English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 2 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Abital1 word
Abitub1 word
Abiud1 word
able2 words
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
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- possible: able to be done or to happen
- hikanosἱκανόςreaching the needed measure: enough, in amount, for a need, or for a role
- dunatosδυνατόςable, powerful: having what it takes to bring something about
able to teach1 word
Abner1 word
abnormally born1 word
abode2 words
abolish2 words
- kataluōκαταλύωto take something apart so it no longer stands: to tear down, demolish, or do away with, whether a building, a law, or a plan
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- to stop for the night as a guest: to find lodging and rest at the end of a journey
- katargeōκαταργέωto make something inactive or ineffective: to strip it of its force so it no longer works, whether by nullifying it, abolishing it, or setting it aside
- kataluōκαταλύωto take something apart so it no longer stands: to tear down, demolish, or do away with, whether a building, a law, or a plan
abominable1 word
abominable thing1 word
abomination5 words
- bdelugmaβδέλυγμαsomething God finds utterly loathsome and will not have near him: above all an idol, or the filth that idol worship drags in
- to'evahתּוֹעֵבַהan abomination: something felt as so revolting that it must be rejected and shut out
- shiqqutsשִׁקּוּץa detestable thing: something felt as revolting, above all an idol or the equipment of pagan worship that God loathes
- sheqetsשֶׁקֶץa detestable creature: an animal the law puts off-limits, to be met with open disgust and not merely kept at a distance
- piggulפִּגּוּלfoul, rejected meat: consecrated or forbidden flesh that has become desecrated and unfit to eat or offer
abound4 words
- perisseuōπερισσεύωto overflow: to be present beyond the measure that is needed, so that there is a surplus, growth, or plenty
- pleonazōπλεονάζωto become more than there was: to increase, grow, or mount up in amount, and so to end up with more than was needed
- huperperisseuōὑπερπερισσεύωto aboundnot studied yet
- huperpleonazōὑπερπλεονάζωto aboundnot studied yet
about3 words
about to1 word
above6 words
- huperὑπέρabove/fornot studied yet
- epanōἐπάνωabovenot studied yet
- ma'alמַעַלabovenot studied yet
- anōἄνωabove, upward: the higher position or direction, and so the world overhead where God is
- huperanōὑπεράνωabovenot studied yet
above all1 word
above reproach2 words
abraham2 words
abram1 word
abroad1 word
Abronah1 word
Absalom1 word
absence2 words
absent1 word
abstain2 words
- apechōἀπέχωto abstain: to hold oneself back and deliberately stay away from something
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- to have received in full: to hold in hand the whole of what was owed, with nothing left outstanding
- to be far off: to lie at a distance in space, or to be far away in heart
- it is enough: an abrupt exclamation whose exact force is uncertain
- nazarנָזַרto set apart by going without: to consecrate oneself to God by giving something up, or to hold clear of what one must not touch
- apechōἀπέχωto abstain: to hold oneself back and deliberately stay away from something
abundance13 words
- rovרֹבa great amount: a large number of things, or a large degree of something
- hamonהָמוֹןabundance, wealth, or a great supply of material things
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- noise, roar, or tumult: the overwhelming sound produced by a surging mass
- a multitude, host, or crowd: a large, surging mass of people or troops
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
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- the greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
- savaשָׂבָעplenty: a food supply so large that there is more than enough, the opposite of famine.
- sovaשֹׂבַעfullness that satisfies: as much as it takes to meet a need, whether food eaten to the full or joy at its fullest
abundant3 words
- ravרַבgreat, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
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- many, numerous: large in number or amount
- chief, captain: a high officer ranking over others
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
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- to make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- kabbirכַּבִּירmighty, or a great deal of something: great by sheer mass, whether in overpowering force or in plain amount
- ravרַבgreat, abundant: large in degree, strength, or extent
abundantly1 word
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
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- more than is needed: unnecessary, and so better left out
- perissosπερισσόςover and above: what goes past the ordinary measure, whether as an extra one side has that another does not or as a supply beyond what is needed
abuse1 word
- alalעָלַלto work one's will on a person: to deal harshly with them, to make sport of or abuse them
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- to glean: to go back over a harvested vine or field and strip off what remains
- to thrust or lay something in the dust, or to defile it there (used only of Job and his horn)
- alalעָלַלto work one's will on a person: to deal harshly with them, to make sport of or abuse them
abyss3 words
- phrearφρέαρa well: a deep shaft dug straight down into the ground, either to reach water or to open into the depths below
- abussosἄβυσσοςthe abyss: the unfathomed depth beneath the earth, pictured as a sealed prison for evil spirits and, once, as the realm of the dead
- tehomתְּהוֹםthe deep: the vast cosmic body of water under and around the world, from the primeval ocean of creation to the springs beneath the ground and the unreachable depths of the sea
acacia1 word
acacia wood1 word
Accad1 word
accept9 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
- dechomaiδέχομαιto accept something offered: to take a message, gift, or object to oneself willingly
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- to welcome a person: to take someone in and give them a willing, favorable reception
- prosdechomaiπροσδέχομαιto welcome or accept: to receive a person or a circumstance to yourself willingly and gladly
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- to wait for or look for: to await something eagerly, ready to welcome it when it comes
- ratsahרָצָהto be pleased with someone or something: to accept them gladly, look on them with favor, and take delight in them
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- to pay off in full: to satisfy a debt or serve out a sentence until the account is settled
- chōreōχωρέωto make room within oneself; to take in, receive, or accept a person or a demanding truth
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- to go, pass, or make one's way toward a place or a state
- to hold or contain; to have room for
acceptable5 words
- dektosδεκτόςwelcome: gladly received rather than turned away, because the one receiving has decided to show favor
- euarestosεὐάρεστοςwell-pleasing: giving genuine pleasure to the one it is offered to, so that a gift, a life, or a person is gladly received rather than merely tolerated
- arevעָרַבto go down well with someone: to be sweet, welcome, or acceptable to the person on the receiving end
- euprosdektosεὐπρόσδεκτοςacceptablenot studied yet
- shepharשְׁפַרto acceptablenot studied yet
acceptably1 word
acceptance3 words
accepted1 word
access1 word
accident3 words
Acco1 word
accompany8 words
- akoloutheōἀκολουθέωto follow: to come along behind someone, and so to attach yourself to them as a disciple
- sunerchomaiσυνέρχομαιto go along with someone: to accompany a person on a journey or errand
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- to come together into one place: for people to gather or assemble as a group
- to come together as husband and wife: for a couple to begin married life
- lavahלָוָהto attach oneself to another, becoming joined, allied, or bound to them.
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- to take or give a loan: to borrow, or, seen from the other side, to lend.
- epakoloutheōἐπακολουθέωto follow closely after or upon something: to come along behind it, follow up on it, or attend it as its sequel
- propempōπροπέμπωto send a traveler off well: to go part of the way with them, or to supply what their journey will need
accomplice1 word
accomplish5 words
- plēroōπληρόωto fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
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- to 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
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- teleōτελέωto bring something all the way to its appointed end: to finish, complete, or fully carry out.
- teleioōτελειόωto bring something all the way to its intended goal: to complete, finish, or make full and mature.
- epiteleōἐπιτελέωto bring fully to completion: to finish what was begun, or carry an appointed task all the way through
- katergazomaiκατεργάζομαιto bring something about by working at it: to produce a result, carry out a deed, or accomplish a task fully
- plēroōπληρόωto fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
accord1 word
according to2 words
- kataκατάaccording tonot studied yet
- pehפֶּהthe mouth: the opening in the face used to eat and drink and above all to speak, and so, by a natural step, the speech, words, or command that come out of it
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- the mouth of a thing: the opening of a well, sack, cave, or pit, the edge of a sword that devours, and the reach from one end of a place to the other
- a fixed relating phrase in which the word stops meaning a body part: in proportion to, or at the command of
- a measured portion or share, above all the double portion that names the firstborn's part of an inheritance
accordingly1 word
account5 words
- logosλόγοςan account or reckoning: a settling of the books, the tally a person must hand over for what they have done.
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- a word, statement, or message: anything that is said, whether a single saying, a whole teaching, or, in its loaded Christian use, the message of the gospel itself.
- a reason, ground, or basis: the cause behind an action, or the case a person makes to defend or explain it.
- a matter, affair, or thing: the issue under discussion, the case at hand.
- toledahתּוֹלֵדוֹתthe line that comes from a named ancestor: the descendants, family record, or unfolding story that issues from them
- diēgēsisδιήγησιςan orderly, connected account of past events: a narrative that leads the reader through a subject from beginning to end
- ta'amטְעֵםaccountnot studied yet
- ḥashavחֲשַׁבto accountnot studied yet
- logosλόγοςan account or reckoning: a settling of the books, the tally a person must hand over for what they have done.
accountable1 word
accumulate1 word
accursed3 words
accursed thing1 word
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa thing placed under God's irrevocable claim, so that it is either destroyed or given to him permanently and can never be reclaimed for ordinary use
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- a net for catching fish or prey
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa thing placed under God's irrevocable claim, so that it is either destroyed or given to him permanently and can never be reclaimed for ordinary use
accusation4 words
- aitiaαἰτίαa charge: the stated ground on which someone is accused, found guilty, or condemned
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- a reason: the ground or cause that answers why something is so or is done
- katēgoriaκατηγορίαthe charge itself: a formal accusation stated against a named person, of the kind that has to be answered before a judge or a governing body
- egklēmaἔγκλημαaccusationnot studied yet
- sitnahשִׂטְנָהaccusationnot studied yet
- aitiaαἰτίαa charge: the stated ground on which someone is accused, found guilty, or condemned
accuse5 words
- katēgoreōκατηγορέωto accuse: to bring a formal, public charge against someone before a court or ruling authority
- egkaleōἐγκαλέωto bring a formal charge against someone, as in a court of law: to accuse, to press charges, to indict
- diaballōδιαβάλλωto accusenot studied yet
- satanשָׂטַןto stand against someone as their adversary, whether by open hostility or by bringing a charge against them
- proaitiaomaiπροαιτιάομαιto accusenot studied yet
accused1 word
accuser2 words
accustomed3 words
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
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- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- sunētheiaσυνήθειαbeing accustomed to something: the ingrained habit of a former way of life that still shapes a person
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- an established custom: an accepted, repeated way of doing things that a group takes for granted
- limmudלִמֻּדtaught, trained: someone or something that instruction or long practice has shaped into a settled way of being.
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
Achaia1 word
Achaicus1 word
Achan2 words
Achbor1 word
Achim1 word
Achish1 word
Achor1 word
Achsah1 word
Achshaph1 word
Achzib1 word
acknowledge6 words
- 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.
- epiginōskōἐπιγινώσκωto know fully or to acknowledge; to recognize a truth, a person, or God and take a stand on it
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- to recognize or make out who or what someone is, or to find out the facts of a matter
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
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- to treat as foreign: to make a person or thing strange, whether by disguising, disowning, or failing to know it
- homologeōὁμολογέωto acknowledge or admit: to grant that something is true, whether a fact one concedes or a wrong one owns up to
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- to confess or profess: to declare openly and on the record where one stands, owning allegiance to a person or affirming a truth as one's own before others
- to promise: to bind oneself by a stated pledge to do something
- to praise: to give God thanks out loud, openly acknowledging his name in worship
acknowledgment1 word
acquaintance2 words
acquainted1 word
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
+2 more meanings
- an attendant: a person kept close to a superior to look after him personally
- to be long familiar with: to know something by living with it rather than by hearing of it
- sakhanסָכַןto be of benefit: to be worth something to the one who stands to gain
acquainted with1 word
acquire1 word
acquiring1 word
acquisition2 words
acquit4 words
- dikaioōδικαιόωto declare someone to be in the right: to hand down a favorable verdict, acquitting, clearing, or vindicating a person rather than making the person good
- naqahנָקָהto be clear in a legal sense: free, innocent, or unpunished, and (when someone declares it) to acquit or leave unpunished
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- to be emptied out or swept clean: stripped bare of inhabitants or contents
- tsadaqצָדֵקto put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them
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- to be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
- zakhahזָכָהto be clear of guilt when the question is put, or to keep a heart or a life clear of it
acre1 word
- tsemedצֶמֶדan acre: a measure of farmland, as much ground as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day
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- a matched pair: two animals or riders taken together, especially a team of oxen joined at a single yoke
- tsemedצֶמֶדan acre: a measure of farmland, as much ground as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day
across1 word
across the river1 word
act3 words
- ma'asehמַעֲשֶׂהwhat someone does or makes: a deed, a piece of work, or the thing produced by it
- chraōχράωto put something to use: to take up a thing, a right, or a way of behaving and let it serve a purpose, including in how one handles another person
- po'alפֹּעַלwork or deed: what someone does, along with what that doing earns or produces
act abominably1 word
- ta'avתַּעָבto act abominably: to commit deeds so detestable they become an abomination, especially before God
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- to abhor: to find someone or something detestable and turn away from it in loathing
- ta'avתַּעָבto act abominably: to commit deeds so detestable they become an abomination, especially before God
act improperly1 word
act like a man1 word
act treacherously1 word
act unfaithfully1 word
act unjustly1 word
act unseemly1 word
act wisely1 word
action1 word
active energy1 word
actor1 word
acts1 word
Adadah1 word
adah1 word
- adahעָדָהAdah: the first of Lamech's two wives in the line of Cain, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal.
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- Adah: the Canaanite wife of Esau, daughter of Elon the Hittite, and mother of his firstborn son Eliphaz.
- adahעָדָהAdah: the first of Lamech's two wives in the line of Cain, and the mother of Jabal and Jubal.
Adaiah1 word
Adalia1 word
adam2 words
- AdamἈδάμAdamnot studied yet
- adamאָדָםAdam: the personal name of the first man, the human being God formed at the beginning and the head of the family lines the Bible traces.
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- Adam: a town beside the Jordan, near Zarethan and well upstream from Jericho, named as the point the stopped river backed up to.
adamah1 word
adamant1 word
- shamirשָׁמִירadamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
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- a thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
- shamirשָׁמִירadamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness