English Bible words starting with B
1,117 meanings beginning with B, in alphabetical order. This is page 10 of 12. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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bounty3 words
- eulogiaεὐλογίαblessing: praise offered up to God, or the favor, benefit, or generous gift bestowed on a person
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- flattery: fine-sounding, smooth speech used to win people over and deceive them
- tuvטוּבa store of good things: actual goods and produce, prosperity and well-being, fine quality, or, above all, God's own generous goodness
- nedavahנְדָבָהa gift or act offered freely and of one's own accord, not owed or required; above all a freewill offering brought to God out of willingness rather than obligation
- eulogiaεὐλογίαblessing: praise offered up to God, or the favor, benefit, or generous gift bestowed on a person
bow11 words
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- toxonτόξονbownot studied yet
- qeshetקֶשֶׁתa bow: the handheld weapon that shoots arrows, used in war and hunting
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- the bow as a picture of fighting strength, the power that war is won or lost by
- the rainbow: the arc of color God set in the clouds as the sign of his covenant
- arrow: in the phrase "son of the bow," a poetic name for the bow's missile
- klinōκλίνωto tip something out of upright: to bow it down, lay it down to rest, or make it give way, and of a day, to lean toward evening
- karaכָּרַעto bend the knees and sink the body downward: to kneel, crouch, or collapse.
bow down6 words
- proskuneōπροσκυνέωto bow down before someone in reverent homage: to worship
- shaḥahשָׁחָהto bow down low before someone, lowering the body to the ground in homage or worship
- shaḥaḥשָׁחַחto sink down low: to bow, stoop, crouch, or be brought low, whether a body, a spirit, or a standing structure collapsing toward the ground
- avahעָוָהto bend, twist, or be bent over: to make something crooked or to be doubled over in the body
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- to do wrong, commit iniquity, act perversely: to do what is morally crooked
- qadadקָדַדto bow down: to bend the head and body low toward the ground as an act of reverence before God or a superior.
bow low1 word
bow the head1 word
bow the knee1 word
bowels2 words
- me'ehמֵעֶהthe soft inner organs of the body (the guts, belly, and womb), and by extension the innermost self, felt as the place where deep emotion churns
- splagchnonσπλάγχνονthe inner organs of the body; the intestines or entrails
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- the seat of a person's deepest feelings; heartfelt affection, tender compassion, or mercy
bowl11 words
- phialēφιάληa wide, shallow bowl of the kind used in worship, shaped to be tipped out rather than drunk from.
- mizraqמִזְרָקa large, wide bowl, the vessel used to fling or pour out liquid
- saphסַףa basin or bowl: a wide, shallow open vessel for holding liquid.
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- a threshold: the sill of a doorway, and by extension the guarded point of entry to a building.
- trublionτρύβλιονthe common bowl on a table: a deep serving dish that several people at a meal reach into together
- gullahגֻּלָּהa rounded bowl or basin, including the bowl-shaped cap of a pillar and the oil reservoir of a lampstand
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- a spring or basin of water: a source or pool that supplies water
bowman1 word
bowstring2 words
- yeterיֶתֶרa cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
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- what is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
- metarמֵיתָרa cord that works by being pulled tight: the rope that holds a tent up, or the string of a bow.
- yeterיֶתֶרa cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
box2 words
boxtree1 word
boy5 words
- paisπαῖςa boy or girl: a young person still under a parent's care and authority
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- a servant or attendant: a dependent member of a household, and the title of honor for one who serves God
- na'arנַעַרa boy, youth, or young man; also a personal attendant or servant, often of junior standing
- paidarionπαιδάριονboynot studied yet
- yeledיֶלֶדa child or young person: one who has been born, from a newborn infant to a young man
- avilעֲוִילboynot studied yet
- paisπαῖςa boy or girl: a young person still under a parent's care and authority
Bozez1 word
Bozkath1 word
Bozrah1 word
bracelet4 words
brag1 word
braggart1 word
braided1 word
braiding2 words
bramble2 words
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
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- a hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
- atadאָטָדbramblenot studied yet
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
branch17 words
- qanehקָנֶהthe shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
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- a reed or stalk: the tall, hollow, jointed plant that grows in water, and any single cane-like stem.
- a measuring rod: a fixed-length reed used as a surveyor's measuring tool, and the length itself as a unit.
- the upper arm bone, the long bone running from shoulder to elbow.
- qatsirקָצִירa green shoot or branch: the new growth a plant or tree sends out
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- harvest: the reaping of a ripened crop, the season when it happens, or the crop itself
- kladosκλάδοςa branch: a limb growing out from the trunk of a tree
- shibbolשִׁבֹּלֶתan ear of grain: the seed-bearing head at the top of a cereal stalk.
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- a rushing body of water: a flood, torrent, or flowing stream.
- maqqelמַקֵּלa stick of wood: a rod, staff, or fresh-cut branch carried or used in the hand
- qanehקָנֶהthe shaft and branches of the golden lampstand in the tabernacle.
branches3 words
- 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
- daliyyahדָּלִיּוֹתthe branches of a vine or a tree: the limbs that hang down and spread out from the stem, always used as a picture of a nation or its king
- stoibas, stibasστοιβάς, στιβάςa layer of cut greenery spread flat on the ground: leafy twigs, rushes, or straw strewn to lie on or to walk over
- badבַּדby itself, apart from everything else: the idea of one thing standing separate, which gives the common phrase "alone"
brand2 words
branding1 word
brandish1 word
- nuphנוּףto move something back and forth through the air: to wave, swing, wield, or brandish it.
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- to sprinkle or scent something with fragrance: to perfume it.
- nuphנוּףto move something back and forth through the air: to wave, swing, wield, or brandish it.
brass3 words
- neḥoshetנְחֹשֶׁתcopper or bronze: the metal itself, its products, and what its hardness symbolizes
- neḥushahנְחוּשָׁהbronze or copper: the hard metal, named almost always in poetry, both for real bronze things and for whatever refuses to give way
- neḥashנְחָשׁbronze: the hard reddish metal, copper or the copper and tin mixture cast from it
brawling1 word
bray1 word
brazen1 word
breach4 words
- sheverשֶׁבֶרa breaking: the shattering of something whole, from a snapped bone to the collapse of a whole nation
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- the interpretation of a dream: the unlocking of what a dream means
- peretsפֶּרֶץa breach: a gap broken open in a wall, and by extension a sudden bursting or breaking through.
- bedeqבֶּדֶקthe broken or worn place in something built: the damage that repair work is meant to close
- beqi'aבְּקִיעַbreachnot studied yet
- sheverשֶׁבֶרa breaking: the shattering of something whole, from a snapped bone to the collapse of a whole nation
bread3 words
- artosἄρτοςbread: the baked loaf that was the everyday staple food, and by extension food and the meal itself
- leḥemלֶחֶםbread: a baked loaf, the physical product of ground grain.
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- food: sustenance broadly, including meals, livelihood, and the grain supply that keeps people alive.
- uggahעֻגָהa round, flat bread cake cooked straight on hot stones or in the embers of a fire: the quick bread of a household with no oven
bread cake1 word
breadth3 words
break21 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- shavarשָׁבַרto break: to shatter something so that it comes apart, or to crush a power, a body, or a person until they collapse
- ra'aרָעַעto break, shatter, or smash to pieces
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- to be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
- luōλύωto loose: to undo something that is tied, fastened, held, or bound together, whether a literal knot or a thing that holds people captive or in place.
- pararפָּרַרto break something binding so it no longer holds: to annul a covenant, vow, or law, or to frustrate a plan
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- to break apart, shatter, or split into pieces
break an oath1 word
break bones1 word
break bread1 word
break down4 words
- paratsפָּרַץto break through: force a way through a barrier so that what was held back bursts out the other side
- harasהָרַסto tear down: to pull a standing structure or settled order apart so it collapses into ruin.
- natatsנָתַץto tear down: to demolish something built, reducing a structure to rubble
- halamהָלַםto strike a hard, driving blow: to hammer, pound, or batter something down
break faith2 words
break forth2 words
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto break forth: to let a cry burst out of someone who has been silent
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- to burst or rip apart: to make something come to pieces under sheer force
- to hurl a person violently to the ground
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
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- to break something up into pieces, to chop it apart.
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto break forth: to let a cry burst out of someone who has been silent
break in1 word
break in pieces4 words
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
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- to scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
- katatכָּתַתto beat or crush to pieces: to pound, hammer, or shatter something with repeated blows.
- deqaqדְּקַקto shatter a thing to pieces: to break it apart so completely that nothing is left to gather up.
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
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- to break something up into pieces, to chop it apart.
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
break into1 word
break off2 words
break out4 words
- paratsפָּרַץto break through: force a way through a barrier so that what was held back bursts out the other side
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- zaraḥזָרַחto rise and shine forth: to break over the horizon and give light, as the sun does at dawn
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
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- to break something up into pieces, to chop it apart.
break out into joy1 word
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
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- to break something up into pieces, to chop it apart.
- patsaḥפָּצַחto break out with a shout, to have joy burst out of you as sound.
break the law1 word
break the neck1 word
break through1 word
break up2 words
breakers1 word
breaking4 words
- sheverשֶׁבֶרa breaking: the shattering of something whole, from a snapped bone to the collapse of a whole nation
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- the interpretation of a dream: the unlocking of what a dream means
- klasisκλάσιςa breaking; in the New Testament, the breaking of a loaf by hand that opens and marks a shared meal
- maḥteretמַחְתֶּרֶתbreakingnot studied yet
- shivronשִׁבָּרוֹןbreakingnot studied yet
- sheverשֶׁבֶרa breaking: the shattering of something whole, from a snapped bone to the collapse of a whole nation
breaking of bread1 word
breaking the law1 word
breast6 words
- mastos, mazosμαστός, μαζόςbreastnot studied yet
- shadשַׁדbreast: the milk-giving breast of a woman or a nursing animal
- ḥazehחָזֶהthe breast of a sacrificial animal: the front cut presented to God and then kept by the priests as their portion
- dadדַּדbreastnot studied yet
- ḥovחֹבbreastnot studied yet
breastpiece1 word
breastplate4 words
- ḥoshenחֹשֶׁןthe breastpiece: the ornamented cloth pouch worn on the chest by Israel's high priest, set with twelve engraved stones and holding the objects used to seek God's decisions.
- thōraxθώραξbreastplatenot studied yet
- shiryonשִׁרְיוֹןa coat of scale armor: a shirt faced with rows of small overlapping metal or leather plates, worn to protect the body in battle
- taḥaraתַּחְרָאbreastplatenot studied yet
breasts1 word
breath6 words
- pneumaπνεῦμαmoving air: wind, or the breath that comes from a living body
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- the human spirit: a person's own inner life, the breath of life in them and the self that thinks, feels, and turns toward God
- a spirit-being other than God: an unclean or evil spirit, or another non-bodily creature such as an angel or a ghost
- the Spirit of God: God's own active presence and power, given to and at work in his people, and increasingly portrayed as a distinct personal agent
- ru'aḥרוּחַthe unseen moving power felt in wind and breath: the air that blows, the breath that gives life, the inner drive of a person, and the empowering presence of God.
- hevelהֶבֶלa breath or puff of vapor, and so anything that is fleeting, insubstantial, or comes to nothing: too thin to grasp, gone before you can hold it.
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- idols and false gods, dismissed as worthless nothings: powerless objects of worship that promise much and deliver nothing.
- pnoēπνοήwind/breathnot studied yet
- neshamahנְשָׁמָהbreath: the air a living body draws in and out, understood as God's own breath given on loan, whose presence is life and whose departure is death
- pneumaπνεῦμαmoving air: wind, or the breath that comes from a living body
breath into1 word
breathe3 words
- pu'aḥפּוּחַto blow or breathe: to send air moving, whether a breeze wafting coolness and scent, the stoking of a fire, or a scornful snort
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- a witness: one who gives testimony in a dispute, whether a truthful witness or a lying one
- naphaḥנָפַחto blow: to force air out through the mouth, or through a bellows, on purpose and with effect
- yaphaḥיָפַחto breathenot studied yet
- pu'aḥפּוּחַto blow or breathe: to send air moving, whether a breeze wafting coolness and scent, the stoking of a fire, or a scornful snort
breathe into1 word
breathing1 word
breed1 word
breed abundantly1 word
briar3 words
bribe4 words
- shaḥadשֹׁחַדa payment or gift handed to someone to sway a decision or win their favor
- kopherכֹּפֶרa ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
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- pitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
- henna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
- a village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
- mattanahמַתָּנָהa gift or present: something handed over freely, whether a personal present, an offering to God, or a bribe.
- shaḥadשָׁחַדto bribenot studied yet
brick2 words
brickwork1 word
bride2 words
bride-price1 word
bridegroom3 words
- numphiosνυμφίοςbridegroom: the man who is being married, the groom at a wedding
- ḥatanחָתָןbridegroom: a man on or near his wedding day
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- son-in-law: a man who has married a family's daughter and so joined that family by marriage
- numphōnνυμφώνbridegroomnot studied yet
brideprice1 word
bridle4 words
briefly1 word
briers1 word
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
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- adamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
bright5 words
- lamprosλαμπρόςgleaming: bright enough to catch the eye, and so also showy, fine, and expensive
- lahavלַהַבa flame: the bright tongue of fire that leaps up off whatever is burning
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- the blade of a weapon: the cutting metal of a sword, dagger or spear, as against its handle
- phōteinosφωτεινόςbrightnot studied yet
- barבַּרsifted clean: someone or something so refined of all that does not belong that it stands out as pure, sincere, choice, or shining
- bahirבָּהִירbrightnot studied yet
bright shining1 word
bright spot1 word
brighten1 word
- balagבָּלַגto brighten one's face, to cheer up: to let a sad look lift into a cheerful one
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- to make something flash forth or burst out suddenly: to cause it to break out like a sudden blaze
- balagבָּלַגto brighten one's face, to cheer up: to let a sad look lift into a cheerful one
brightness10 words
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- phengosφέγγοςbrightnessnot studied yet
- nogahנֹגַהּbrightness: the gleaming radiance a source throws off, whether from fire, the sun and stars, or the presence of God
- epiphaneiaἐπιφάνειαa shining out into view: the moment someone who was out of sight steps into full visibility, used of Christ coming into open view to save and to judge
- lamprotēsλαμπρότηςbrightnessnot studied yet
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
brim1 word
- saphahשָׂפָהlip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
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- edge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
- saphahשָׂפָהlip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
brimstone2 words
- theionθεῖονsulfur: the yellow mineral that catches fire easily and burns with a choking smell, named in the New Testament only where something is being destroyed in judgment
- gophritגׇּפְרִיתsulfur: the yellow mineral that catches fire easily and burns with a choking smell, the Bible's picture of a place destroyed by God
bring17 words
- boבּוֹאto bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
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- to come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
- laqaḥלָקַחto take: to lay hold of someone or something and bring it into your hand, your possession, or your keeping
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- agōἄγωto lead or bring: to cause a person or thing to move from one place to another, going along with them
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- to be led or driven: to be guided, carried along, or controlled by an inward or unseen power
- let us go: to set off or move along, with no one being led but the speakers themselves
- to keep or reckon (of time): to observe a day, or of a period of time, to be counted as passing
- qaravקָרַבto come near, or to bring near: to close the distance to someone or something, and in worship to present an offering before God
- boבּוֹאto bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
bring back2 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
- tuvתּוּבto go back, or to send something back: whether a person's mind comes back to him, an object is put back where it belongs, or a word is sent back as an answer
bring before1 word
bring calamity on1 word
bring charges against2 words
bring down2 words
bring forth8 words
- yaladיָלַדto bring a child into the world: to give birth to, to father, or to be born
- tiktōτίκτωto give birth to; to bring a child into the world, and by extension to bring forth crops or a result.
- exagōἐξάγωto lead someone out: to conduct another person or creature from inside a place to outside it
- ekpherōἐκφέρωto carry out: to move a person or thing from inside a place to outside it, and, of ground, to send up what grows in it
- proagōπροάγωto go on ahead, or to lead someone out to the front: motion to the front, whether going before others yourself or bringing another forward
bring good news1 word
bring good tidings1 word
bring in3 words
- eisagōεἰσάγωto take someone or something inside: to lead, escort, or usher into a place
- eispherōεἰσφέρωto carry in: to bring a person or thing from outside to inside, or to put someone into a situation
- alalעֲלַלto bring in: to have a person or thing brought inside, most often into the king's presence.
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- to go in, to enter: to pass inside a place, or into the presence of someone in authority.
bring into bondage1 word
bring low3 words
- tapeinoōταπεινόωto bring low: to lower someone or something in height, standing, or circumstance, whether God humbles the proud, a person lowers himself, or hardship presses someone down
- kanaכָּנַעto be brought low: to be forced down from a high or proud position, whether by another's hand or by one's own choice
- shaphelשָׁפֵלto be low or become low, and so to bring something low: to lay it flat, cast it down, or humble it
bring near1 word
bring out6 words
- yatsaיָצָאto bring out: to cause a person or thing to come out, to lead or carry something out from where it was
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- to go out: to move from inside a place to outside it, or to come forth from a source into view
- exagōἐξάγωto lead someone out: to conduct another person or creature from inside a place to outside it
- ekpherōἐκφέρωto carry out: to move a person or thing from inside a place to outside it, and, of ground, to send up what grows in it
- proagōπροάγωto go on ahead, or to lead someone out to the front: motion to the front, whether going before others yourself or bringing another forward
- nephaqנְפַקto bring out: to remove something from the place where it was kept
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- to go out: to move from inside a place into the open, or to emerge from wherever something was held
- yatsaיָצָאto bring out: to cause a person or thing to come out, to lead or carry something out from where it was