English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 7 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Archippus1 word
Ard1 word
Ardon1 word
are2 words
Areli1 word
Areopagite1 word
Areopagus1 word
Aretas1 word
Argob1 word
argue4 words
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- dialogizomaiδιαλογίζομαιto reason a matter through, weighing it up point by point, whether silently in one's own mind or out loud with others
- dialegōδιαλέγωto talk something through with others: to reason, discuss, and argue a case back and forth
- suzēteōσυζητέωto go after a question together with other people: to talk it over with them or to argue it out against them
argument2 words
- dialogismosδιαλογισμόςan inner reasoning of the heart: the thoughts, deliberations, and designs a person turns over privately, often futile or corrupt
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- a dispute: the quarreling and complaining that breaks out when people press competing views
- tokhaḥatתּוֹכַחַתan argument: the reasoned case a person lays out to defend a position in a dispute
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- a corrective rebuke: words (or the discipline behind them) meant to confront a person and set them right
- dialogismosδιαλογισμόςan inner reasoning of the heart: the thoughts, deliberations, and designs a person turns over privately, often futile or corrupt
Aridai1 word
Aridatha1 word
Arieh1 word
Ariel2 words
Arimathea1 word
Arioch1 word
Arisai1 word
arise7 words
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
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- to rise from the dead, or to raise someone from the dead: to come back to bodily life, or to bring the dead back to life
- qumקוּםto rise up, stand, and stay standing, and to raise up or make something stand, the whole arc from getting to one's feet to bringing a covenant or kingdom into lasting force
- amadעָמַדto arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
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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 set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- egeirōἐγείρωto wake someone up, or to get up oneself, from sleep
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- to get up, or to lift someone up onto their feet
- to bring someone or something onto the scene, to raise up or cause to appear
- to raise the dead, or to be raised back to life
- qumקוּםto stand or rise, and to make something stand: to get to one's feet or come on the scene, and to set up, appoint, or firmly establish
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
Aristarchus1 word
Aristobulus1 word
ark3 words
arm7 words
- brachiōnβραχίωνarmnot studied yet
- zero'aזְרוֹעַthe arm of a person or creature, the limb from shoulder to hand
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- the shoulder or foreleg of an animal given as a priestly portion
- strength or power, pictured as the arm that wields it; often military or political might
- the arm of the LORD: God's own power, especially to rescue and to judge
- azarאָזַרto gird: to bind a belt or garment around the waist, and so to arm or equip someone with what they need
- agkalēἀγκάληarmnot studied yet
- ezro'aאֶזְרוֹעַarmnot studied yet
arm fully1 word
armageddon1 word
armed2 words
- ḥalatsחָלַץto equip for war: to make ready and go out as an armed force
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- to draw off or pull out: to slip something free of what holds it
- to rescue: to pull someone out of danger or distress into safety
- ḥamushחֲמֻשִׁיםarmednot studied yet
- ḥalatsחָלַץto equip for war: to make ready and go out as an armed force
armies1 word
armlet1 word
Armoni1 word
armor6 words
- hoplonὅπλονa fighter's gear: a weapon, and in the plural the whole kit of arms and armor someone carries into battle
- panopliaπανοπλίαthe complete equipment of a heavily armed soldier: shield, helmet, breastplate, greaves, sword, and spear taken together as one full set
- madמַדa garment: a piece of clothing cut to fit the body, from a fitted tunic to a soldier's outfit
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- a measure: an extent or a measured-out portion
- nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
- shiryonשִׁרְיוֹןa coat of scale armor: a shirt faced with rows of small overlapping metal or leather plates, worn to protect the body in battle
armory2 words
- nesheqנֶשֶׁקarms and weaponry taken collectively: the equipment of war, and by extension the armory that stores it or the battle waged with it
- talpiyyahתַּלְפִּיָּוֹתsomething about the way the tower of David was built, said in praise of a woman's neck: the exact sense is lost, and rows of stone, an armory for weapons, and sheer height are the leading guesses
arms1 word
- ḥeqחֵיקthe bosom: the front of the chest and the enclosing arms (reaching down to the lap), where a person holds someone or something close, and the fold of the outer robe there used as a pocket
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- the hollow base of an object: the recessed bottom or basin of the altar, and the hollow floor of a chariot
- ḥeqחֵיקthe bosom: the front of the chest and the enclosing arms (reaching down to the lap), where a person holds someone or something close, and the fold of the outer robe there used as a pocket
army8 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
- ḥayilחַיִלarmy: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
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- strength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
- 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
- maḥanehמַחֲנֶהan encampment: a body of people gathered in one place, whether an army in the field or a traveling community at rest
- stratiaστρατιάarmynot studied yet
- ma'arakhahמַעֲרָכָהan ordered rank or row of things set in place, above all an army drawn up in battle line
- tsavaצָבָאan army: a body of fighting men called up, counted, and drawn up under a commander
army camp1 word
Arnan1 word
Arni1 word
Arnon1 word
Arod1 word
Arodi1 word
Aroer1 word
aroma3 words
aromatic1 word
aromatic powder1 word
aromatic resin1 word
around3 words
arouse1 word
Arpachshad1 word
Arpad1 word
Arphaxad1 word
arrange4 words
- tassōτάσσωto place a person or thing in an ordered position assigned by an authority: to appoint, station, arrange, or set in order.
- arakhעָרַךְto lay out in good order: to set things in their proper places, piece by piece
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- to set a fixed price on something: to assess its worth
- kosmeōκοσμέωto put something into the order that suits it, so that it also looks right: to arrange, adorn, or dress.
- prokatartizōπροκαταρτίζωto arrangenot studied yet
arrangement1 word
array5 words
- enduōἐνδύωto put on clothing; to dress someone or get dressed oneself, and by extension to take something on as if slipping into a garment.
- lavashלָבֵשׁto put a garment on a body: to get dressed, to wear, or to dress someone else
- periballōπεριβάλλωto clothe: to wrap or throw a garment around a body, whether dressing another person or being dressed oneself
- ma'arakhahמַעֲרָכָהan ordered rank or row of things set in place, above all an army drawn up in battle line
- atahעָטָהto wrap oneself in a covering, or to drape a covering over: to enfold, cover, or clothe.
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- to grip or seize firmly: to take tight hold of.
arrest2 words
- 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
- piazōπιάζωto get hold of someone or something so it cannot get away: to grip, seize, or catch
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
arrive7 words
- 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
- hēkōἥκωto have arrived and so be present; to come
- eperchomaiἐπέρχομαιto come upon: to arrive at, move onto, or bear down on a person or place
- phthanōφθάνωto get all the way there: to reach a place, a person, or a goal, arriving rather than merely drawing close.
- katantaōκαταντάωto arrive at an endpoint: to reach a place, or to reach a goal or condition one has been moving toward
- erchomaiἔρχομαιto come or go: to move from one place to another and arrive there
arrived1 word
arrogance8 words
- evrahעֶבְרָהoverflowing fury: anger that swells past its limits and pours out, and by extension pride swollen to the same excess
- ga'avahגַּאֲוָהa rising to a height: majestic grandeur when it belongs to God, but arrogant self-importance when a person or nation claims it
- godelגֹּדֶלgreatness as a quantity you can point to: how great someone or something is, whether God's displayed majesty, a towering tree, or a heart swollen with its own importance
- zadonזָדוֹןarrogant presumption: a deliberate, defiant overstepping of a boundary set by God or rightful authority, done knowingly and with contempt
- sha'ananשַׁאֲנָןundisturbed and unafraid: settled in an ease that is either God's gift of safety or a person's own smug indifference
arrogant6 words
- huperēphanosὑπερήφανοςarrogant: the person who inwardly sets himself above other people, and above God, and so looks down on them
- zedזֵדa person whose pride has crossed into open defiance of God, treating his word, his messengers, or his people as something they can safely ignore
- ge'ehגֵּאֶהproud, arrogant: a person or nation puffed up above its rightful place
- ravravרַבְרַבgreat: outsized in bulk, in worth, or in the swagger of what is said
- phusioōφυσιόωto puff up: to swell with a pride that is all air and no substance
arrogantly1 word
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
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- to boil: to cook something in a pot over heat
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
arrow5 words
- ḥetsחֵץarrow: the pointed shaft shot from a bow, and by extension anything that strikes and wounds from a distance.
- belosβέλοςarrownot studied yet
- bolisβολίςarrownot studied yet
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
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- burning plague: a lethal, fever-like scourge that consumes a person, sent as God's judgment
- ḥitstsiחֵצִיarrownot studied yet
arrow snake1 word
arsenal1 word
Artaxerxes1 word
Artemas1 word
Artemis1 word
article1 word
artificer1 word
artisan2 words
artisans1 word
- masgerמַסְגֵּרa smith: a skilled metalworker, named in the exile lists among the workers carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon
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- a prison: a place where someone is shut in and cannot get out unaided
- masgerמַסְגֵּרa smith: a skilled metalworker, named in the exile lists among the workers carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon
artwork1 word
Arubboth1 word
Arumah1 word
Arvad1 word
Arza1 word
as6 words
- hōsὡςas/whennot studied yet
- kathōsκαθώςa conjunction that sets a frame of reference: "just as, even as, inasmuch as, when"
- hōseiὡσείlike/as/aboutnot studied yet
- kathaκαθάas/just asnot studied yet
- kathotiκαθότιas/just asnot studied yet
as before1 word
as far as1 word
as it is2 words
as it is written1 word
as much1 word
as often as1 word
as one1 word
as soon as1 word
as surely as1 word
Asa1 word
Asahel1 word
Asaiah1 word
Asaph2 words
Asarel1 word
ascend4 words
- alahעָלָהto go up: to move, or to carry something, from a lower place to a higher one
- anabainōἀναβαίνωto go up, ascend: move to a higher place or destination
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- to arise in the mind: of thoughts, intentions, or realizations that come up in someone's heart
- seliqסְלֵקto go up or come up, and in its lifting forms to bring someone up out of a place
- nasaqסָלֵקto ascendnot studied yet
ascend with1 word
ascension1 word
ascent1 word
ascents1 word
ascertain1 word
ascribe1 word
- yahavיָהַבgive: hand something over, grant it, or credit it to someone, always as a command or urgent request
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- come now!: a call urging others (or oneself) to get on with an action, often "come, let us..."
- yahavיָהַבgive: hand something over, grant it, or credit it to someone, always as a command or urgent request
Asenath1 word
ash heap1 word
ash heep1 word
ashamed4 words
- bushבּוֹשׁto be ashamed: to be publicly let down and exposed when a hope or a trust collapses, and the felt disgrace that goes with it
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- to delay: to be long in coming, to tarry past the expected time
- aischunōαἰσχύνωto be ashamed; to be put to shame: to feel disgrace, or to be publicly exposed as having trusted or hoped wrongly
- kalamכָּלַםto be shamed or to shame someone: to suffer or inflict public disgrace and loss of honor
- ḥapherחָפֵרto be publicly disgraced: to be shamed, confounded, or left exposed when hope or help fails
- bushבּוֹשׁto be ashamed: to be publicly let down and exposed when a hope or a trust collapses, and the felt disgrace that goes with it
ashan1 word