English Bible words starting with A
865 meanings beginning with A, in alphabetical order. This is page 8 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Asharelah1 word
ashbea1 word
Ashbel1 word
Ashdod1 word
asher2 words
asherah1 word
asherah pole1 word
ashes4 words
- apharעָפָרdust: dry, loose surface earth, and what it stands for, the stuff a human body is made of and crumbles back into.
- spodosσποδόςashesnot studied yet
- epherאֵפֶרthe gray residue left after something burns, which biblical writers repeatedly turn into a physical sign of grief, human frailty, worthlessness, or ruin.
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןthe greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
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- rich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
Ashhur1 word
Ashima1 word
Ashkelon1 word
Ashkenaz1 word
Ashnah1 word
Ashpenaz1 word
Ashtaroth1 word
Ashteroth-karnaim1 word
Ashtoreth1 word
Ashvath1 word
Asia1 word
Asian1 word
Asiarch1 word
Asiel1 word
ask8 words
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
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- to ask for something: to request a gift, a favor, or a grant from someone who can give it
- to inquire of God: to put a question to God, or to some other unseen source, and wait for the answer
- to borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
- aiteōαἰτέωto ask for something, to request: to put in a claim for a thing one wants and expects to receive
- erōtaōἐρωτάωto ask: to put a question to someone, or to ask someone to do something
- eperōtaōἐπερωτάωto put a question to someone: to ask, inquire, or question a person directly
- punthanomaiπυνθάνομαιto find something out by asking: to inquire about a matter, or to learn the answer the asking turns up
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
ask for2 words
asleep2 words
Asnah1 word
asp1 word
Aspatha1 word
aspire2 words
Asriel1 word
ass1 word
ass colt1 word
assail2 words
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- aqavעָקַבto come up behind someone and take what was going to be his: to supplant, cheat, or betray
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- to hold something back, keeping it from going forward
assarion1 word
assassin1 word
assay1 word
assayer1 word
assemble10 words
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
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- to take someone in, to welcome a stranger as a guest
- qavatsקָבַץto gather: to bring scattered people or things together into one place
- sunerchomaiσυνέρχομαιto come together into one place: for people to gather or assemble as a group
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- to go along with someone: to accompany a person on a journey or errand
- to come together as husband and wife: for a couple to begin married life
- qahalקָהַלto assemble: to gather people into one crowd, or to call them together into one.
- sunathroizōσυναθροίζωto assemblenot studied yet
- sunagōσυνάγωto gather, to bring together into one place
assemble in troops1 word
- gadadגָּדַדto slash one's own skin on purpose as a religious act: in grief for someone who has died, or to force a god to answer
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- to mass together in a body, the way a band of armed men does: to close in on someone, or to crowd to a place
- gadadגָּדַדto slash one's own skin on purpose as a religious act: in grief for someone who has died, or to force a god to answer
assembler1 word
assembly11 words
- plēthosπλῆθοςa large number: a great quantity of things, a crowd of people, or the whole assembled body of a community
- sunagōgēσυναγωγήsynagogue: the Jewish gathering for Scripture and prayer, the community that gathers, or the building they meet in
- ekklēsiaἐκκλησίαan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered as a group, whether a town's citizens, the people of Israel, or a community of believers in Jesus.
- edahעֵדָהa body of people gathered as one group, joined by a shared bond or common purpose
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- a swarm or herd of animals massed together
- qahalקָהָלan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered into one group
assert1 word
asshur1 word
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAsshur: a son of Shem in the list of nations, the ancestor from whom Assyria takes its name
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- Assyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAsshur: a son of Shem in the list of nations, the ancestor from whom Assyria takes its name
assign1 word
Assir1 word
assist1 word
assistance1 word
associate5 words
- amitעָמִיתfellow: a member of your own community, the peer who is bound to you by the same obligations
- kenatכְּנָתa fellow official: one of the officers who hold a commission alongside the man named with them and act with him on government business
- ḥabbarחַבָּרassociatenot studied yet
- ḥavrahחַבְרָהassociatenot studied yet
- kenatכְּנָתassociatenot studied yet
associate with2 words
associates1 word
association1 word
Assos1 word
assume authority1 word
assurance5 words
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
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- faithfulness: being reliable and keeping faith, including God's own covenant constancy
- the faith: the body of Christian teaching that is believed and handed on
- a pledge or proof: a guarantee given that secures confidence
- elegchosἔλεγχοςproof: the evidence or demonstration by which something hidden is brought into the open and shown to be real
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςa firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
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- the real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- plērophoriaπληροφορίαassurancenot studied yet
- arubbahעֲרֻבָּהsomething handed over as a guarantee: security put up to back a promise, or a token brought back as proof
- pistisπίστιςtrust placed in God or in Christ: relying on someone proven worthy of reliance
assyria1 word
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
+1 more meaning
- Asshur: a son of Shem in the list of nations, the ancestor from whom Assyria takes its name
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
assyrians1 word
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
+1 more meaning
- Asshur: a son of Shem in the list of nations, the ancestor from whom Assyria takes its name
- ashshurאַשּׁוּרAssyria: the land on the upper Tigris, the people who lived there, and the empire that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel
astonish2 words
astonished4 words
- 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
- ekthambosἔκθαμβοςutterly astonished: stunned by something overwhelming, with a shudder of fear mixed into the wonder
astonishment5 words
- shemamahשְׁמָמָהdesolation: a land emptied of life and left a ruin, and the appalled horror that ruin provokes
- shammahשַׁמָּהa horrifying devastation: a place laid waste and abandoned, and the shudder of dread it provokes
- 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
- meshammahמְשַׁמָּהwasteland: ground wrecked and emptied until nothing lives on it, and the horror of the people who look at it
astounded4 words
- 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
- ekthambosἔκθαμβοςutterly astonished: stunned by something overwhelming, with a shudder of fear mixed into the wonder
astrologer1 word
asylum1 word
Asyncritus1 word
at3 words
at a distance1 word
at a loss1 word
at all2 words
at all times1 word
at any time1 word
at ease4 words
- sha'ananשַׁאֲנָןundisturbed and unafraid: settled in an ease that is either God's gift of safety or a person's own smug indifference
- shalevשָׁלֵוat ease: settled and undisturbed, comfortable enough that nothing feels threatening
- shalahשָׁלָהto be undisturbed: to have trouble stay away from you, and so to live quietly and do well
- shalananשַׁלְאֲנָןat easenot studied yet
at hand3 words
- pareimiπάρειμιto be present: to be here or on hand right now, whether a person who has arrived or a thing that is available in the moment
- qarovקָרֹבnear: close by, whether in space, in time, in family, or in relationship
- enistēmiἐνίστημιused of a stretch of time: to set in and so be the one now here, rather than one still on its way
at his head1 word
at length1 word
- makranμακράνat length: drawn out over a long stretch of time
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- far off: at a distance from someone or something, whether the gap is measured in steps or in standing
- makranμακράνat length: drawn out over a long stretch of time
at liberty1 word
at night2 words
at once4 words
- eutheōsεὐθέωςimmediately: marking that one thing follows another with no delay, from a strict instant to a simple narrative "and then"
- parachrēmaπαραχρῆμαat once, on the spot: at the very moment the word is spoken or the deed is done, with nothing in between.
- meherahמְהֵרָהhaste: the shortness of the time a thing takes or the time before it comes; used as an adverb, quickly or soon
- ephapaxἐφάπαξonce/at oncenot studied yet
at peace2 words
at present2 words
at that time2 words
at the first1 word
at the price of1 word
at this moment1 word
Atarah1 word
Ataroth1 word
Ataroth-addar1 word
ate with1 word
Ater1 word
Athach1 word
Athaiah1 word
Athaliah1 word
Atharim1 word
Athenian1 word
Athens1 word
Athlai1 word
atone1 word
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
atonement1 word
atonement cover1 word
atoning sacrifice1 word
Atroth-beth-joab1 word
Atroth-shophan1 word