English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Aharah1 word
Aharhel1 word
Ahasbai1 word
Ahasuerus1 word
Ahava1 word
Ahaz2 words
Ahaziah1 word
Ahban1 word
ahead of1 word
Aher1 word
Ahi1 word
Ahiam1 word
Ahian1 word
Ahiezer1 word
Ahihud2 words
Ahijah1 word
Ahikam1 word
Ahilud1 word
Ahimaaz1 word
Ahiman1 word
Ahimelech1 word
Ahimoth1 word
Ahinadab1 word
Ahinoam1 word
Ahio1 word
Ahira1 word
Ahiram1 word
Ahisamach1 word
Ahishahar1 word
Ahishar1 word
Ahithophel1 word
Ahitub1 word
Ahlab1 word
Ahlai1 word
Ahoah1 word
Ahumai1 word
Ahuzzam1 word
Ahuzzath1 word
Ahzai1 word
Ai1 word
Aiah1 word
aid1 word
Aijalon1 word
ain1 word
- ayinעַיִןAin: a water source used once as a marker on the far northeastern frontier of the promised land, on the line that runs down past Riblah toward the Sea of Galilee
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- Ain: a town in the dry far south of Judah, handed on to Simeon and later set aside for the priests
- ayinעַיִןAin: a water source used once as a marker on the far northeastern frontier of the promised land, on the line that runs down past Riblah toward the Sea of Galilee
air2 words
Akan2 words
Akeldama1 word
Akkub1 word
Akrabbim1 word
alabaster1 word
alabaster box1 word
alabaster flask1 word
alabaster jar1 word
alamoth1 word
alarm3 words
- teru'ahתְּרוּעָהa loud, ringing sound raised by a crowd together: a battle cry, a signal blast on a horn, or a shout of acclamation and joy.
- behalבְּהַלto alarm: to strike someone with sudden dread that throws the mind into fearful confusion
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- to act in alarmed haste: to move hurriedly under the press of urgency or fright
- throeōθροέωto alarmnot studied yet
alarmed1 word
alas5 words
- hoyהוֹיthe prophet's death-cry hurled at the living: the wail raised over a corpse, now aimed at someone still standing to declare them, in God's word, as good as buried
- oyאוֹיwoe: a spontaneous cry of anguish, grief, or dread
- ahahאֲהָהּthe sound of dismay: an involuntary cry of dread, horror, or grief, most often the first word of a protest or plea turned upward to God
- annaאָנָּאthe strongest "please" in Hebrew: a cry of urgent pleading, "Ah, I beg you!", spoken almost only to God and almost always at a moment of crisis
- hahהָהּalas!not studied yet
alcoholic drink1 word
alcove1 word
Alemeth1 word
alert1 word
Alexander1 word
Alexandria1 word
Alexandrian1 word
algum1 word
alien4 words
- allotriosἀλλότριοςbelonging to someone else: another's, not one's own
- gerגֵּרa resident foreigner: someone who has left his own land and people and settled long-term among Israel, living under its protection but without a native's land and family rights
- nekharנֵכָרforeignness: what belongs to another people or land, and so is alien to Israel and its God
- paroikosπάροικοςa resident alien: a long-term, tolerated outsider who lives among a people but never counts as a full member
alienate1 word
alienated2 words
- apallotrioōἀπαλλοτριόωto alienate: to make (or leave) someone a stranger to something they ought to belong to, whether a people, a relationship, or God.
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
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- to impale or expose a body in a solemn public execution carried out before the LORD
alike1 word
alive2 words
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
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- as surely as someone lives: the fixed opening of a sworn oath.
- a living thing: an animal, most often a wild one.
- life: being alive, and the full, flourishing life that God gives.
- ḥayחַיalive: living rather than dead. It describes God as the one who is genuinely alive, names people as "the living," and in the plural stands on its own for life itself.
- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
all6 words
- pasπᾶςall, every, the whole: the complete extent of whatever it modifies, with nothing left out
- kolכֹּלthe totality of something: the whole of it, or each and every one of its members
- holosὅλοςwhole: one thing taken in its full extent, with nothing of it left out
- amphoterosἀμφότεροςboth: the complete set already in view, taken together as a unit, normally a pair of people or things.
- hapasἅπαςall, without exception: the complete number of persons or things, or a single thing in its entirety
all alone1 word
all kinds of1 word
all things1 word
all-powerful1 word
Allammelech1 word
allon1 word
- allonאַלּוֹןAllon: a man's name in the family lists of the tribe of Simeon, a name that plainly means "oak"
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- a great oak serving as a known landmark, the one tree by which a boundary was described
- allonאַלּוֹןAllon: a man's name in the family lists of the tribe of Simeon, a name that plainly means "oak"
Allon-bacuth1 word
allotted1 word
allow3 words
- 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
- eaōἐάωto let something happen or let something be, by not stepping in to stop it
- epitrepōἐπιτρέπωto permit, to allow: to give someone leave to do something.
allowance1 word
allowed1 word
alloy1 word
allure3 words
- mashakhמָשַׁךְto draw: to pull something along by steady force, whether a body, a bowstring, a sound, or a stretch of time
- 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
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
ally2 words
- ḥavarחָבַרto join two things into one: to fasten objects together, or to bind oneself to others in alliance or company
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- to bind by spells: to work enchantment by tying magical knots, the practice of a charmer
- ḥaverחָבֵרa companion or partner: someone joined to another by a shared bond, a common undertaking, or an alliance.
- ḥavarחָבַרto join two things into one: to fasten objects together, or to bind oneself to others in alliance or company
almighty3 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
- pantokratōrπαντοκράτωρruler of all: God as the one who actually holds every power and every event in his control
- shaddayשַׁדַּיthe Almighty: a name for God that points to his overwhelming might and power.
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
Almodad1 word
Almon1 word
Almon-diblathaim1 word
almond2 words
almost2 words
alms2 words
almsgiving1 word
almug1 word
aloe1 word
aloes1 word
alone5 words
- eḥadאֶחָדone: the cardinal number one, with the everyday senses that grow out of counting a single thing
- monosμόνοςalone or the only one: present or existing without others, or uniquely singled out to the exclusion of all else
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- only, merely, just: a limit or restriction placed on a predicate or clause
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
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- a carrying pole: one of the long wooden bars slid through rings to lift and carry the ark, altar, or table
- a branch or shoot: a wooden limb growing out from a vine or stem
- a limb or part of the body: one of the members that make up a living frame
- badadבָּדָדalone: the state of standing apart from everyone else, whether that means being kept safe on one's own or being left desolate
- badadבָּדַדto be alone: to stand apart from one's own kind, whether left solitary or broken away from the group
alongside1 word
aloud2 words
- garonגָּרוֹןthe throat: the front of the neck, both the passage inside that carries voice and drink and the outside that a necklace circles
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength in action: force brought to bear, whether against people, in a fighter's body, or in a voice raised to a shout
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- an army: the armed men a ruler commands, his strength counted out in bodies
Alpha1 word