English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 5 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Alphaeus1 word
already2 words
also3 words
altar6 words
- thusiastērionθυσιαστήριονaltar: the place built for offering sacrifice or incense to God
- mizbe'aḥמִזְבֵּחַaltar: the built structure on which an offering is burned and presented to God or to a god
- bōmosβωμόςaltarnot studied yet
- ari'elאֲרִאֵילaltarnot studied yet
- harelהַרְאֵלaltarnot studied yet
alter4 words
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
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- to change: to make or become different, or to stand apart from others as unlike them
- shenaשְׁנָאto become or be other than before: to change, be altered, or be different in kind
- murמוּרto exchange one thing for another: to swap, substitute, or change something out
- adahעֲדָהto go from where it was: for rule, honor, or a binding order to pass away, or for someone with power to take it away
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
altered1 word
although1 word
altogether1 word
Alush1 word
Alvah1 word
Alvan1 word
always5 words
- tamidתָּמִידwithout a break: going on and on, all the time, as a settled and unbroken practice
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- the regular offering: the fixed daily sacrifice (and the standing rites that go with it) in Israel's worship
- pantoteπάντοτεalways: at all times, on every occasion, without exception
- aeiἀείalwaysnot studied yet
- pantēπάντῃalwaysnot studied yet
- hekastoteἑκάστοτεalwaysnot studied yet
- tamidתָּמִידwithout a break: going on and on, all the time, as a settled and unbroken practice
am1 word
Amad1 word
Amal1 word
Amalek1 word
Amam1 word
Amana1 word
Amariah1 word
Amasa1 word
Amasai1 word
Amashsai1 word
Amasiah1 word
amaze1 word
amazed6 words
- existēmiἐξίστημιto be knocked out of your normal state of mind: overwhelmed with amazement, or, at the far edge, out of your senses.
- ekplēssōἐκπλήσσωto be overwhelmed with astonishment: knocked out of one's normal composure by something too big to take in
- thambeōθαμβέωto be astounded: overwhelmed by an awe that mixes wonder and dread
- tamahתָּמַהּto be stunned by something that does not make sense: struck with astonishment, usually edged with alarm
- ekthambeōἐκθαμβέωto be utterly overwhelmed: struck by a shock of awe fused with dread, far stronger than ordinary amazement
amazement2 words
- ekstasisἔκστασιςastonishment so strong that it knocks a person out of their normal composure
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- a trance: the state of someone whose ordinary awareness gives way while God shows them something
- thambosθάμβοςstunned awe: the wonder mixed with fear that seizes people who have just seen overwhelming power at work
- ekstasisἔκστασιςastonishment so strong that it knocks a person out of their normal composure
Amaziah1 word
ambassador3 words
- male'akhמַלְאָךְa messenger: someone sent by another to carry a message or do an errand on the sender's behalf, whether a human envoy or a heavenly being (an angel).
- tsirצִירan envoy: a person formally dispatched with a message on someone else's authority, most often between rulers or nations
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- a hinge: the pivot a door swings on
- a writhing pang: the seizing, doubling-over pain of labor, or that same pain brought on by dread
- ḥashmanחַשְׁמַןambassadornot studied yet
amber1 word
ambush9 words
- aravאָרַבto lie in wait: to stay hidden in order to spring out and attack or seize
- enedreuōἐνεδρεύωto ambushnot studied yet
- mistarמִסְתָּרa place out of sight: the cover someone watches or strikes from unseen, or where a person or a treasure is kept beyond finding
- enedraἐνέδραplot/ambushnot studied yet
- ma'aravמַאֲרָבambushnot studied yet
amen2 words
- amēnἀμήνthe Amen: a title for Christ in Revelation, marking him as the one in whom God's complete reliability is made personal
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- so be it: a word of response that seals a prayer, praise, or blessing with the agreement of all who hear it
- truly: a word Jesus speaks before his own statements to mark them as certain and carrying his own authority
- amenאָמֵןamen: a one-word reply that takes another person's words and makes them binding on oneself
- amēnἀμήνthe Amen: a title for Christ in Revelation, marking him as the one in whom God's complete reliability is made personal
amethyst2 words
Ami1 word
Amittai1 word
Ammah1 word
Ammiel1 word
Ammihud1 word
Amminadab2 words
Ammishaddai1 word
Ammizabad1 word
ammon1 word
ammoni1 word
Amnon1 word
Amok1 word
amomum1 word
Amon2 words
among6 words
- enἐνin/on/amongnot studied yet
- mesosμέσοςthe middle: the central point of a space, group, or stretch of time, and so the position of being surrounded on all sides
- tavekhתָּוֶךְthe middle: the central part of something, or the space it encloses
- qerevקֶרֶבthe inside of something: its interior, whether a body's organs, a person's hidden self, or the space within a group or place
- emperipateōἐμπεριπατέωto walk in/amongnot studied yet
Amos2 words
Amoz1 word
Amphipolis1 word
Ampliatus1 word
Amram1 word
Amraphel1 word
amulet1 word
Amzi1 word
an accuser1 word
an age1 word
an agreed signal1 word
an egg1 word
an object of horror1 word
an old man1 word
an upper room1 word
Anab1 word
Anah1 word
Anaharath1 word
Anaiah1 word
Anammelech1 word
Anan1 word
Anani1 word
Ananiah1 word
Ananias1 word
Anath1 word
anathema1 word
Anathoth1 word
ancestor4 words
ancestors2 words
ancestral1 word
anchor2 words
ancient6 words
- qedemקֶדֶםancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
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- east, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
- archaiosἀρχαῖοςfrom the beginning: belonging to the time when the thing in view started, whether that is the far past or simply the first days of something recent
- qadmoniקַדְמֹנִיformer or ancient: belonging to the distant past, and so also the people who lived long ago
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- eastern: on the side toward the sunrise, used above all of the east gate and of the eastern sea
- attiqעַתִּיקancientnot studied yet
- attiqעַתִּיקancient/takennot studied yet
- qedemקֶדֶםancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
and3 words
and now2 words
Andrew1 word
Andronicus1 word
Anem1 word
Aner1 word
angel3 words
- angelosἄγγελοςan angel: a heavenly being who serves and speaks for God
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- a messenger: a person sent to carry word or do an errand
- male'akhמַלְאָךְa messenger: someone sent by another to carry a message or do an errand on the sender's behalf, whether a human envoy or a heavenly being (an angel).
- malakhמַלְאַךְangelnot studied yet
- angelosἄγγελοςan angel: a heavenly being who serves and speaks for God
angels1 word
anger12 words
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
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- intoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
- orgēὀργήhuman anger: strong hostility in people, usually named as a fault to be put away
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- the wrath of God: his settled, personal opposition to evil and the judgment it brings
- aphאַףanger: hot, flaring displeasure, of God or of a person.
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- nose, nostril; by extension the face, especially in bowing low.
- ḥemahחֵמָהburning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
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- venom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
- orgizōὀργίζωto become angry: to be roused to anger against a person or against what they have done
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
angle1 word
angry4 words
- orgizōὀργίζωto become angry: to be roused to anger against a person or against what they have done
- ḥarahחָרָהto burn hot with anger: for a feeling, almost always anger, to catch fire and blaze up in someone
- anaphאָנַףto be angry: the burning anger of God, which in the Bible is directed only against people for their sin
- aganakteōἀγανακτέωto be indignant: to feel strong, morally charged displeasure at something seen as wrong
anguish12 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
- odunēὀδύνηanguishnot studied yet
- stenochōriaστενοχωρίαdistress that feels like being hemmed in with no way out
- odunaōὀδυνάωto be in intense pain or anguish, whether of body or of heart
- yagonיָגוֹןsorrow: the deep, inward grief of the heart, the lasting kind that quietly wears a person down
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
Aniam1 word
Anim1 word
animal4 words
- ktēnosκτῆνοςanimalnot studied yet
- behemahבְּהֵמָהlivestock: the land animals people keep and live among, and by extension the land animals as a whole
- zōonζῷονa living creature: any being that is alive, whether an ordinary animal or one of the living beings around God's throne.
- ḥevaחֵיוָאa beast: any wild, non-human living creature; an animal.
ankle2 words
ankles1 word
- ephesאֶפֶסan outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
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- nothing, none at all: what has run out or ceased to be, and so no one and nothing besides
- only, however: a small word that limits or pushes back on what was just said
- ephesאֶפֶסan outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
anklet1 word
Anna1 word
Annas1 word
annihilate1 word