanings
- to come to rest: to settle down, alight, and be at quiet after motion or trouble
- to give rest: to grant relief and security, almost always God settling his people safe from their enemies
- rhiptōῥίπτωto let something go from your hands in one quick, decisive motion: to fling, cast, or set it down
lead16 words
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- agōἄγωto lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
+3 more meanings
- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
- to keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
- anagōἀνάγωto bring or lead someone or something up, from a lower place to a higher one
- eispherōεἰσφέρωto carry in: to bring a person or thing from outside to inside, or to put someone into a situation
perceive16 words
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- ginōskōγινώσκωto come to know: to learn, perceive, or grasp something so that it becomes part of what you know
- yadaיָדַעto know: to have or come to have a firm hold on something, whether a fact, a skill, or a person.
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
+1 more meaning
- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
pride16 words
- huperēphaniaὑπερηφανίαpridenot studied yet
- tipharahתִּפְאָרָהsplendor on show: beauty that catches the eye and brings honor to whoever wears, owns, or gives it
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
+2 more meanings
- splendor: the glory or grandeur of a land, a nation, or a thing in nature.
- arrogance: the swollen self-importance of a person or people who lift themselves up wrongly.
- kauchēmaκαύχημαa boast: what a person can point to as a reason for pride, and the pride voiced in it
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
refuse16 words
- apostrephōἀποστρέφωto turn away or turn back: to send a person or thing away from what it was facing, and so to remove it, put it back, or refuse it
- apōtheōἀπωθέωto push something away from yourself: to shove a person off, and so to refuse or cast aside
- ma'asמָאַסto reject: to refuse someone or something as worthless and push it away
+1 more meaning
- to flow away or run: to dissolve and drain off like water or a sore
- avahאָבָהto be willing: to consent and go along with what someone else asks or wants
- ma'enמָאֵןto refuse: to set oneself against doing what is asked, commanded, or offered, and decline to do it
remove16 words
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
+2 more meanings
- to lift something up off the ground or raise it higher
- to pick something up and carry it
- surסוּרto remove or take away: cause something or someone to leave
+1 more meaning
- to turn aside or depart: move away from a path, a person, or a course of life
- galahגָּלָהto uncover what was hidden, so that it is seen or known: to lay bare, expose, or reveal
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- to go away into exile, or to drive a people away into exile: to be deported from one's land
- aphaireōἀφαιρέωto take away or remove something, whether by cutting it off, stripping it from someone, or doing away with it entirely
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
see16 words
- horaōὁράωto see: to take something in, whether with the eyes or with the mind, so that it registers and is known
- ra'ahרָאָהto see: to take something in with the eyes, and from there to perceive, understand, experience, look into, provide for, or (turned around) be seen and shown.
- eidōεἴδωto see: to take something in through the eyes, and so to notice or realize it
+1 more meaning
- to know: to have something firmly in mind, whether a fact, a person, or how to do something
- blepōβλέπωto see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
+3 more meanings
- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- to perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
- to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
shake16 words
- saleuōσαλεύωto shake: to make something move back and forth, totter, or lose its firm footing.
- kineōκινέωto move something out of the position it holds: to budge it, shake it, carry it off, or set a crowd going.
- seiōσείωto shakenot studied yet
- nu'aנוּעַto move unsteadily: to shake or quiver in place, to reel, or to roam with no settled place to rest.
- motמוֹטto give way, to totter or slip out of a firm, fixed place; and so, of a person, to be shaken or brought down.
shine16 words
- halalהָלַלto shine: to give off light
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- to praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
- to boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- phainōφαίνωto shine: to give off light, as a lamp, star, or the sun does
+1 more meaning
- to appear: to come into view, or to look a certain way to onlookers
- phōtizōφωτίζωto give light: to light up a place, to bring hidden things into the open, or to open a person's mind to divine truth
- orאוֹרto shine or give light: for light to break out, or for something to send light out onto what was dark
- zaharזָהַרto shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
+1 more meaning
- to warn: to alert someone to a danger or a duty so they can act on it, and so also to instruct them or to take the warning to heart
- halalהָלַלto shine: to give off light
this16 words
- hoὁthe/this/whonot studied yet
- ohutosοὗτοςthis/he/she/itnot studied yet
- zehזֶהthisnot studied yet
- zotזֹאתthisnot studied yet
- hode, hēdeὅδεthisnot studied yet
wall16 words
- teichosτεῖχοςa city wall: the massive outer wall that rings a town, holds off an attacking army, and marks where the city begins
- ḥomahחוֹמָהthe fortified perimeter wall of a city or settlement, and by extension any barrier that stands between danger and those it shelters
- toichosτοῖχοςwallnot studied yet
- qirקִירwall: the upright side of a building, room, or object
- gaderגָּדֵרa wall: the low boundary of stacked stones that rings a vineyard, field, or courtyard and keeps safe whatever is inside it.
depart15 words
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- exerchomaiἐξέρχομαιto go out: to move from inside a place to outside it, or to leave a place behind
+3 more meanings
- to come out of a person: said of an evil spirit driven out, or of healing power going out from someone
- to spread abroad: said of a report, rumor, or message that travels out and reaches people
- to proceed from: said of words and intentions coming out of the mouth or heart, and of a person coming forth from a source or origin
- shalaḥשָׁלַחto send: to make a person or thing go out from you toward a destination, a target, or freedom
- aperchomaiἀπέρχομαιto go away from a place: to leave where one is and move off, often toward somewhere else
- surסוּרto turn aside or depart: move away from a path, a person, or a course of life
+1 more meaning
- to remove or take away: cause something or someone to leave
end15 words
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- telosτέλοςthe point a thing arrives at: where it stops, what it comes to, or the goal it was aiming for
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- a tax or customs duty: a payment owed to a governing authority
- akronἄκρονendnot studied yet
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- sunteleiaσυντέλειαthe completion of an age: the appointed moment when a whole stretch of time reaches the finish it was heading for
great15 words
- polusπολύςlarge in number or amount: many, much, great
- megasμέγαςgreat: far above the ordinary measure of its kind, whether in size, force, amount, or importance
- gadolגָּדוֹלgreat: large in size, high in degree, or high in rank, depending on what it describes
- ravרַבgreat, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
+2 more meanings
- many, numerous: large in number or amount
- chief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
- hikanosἱκανόςreaching the needed measure: enough, in amount, for a need, or for a role
light15 words
- phōsφῶςlight: visible brightness, or a thing that gives it (the sun, daylight, a fire, a lamp, a blaze of glory)
+1 more meaning
- light as God's saving self-disclosure: the rescue, truth, and life he brings into a dark world, and the realm of those who live in it
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- nerנֵרlamp: a small oil-burning lamp, and by extension the light of a life or a household that can shine or be snuffed out
- haptōἅπτωto reach out and lay hold of a person or thing: purposeful physical contact, not an accidental brush
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- to kindle: to set a lamp or fire alight
- phōsφῶςlight: visible brightness, or a thing that gives it (the sun, daylight, a fire, a lamp, a blaze of glory)
make15 words
- poieōποιέωto bring something about: to make a thing or to do a deed, so that something now exists or has happened that did not before.
- asahעָשָׂהto do or make: to bring something about by acting, whether shaping a thing or carrying out a deed
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- to press or squeeze: a separate, rare word that happens to share this spelling
- natanנָתַןto give: to hand something over so it passes from one person or place to another, whether as a gift, into a position, or into someone's power
- sumשׂוּםto put something in a position: to set it down somewhere, turn it into something, assign it to a role, or fix it in place so it stays
- kathistēmiκαθίστημιto appoint someone; to put a person in charge, installing them into a position of authority or responsibility
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- to cause a person or thing to become something; to render or bring into a settled condition or standing
- to conduct or escort someone; to bring a person safely to a destination
mind15 words
- kardiaκαρδίαthe heart: the hidden center of the whole inner person, where a human being thinks, decides, feels, and stands before God.
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- the center or deep interior of a place or thing.
- psuchēψυχήlife: the individual life that animates a creature, the life a person can keep, lose, risk, or give up.
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- the inner self: the whole person as the seat of feeling, desire, love, and will.
- person: a human being counted as an individual, a living soul, somebody.
- the self that outlasts the body: the life God can keep through death, save, or destroy.
- levלֵבthe heart: the hidden inner center of a person, where one thinks, decides, feels, and stands answerable to God
- ru'aḥרוּחַthe unseen moving power felt in wind and breath: the air that blows, the breath that gives life, the inner drive of a person, and the empowering presence of God.
- dianoiaδιάνοιαthe mind: a person's power to understand and think, bound up with the heart rather than standing apart from it as pure intellect
- kardiaκαρδίαthe heart: the hidden center of the whole inner person, where a human being thinks, decides, feels, and stands before God.
order15 words
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
- keleuōκελεύωto order that something be done: to give a spoken command, on the strength of one's authority
plan15 words
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- boulomaiβούλομαιto will, wish, or intend: to settle on what one wants, often as a considered choice or firm purpose.
- bouleuōβουλεύωto plannot studied yet
- etsahעֵצָהcounsel: the considered advice, plan, or purpose that comes out of thinking a matter through.
- maḥashavahמַחֲשָׁבָהa thought or plan: what the mind works out, whether an inner intention or a deliberate scheme
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- skilled design: an inventive work thought up and executed by a craftsman, including a clever device
plunder15 words
- skulonσκῦλονplundernot studied yet
- shalalשָׁלָלspoil: the goods, animals, and captives carried off as the prize of victory
- shadadשָׁדַדto devastate: to wreck something by violence and strip it bare, the ruin a raiding army leaves behind.
- bazazבָּזַזto plunder: to carry off the goods, livestock, and people of a defeated enemy as the spoils of war
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
portion15 words
- naḥalahנַחֲלָהan allotted, inalienable share: the permanent portion (most often a piece of land) that is assigned to someone and stays bound to them and their family line
- merosμέροςa part of a whole: a piece, share, region, or side, as set against the entirety
- klērosκλῆροςthe share that falls to a person: the place, portion, or inheritance assigned to someone rather than earned or chosen
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- a lot: a small marked object thrown or drawn to settle a question, so that the outcome is nobody's choice
- ḥoqחֹקan allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
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- a statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- metronμέτρονan allotted portion: the specific amount or share that God or Christ assigns to a person
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- a measure: the vessel or rod used to measure something, or the amount it holds
- a fixed quota that must be filled before judgment falls, as in filling up the measure of guilt
reward15 words
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
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- offspring: the young a person or an animal brings forth, named as the fruit of the body
- result: what a person's conduct, words, or work produces, the outcome it earns
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
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- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- misthosμισθόςreward: what God gives back in answer to how a person has lived
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- wages: the pay a worker earns for labor done
- antapodidōmiἀνταποδίδωμιto give back in return: to settle an account by handing back what someone's own action has earned, whether a kindness answered or a wrong punished.
- aḥaritאַחֲרִיתthe after-part of something: its end, its final outcome, or the future it leads to
- periפְּרִיfruit: what a tree, vine, or field brings forth, and what a person or nation yields when pictured as a growing plant
seize15 words
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- ḥazaqחָזַקto be firm or strong, and so to make firm: to grow strong, prevail, take courage, strengthen, repair, grip, hold fast, or harden
- krateōκρατέωto take hold of: lay hands on a person or thing and grasp it
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- to hold fast: keep a firm grip on something so as not to let it go
- to hold in one's power: keep something in a grip it cannot break free of
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
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- to conceive: to become pregnant with a child
- to help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
- lakhadלָכַדto seize and take control of someone or something, by force or as if caught in a trap
spoil15 words
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
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- to strip off and carry away: to take plunder, or pull clothing or ornaments off
- shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
- shalalשָׁלָלspoil: the goods, animals, and captives carried off as the prize of victory
- bazazבָּזַזto plunder: to carry off the goods, livestock, and people of a defeated enemy as the spoils of war
- gazalגָּזַלto take by open force: to rob, seize, or tear something away from the one who holds it
- natsalנָצַלto rescue: to snatch someone out of danger, into safety
strong15 words
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
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- possible: able to be done or to happen
- ischurosἰσχυρόςstrong: possessing real, built-in force that grips, holds, and resists
- ḥazaqחָזָקstrong: possessing force that does not give way, whether power that overwhelms or hardness that will not bend
- atsumעָצוּםvast: so overwhelmingly great, in strength or in sheer numbers, that it cannot be resisted
- azעַזmarked by overpowering force: strong or mighty, and, turned against someone, fierce, harsh, or brazen.
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
stronghold15 words
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- ochurōmaὀχύρωμαstrongholdnot studied yet
- selaסֶלַעa large rock: a cliff, crag, or massive boulder, and by extension a secure place of refuge
- mivtsarמִבְצָרa fortified place: a walled town, or the defensive stronghold that guards it, built to hold out against attack
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
take15 words
- lambanōλαμβάνωto take or receive: to get something into your hands or into your possession, whether by reaching for it or by accepting what someone gives you
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- nasaנָשָׂאto lift or raise something up: to take it from where it rests and hold it higher
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- to carry or bear a load: to hold up what has been lifted and move it
- to bear guilt or its punishment: to carry the weight of a wrong
- to forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
- airōαἴρωto take something away, remove it, or carry it off
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- to lift something up off the ground or raise it higher
- to pick something up and carry it
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
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- to be stripped of what you own and fall into poverty
trust15 words
- pisteuōπιστεύωto entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
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- to believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
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- faithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
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- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- elpizōἐλπίζωto look ahead to something good with expectation, ranging from ordinary anticipation to settled trust in God
- bataḥבָּטַחto put your confidence in someone or something, leaning on it for safety; and so to feel secure
- pisteuōπιστεύωto entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
turn15 words
- shuvשׁוּבto turn back: to reverse a movement and retrace the way already taken, whether going home, sending something back, or turning toward or away from God
- epistrephōἐπιστρέφωto turn: to change direction so as to face or move toward something, whether a body turning around, a person going back to a place, or a heart turning to God
- savavסָבַבto turn: change the direction one is facing or moving, or send something a roundabout way
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- to go around: move in a circuit or circle around something, or run around a thing as a rim does
- to surround: close in around someone or something on every side
- to turn something over: hand it on, transfer it, or change it into something else
- panahפָּנָהto turn so as to face a direction, person, or thing, with all that the turn implies: to look toward, attend to, or move away from
- haphakhהָפַךְto turn something over, around, or back, so a new side or heading faces out
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- to overthrow and destroy, tearing a place down so completely that it is left upended in ruin
- to change one thing into its opposite, turning a state, condition, or substance into something else
- to pervert or twist, turning what is straight and right into something crooked
waste15 words
- shaḥatשָׁחַתto ruin: to wreck something so it no longer works as it should, whether a thing, a people, or a person's own moral character
- apōleiaἀπώλειαruin, destruction, loss: the wrecking or wasting of something, and in most of the New Testament the final doom of the ungodly
- diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto scatter completely: to break up something gathered so that its parts are driven off in every direction
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- to squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
- shemamahשְׁמָמָהdesolation: a land emptied of life and left a ruin, and the appalled horror that ruin provokes
- shammahשַׁמָּהa horrifying devastation: a place laid waste and abandoned, and the shudder of dread it provokes
work15 words
- ergonἔργονa work: something a person does and the result it produces, whether a single deed, a life's labor, or the thing made
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- ma'asehמַעֲשֶׂהwhat someone does or makes: a deed, a piece of work, or the thing produced by it
- melakhahמְלָאכָהcommissioned work: the task one has been sent to do, the skill it demands, the occupation it becomes, and the goods it produces
- ergazomaiἐργάζομαιto work: to put out sustained effort that produces a result, whether earning a living, doing a deed, or carrying on a trade
bear14 words
- poieōποιέωto bring something about: to make a thing or to do a deed, so that something now exists or has happened that did not before.
- nasaנָשָׂאto carry or bear a load: to hold up what has been lifted and move it
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- to lift or raise something up: to take it from where it rests and hold it higher
- to bear guilt or its punishment: to carry the weight of a wrong
- to forgive: to lift guilt off a person so it no longer rests on them
- yaladיָלַדto bring a child into the world: to give birth to, to father, or to be born
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- gennaōγεννάωto bring a child into the world: of a father, to father a child; of a mother, to give birth; of a child, to be born
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- in a spiritual sense, to bring into a new life or standing: God giving someone new birth, God declaring a Son, or a teacher fathering a convert
border14 words
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- pe'ahפֵּאָהa side, edge, or corner: the outer face or boundary of something, whether a direction, a margin, or a far extremity
- qetsקֵץthe end: the point at which something stops, whether a stretch of time runs out, a quantity reaches its limit, or a decreed reckoning finally arrives
charge14 words
- tsavahצָוָהto command: to lay a binding order on someone who is expected to obey it.
- entellōἐντέλλωto lay a binding charge on someone: to command or commission, entrusting a directive that is meant to be carried out
- shavaשָׁבַעto bind yourself by a solemn oath, or to put someone else under one
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
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- a watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
- something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
- diastellōδιαστέλλωto give a strict, explicit order; to charge someone emphatically about what must or must not be done
consider14 words
- hēgeomaiἡγέομαιto consider: to reach a deliberate, weighed verdict about the worth or truth of something
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- to lead a community: to go in front of others as their guide and head
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
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- to credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
- dokeōδοκέωto think or suppose: to hold in one's own mind an opinion about what is the case, from a confident conclusion to a guarded guess, and often one the text goes on to correct
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- to seem or be reckoned: how a thing or person registers in the eyes of others, whether that is how it looks, what a group decides, or the standing a person is granted
- hēgeomaiἡγέομαιto consider: to reach a deliberate, weighed verdict about the worth or truth of something
deceive14 words
- planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
- apataōἀπατάωto deceive: to lead a person into a false belief or a wrong course by misrepresentation
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- patahפָּתָהto make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
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- to sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
declare14 words
- nagadנָגַדto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or disclose what another did not know
- anangellōἀναγγέλλωto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or proclaim news or a message to others
- sapharסָפַרto count, and so to recount: to take a tally of things, or to tell them over one by one as a story
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- a scribe: a trained official who keeps records, writes documents, and manages affairs of state or temple
- gnōrizōγνωρίζωto make known: to cause someone to know something, whether by revealing what was hidden or by simply informing them.
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- to know, or to be able to say; used where the speaker cannot tell which of two things he would choose.
- diēgeomaiδιηγέομαιto tell something all the way through: to give the full, connected account of what happened rather than merely mention it
delight14 words
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
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- to look on with favor: to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, or find acceptable
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץdelight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
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- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- purpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהdesire, longing, craving: the whole person's reaching out for what it wants (and sometimes the wanted thing itself).
- maḥmadמַחְמָדa treasure: what or whom someone holds dear, valued for the longing it draws rather than for any price it would fetch
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
division14 words
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
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- the host of heaven: the ordered array above, whether the stars or the heavenly beings around God
- service: an assigned term of duty, from being liable for war to a stretch of imposed hardship with a set end
- the plural in the divine title "the LORD of hosts": God named as the one every marshaled force answers to
- maḥaloqetמַחֲלֹקֶתa division: a distinct section marked off from a larger organized body
- gedudגְּדוּדa band of armed men who move and act together, most often to raid or plunder, though it can also mean a formal unit within a standing army, or the raid itself.
- ephēmeriaἐφημερίαdivisionnot studied yet
- degelדֶּגֶלa military standard: the raised emblem a body of people rally around, camp under, and march behind, and by extension the division mustered beneath it
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
dwell14 words
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
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- to take up residence within someone or something, of a presence that makes it its home; to indwell.
- kathēmaiκάθημαιto be seated: to be in a sitting position, or to stay settled in a place
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- to sit enthroned: to occupy a throne or seat of power, and so to rule or judge
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
escape14 words
- pheugōφεύγωto flee: to move fast away from something dangerous, whether to save yourself, to get clear of it, or to keep well away from it
- nusנוּסto flee: to run from danger, whether to escape it or to reach safety
- malatמָלַטto get safely out of danger, or to get someone else safely out: to escape, or to rescue
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- to bring forth young, to give birth: to let a child or egg slip out into the world
- diasōzōδιασῴζωto bring someone safely through a deadly danger and out the other side of it
- baraḥבָּרַחto flee: to break away and run, usually a deliberate escape from danger or from someone with power over you
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- to reach across, to pass straight through from one end to the other
flame14 words
- purπῦρfire: the burning flame, with all its power to warm, consume, purify, and destroy
- eshאֵשׁfire: burning flame and its heat and light, whether an ordinary blaze or the fire that marks God's presence, worship, or judgment.
- phloxφλόξa flame: the bright, leaping tongue of a burning fire, the part of a fire you can see and feel
- lehavahלֶהָבָהa flame: the leaping, visible tongue of a burning fire
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- the blade of a spear: its gleaming, flame-shaped metal head
- nurנוּרfire: a burning blaze of flame
foundation14 words
- themeliosθεμέλιοςfoundation: the load-bearing base laid first under a building, and by extension the basis on which anything is established.
- edenאֶדֶןa socket or base: the heavy footing into which an upright post or pillar is set so it stands firm
- yesodיְסוֹדfoundation: the lowest supporting part of a built thing, the base it rests on or rises from
- makhonמָכוֹןa fixed, established place: the settled spot where something firmly rests or dwells
- katabolēκαταβολήa founding: the laying down of something as its base or beginning, used in the New Testament only in the set phrase "the foundation of the world," a fixed term for creation
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- the depositing of seed: the laying down of seed that begins new life, the reproductive image behind the phrase "conceive" at Hebrews 11:11
glory14 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- halalהָלַלto boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
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- to praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- kauchaomaiκαυχάομαιto boast: to speak with pride about whatever you are counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- tehillahתְּהִלָּהpraise: the open acknowledgment of someone as worthy, whether the act of praising, the deeds that deserve it, or the renown it brings
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
go14 words
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
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- to bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
- erchomaiἔρχομαιto come or go: to move from one place to another and arrive there
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- to come about: of a time or event, to arrive and become reality
- halakhהָלַךְto go or walk: to move along on foot, and by extension to live a life headed in a particular direction.
- poreuōπορεύωto go, travel, or move from one place to another
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- to conduct oneself, live according to a particular way
- agōἄγωlet us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
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- to lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- to keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
guard14 words
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- tēreōτηρέωto guard: to hold a person in secure custody
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- to obey: to hold to a command or teaching and put it into practice
- to keep safe: to preserve, protect, or hold something in reserve
- rutsרוּץto run: to move fast on foot, and by extension to act or travel swiftly
- natsarנָצַרto keep close watch over something and guard it: to protect it, hold onto it faithfully, or keep it safe
hide14 words
- kruptōκρύπτωto hide: to put someone or something out of sight, or to keep a thing from being seen, known, or noticed.
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- orעוֹרskin: the outer covering of a body, whether living skin on a person or animal or the hide and leather taken from a dead one
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- satarסָתַרto hide: to put or keep someone or something out of sight, reach, or knowledge
kindle14 words
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
- haptōἅπτωto kindle: to set a lamp or fire alight
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- to reach out and lay hold of a person or thing: purposeful physical contact, not an accidental brush
- orאוֹרto shine or give light: for light to break out, or for something to send light out onto what was dark
- yatsatיָצַתto set on fire: to kindle a blaze that consumes something
majesty14 words
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
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- glorious ones: exalted heavenly beings named with the reverence due to their dignity
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- ga'onגָּאוֹןmajesty: the towering greatness and splendor that belong to God.
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- splendor: the glory or grandeur of a land, a nation, or a thing in nature.
- arrogance: the swollen self-importance of a person or people who lift themselves up wrongly.
- megalōsunēμεγαλωσύνηmajestynot studied yet
- hadarהָדָרvisible splendor: the dignity and grandeur that a great person or thing openly displays.
- doxaδόξαglory: the weighty splendor of God made visible, the honor that splendor commands, and the radiance God shares with his people
mock14 words
- oneidizōὀνειδίζωto reproach: to throw a person's fault, real or alleged, in their face with words that shame them in front of others.
- empaizōἐμπαίζωto mock: to make sport of someone, treating them with scorn as an object of ridicule
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- lutsלִיץto mock with proud contempt; a scoffer who sneers at correction
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- to mediate through speech; a go-between who carries words across a gap: an interpreter, envoy, or advocate
open14 words
- anoigōἀνοίγωto open: to make something shut or closed accessible, whether a door, the mouth, the eyes, or the heavens
- pataḥפָּתַחto open, loosen, or release: to move something closed or bound into an open state
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- to engrave or carve: to cut characters or images into a hard surface
- baqaבָּקַעto split something open by force: to cleave, breach, or burst it apart
- dianoigōδιανοίγωto open all the way: to take something firmly shut and lay it open, so that what was closed off can now be entered, seen, or understood
- schizōσχίζωto tear or split something apart, breaking a whole thing into pieces.
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- to be split into opposing groups, divided in opinion.
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