English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Adami1 word
Adar2 words
Adbeel1 word
add5 words
- prostithēmiπροστίθημιto add: to put one thing together with what is already there, so the total grows
- epitithēmiἐπιτίθημιto put or set one thing on top of another, whether a hand, an object, a burden, or a blow
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- saphahסָפָהto add or heap up, piling one thing on top of another (usually guilt or wrath)
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- to sweep or scrape away to destruction; and so, in the passive, to be swept away and perish
- yesaphיְסַףto addnot studied yet
add to1 word
Addan1 word
Addar1 word
Addi1 word
addicted1 word
Addon1 word
address1 word
Adiel1 word
Adin1 word
Adina1 word
Adithaim1 word
adjuration1 word
- alahאָלָהa binding oath: a sworn pledge that seals a promise or covenant by invoking a curse on whoever breaks it
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- a curse: an invoked doom pronounced on the guilty or on those who break a sworn covenant
- alahאָלָהa binding oath: a sworn pledge that seals a promise or covenant by invoking a curse on whoever breaks it
adjure5 words
- shavaשָׁבַעto bind yourself by a solemn oath, or to put someone else under one
- horkizōὁρκίζωto adjurenot studied yet
- alahאָלָהto swear under a curse: to bind a promise or a claim with a curse on whoever breaks or defies it, or to lay such an oath on someone else.
- exorkizōἐξορκίζωto adjurenot studied yet
- enorkizomaiἐνορκίζομαιto adjurenot studied yet
Adlai1 word
Admah1 word
Admatha1 word
Admin1 word
administration3 words
- diakoniaδιακονίαa commission carried out on behalf of another: the assigned work or ministry someone is charged to do, especially in the service of God
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
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- the ordered way God runs things: his administering of his purpose through history and over the world
- kubernēsisκυβέρνησιςwise, steering leadership that guides a community, pictured as a helmsman steering a ship through rough water
admire1 word
- thaumazōθαυμάζωto marvel: to be brought up short by something extraordinary, from awed amazement to bewildered surprise.
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- to show partiality: to flatter or defer to people for what you can get out of them.
- thaumazōθαυμάζωto marvel: to be brought up short by something extraordinary, from awed amazement to bewildered surprise.
admonish2 words
- zaharזָהַרto shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
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- 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
- noutheteōνουθετέωto admonish: to correct someone with words, appealing to the mind so as to turn them from a wrong or harmful course, done out of care.
- zaharזָהַרto shine, to give off light or gleam brightly
admonition1 word
Adna1 word
Adnah1 word
Adoni-bezek1 word
Adoni-zedek1 word
Adonijah1 word
Adonikam1 word
Adoniram1 word
adoption1 word
Adoraim1 word
Adoram1 word
adorn3 words
- kosmeōκοσμέωto put something into the order that suits it, so that it also looks right: to arrange, adorn, or dress.
- adahעָדָהto pass on: to travel across or past a place, or to take a thing off and carry it away
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- to deck oneself out: to put on jewelry and finery, or to place ornaments on someone else
- yaphahיָפָהto be beautiful, or to make beautiful: to have a loveliness that draws the eye, or to put that loveliness on something else
adorning1 word
- kosmosκόσμοςthe universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
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- the earth where people live, and by extension all the people who live on it; the human world.
- human society as it has turned away from God: the whole order of life, values, and powers set against him.
- outward adornment, the things put on to make oneself attractive.
- kosmosκόσμοςthe universe, the whole ordered creation that God made and rules.
adornment1 word
Adrammelech1 word
Adramyttium1 word
Adriatic sea1 word
Adriel1 word
Adullam1 word
adulterer1 word
adulteress1 word
adulterous1 word
adultery3 words
Adummim1 word
advance2 words
advanced in years1 word
advantage5 words
- 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
- ōpheleiaὠφέλειαadvantagenot studied yet
- yitronיִתְרוֹןgain that is really left over: the surplus or edge that remains once the full cost of the effort has been counted
- yoterיוֹתֵרthe extra: whatever is over and above what has already been counted, whether that surplus is a leftover, an edge held over someone else, or a step too far
- motarמוֹתָרadvantagenot studied yet
- 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
advent1 word
adversaries1 word
adversary5 words
- oyevאֹיֵבan enemy: one who is actively hostile to another person, a people, or God
- tsarצַרnarrow and tight, and so the pressure of being hemmed in: distress, trouble, straits
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- an enemy: one who acts with hostility, an opponent or foe
- satanשָׂטָןadversary: one who stands against another to oppose, obstruct, or accuse, whether a human enemy or a member of God's heavenly court
- antikeimaiἀντίκειμαιto be set against someone or something: to stand opposed, resist, or run contrary
- qimקִיםadversarynot studied yet
adversity2 words
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
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- a rival wife: a second wife who is felt as an adversary, the one who brings grief to the first
- laḥatsלַחַץoppression: the crushing weight a stronger party presses down on someone, and the hardship of living under it
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
advice4 words
- boulēβουλήa settled purpose reached by deliberation: a considered plan, counsel, or decision, whether God's or a person's
- etsahעֵצָהcounsel: the considered advice, plan, or purpose that comes out of thinking a matter through.
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- mo'etsahמוֹעֵצָהsettled plans that are actually being followed: the course of action a person or a nation has fixed on, and in nearly every use one chosen instead of what God said.
advise1 word
adviser1 word
advocate3 words
- lutsלִיץto mediate through speech; a go-between who carries words across a gap: an interpreter, envoy, or advocate
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- to mock with proud contempt; a scoffer who sneers at correction
- paraklētosπαράκλητοςsomeone called to a person's side to help, support, and speak for them before a higher authority
- sahedשָׂהֵדadvocatenot studied yet
- lutsלִיץto mediate through speech; a go-between who carries words across a gap: an interpreter, envoy, or advocate
Aeneas1 word
Aenon1 word
afar off4 words
- raḥoqרָחֹקfar off, distant: removed by a wide gap, whether in space, in time, or in closeness.
- makranμακράνfar off: at a distance from someone or something, whether the gap is measured in steps or in standing
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- at length: drawn out over a long stretch of time
- makrothenμακρόθενfar off: the distant point a person watches from, stands at, or travels from
- porrōthenπόρρωθενafar offnot studied yet
affair2 words
affairs1 word
affection1 word
- splagchnonσπλάγχνονthe seat of a person's deepest feelings; heartfelt affection, tender compassion, or mercy
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- the inner organs of the body; the intestines or entrails
- splagchnonσπλάγχνονthe seat of a person's deepest feelings; heartfelt affection, tender compassion, or mercy
affectionate1 word
affirm2 words
afflict6 words
- 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
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- 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)
- laḥatsלָחַץto bear down on with crushing pressure: to press or squeeze something physically, and so to oppress or afflict a person or a people
- yagahיָגָהto cause someone grief: to lay sorrow on a person, or to be the one bowed under sorrow that someone else has laid on them
- thlibōθλίβωto afflict: to bear down on someone with hardship, trouble, or persecution, like a weight pressing from outside
afflicted2 words
affliction8 words
- thlipsisθλῖψιςaffliction: the crushing pressure of trouble, distress, or suffering bearing down on a person
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
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- a rival wife: a second wife who is felt as an adversary, the one who brings grief to the first
- mastixμάστιξa severe bodily affliction pictured as a lash falling on a person: a tormenting disease
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- a whip, and the flogging carried out with it
- oniעֳנִיaffliction: the hard, lowered condition of someone weighed down by suffering, oppression, or want
- ḥoliחֳלִיa sickness: an illness or disease of the body, and by extension the suffering or ruin that sickness pictures.
afford1 word
afraid9 words
- yareיָרֵאafraid: frightened of a threat or danger
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- God-fearing: holding God in reverent awe, so that one lives faithfully and obediently
- ḥatatחָתַתto be broken, and so to be dismayed: to come apart under pressure, whether a thing that shatters or a person whose courage gives way; and to do this to someone else, to shatter or terrify them.
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
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- to hurry, act in haste, or do something rashly
- ḥaradחָרַדto tremble with sudden fear: the involuntary shudder of a startled or terrified person, and (in causative form) to make someone tremble like that
- deilosδειλόςcowardly: a shameful loss of nerve that is really a failure of faith, not the ordinary feeling of being afraid
- yareיָרֵאafraid: frightened of a threat or danger
after7 words
- metaμετάwith/afternot studied yet
- aḥarאַחַרbehind or after: the place at the back of something, or the time that comes later
- opisōὀπίσωafternot studied yet
- 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
- opisthenὄπισθενafternot studied yet
after that2 words
afterbirth1 word
aftergrowth1 word
- saphi'aḥסָפִיחַaftergrowth: the grain that comes up on its own the year after a harvest, sprouted from seed that fell to the ground when the field was cut
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- a rush of water: the flooding that scours the soil off the ground
- saphi'aḥסָפִיחַaftergrowth: the grain that comes up on its own the year after a harvest, sprouted from seed that fell to the ground when the field was cut
afterward6 words
- aḥarאַחַרbehind or after: the place at the back of something, or the time that comes later
- husterosὕστεροςcoming after: later in time or sequence, and so the following or the final point in a series
- epeitaἔπειταthen, after that: what comes next in the order, often a later stage reached once time has passed
- hexēsἑξῆςnext/afterwardnot studied yet
- kathexēsκαθεξῆςin orderly sequence, one after another: laid out in the order that follows
Agabus1 word
Agag1 word
again9 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
- odעוֹדstill, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on
- deuterosδεύτεροςsecond: next after the first in order, rank, or time
- palinπάλινagain: once more, a second (or further) time, repeating an action
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- back: returning to a place, person, or condition left earlier
- furthermore: a connecting word that adds a further point or, in turn, a contrasting one
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
against5 words
- epiἐπίupon/to/againstnot studied yet
- etאֵתwith: alongside, in the company of, or in dealing with someone or something
- negedנֶגֶדin front of: in someone's open view, whether facing them, in their plain sight, or standing over against them
- qaraקָרָאto come up against someone or something: to meet, to confront, or (of an event) to befall
- enantiosἐναντίοςset on the other side and facing you: a wind coming head-on, a person standing across from you, or someone whose stance is against you.
agate1 word
age7 words
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- aiōnαἰώνan age: a stretch of time, from a bounded era to unending duration, and the world seen as the present order running its course
- geneaγενεάgeneration: the people who belong to one stretch of time, or the stretch of time itself
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- hēlikiaἡλικίαage: the point a person has reached in life, counted in years, and so the stretch of life that person has been given
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- stature: how tall a person stands, and so how far a body has grown toward its full size
aged1 word
Agee1 word
agency1 word
aggitate1 word
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
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- to coat something with tar: to seal it with bitumen so water cannot get in
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
agitate1 word
agitated1 word
aglow1 word
agony4 words
- basanosβάσανοςtorment: severe, consciously felt suffering, whether the agony of disease or the punishment of the dead
- ōdinὠδίνa birth pang: the gripping pain of labor, used in the New Testament as a picture of anguish that seizes suddenly and cannot be escaped
- ḥilחִילwrithing pain: the doubling-over agony of childbirth, used above all for the terror that grips people when God's judgment closes in
- shavatsשָׁבָץagonynot studied yet
agree6 words
- proserchomaiπροσέρχομαιto come up to someone or something, to approach so as to be in its presence
- exomologeomaiἐξομολογέομαιto agree: to consent to a proposal or strike a deal
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- to confess: to say out loud, before others, the wrong one has done
- to acknowledge God openly: to declare in public what is true about God, whether in praise or in homage
- isosἴσοςequal: the same as something else in measure, in worth, or in standing
- suntithēmiσυντίθημιto agreenot studied yet
- sumphēmiσύμφημιto agreenot studied yet
agree to1 word
agree with1 word
agreement6 words
- beritבְּרִיתcovenant: a solemn, binding agreement that ties two parties together with obligations, sealed by an oath and meant to hold.
- epangeliaἐπαγγελίαan agreement or consent: a person's word that they will go along with a plan.
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- a promise: a binding pledge to do something, above all God's pledge to his people, and by extension the very thing he has pledged to give.
- mesharמֵישָׁרuprightness: the quality of being straight and even, shown as fair dealing, honest speech, or a smooth, unobstructed course
- ḥozehחֹזֶהan agreement or binding pact
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- a seer: a prophet who receives God's message through visions
- sugkatathesisσυγκατάθεσιςagreementnot studied yet
Agrippa1 word
Agur1 word
ah3 words
aha3 words
Ahab1 word