English Bible words starting with B
1,117 meanings beginning with B, in alphabetical order. This is page 11 of 12. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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bring safely1 word
bring to1 word
- prospherōπροσφέρωto bring to: to carry or lead a person or thing to someone, setting it before them
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- to offer: to present a sacrifice, gift, or offering to God
- to deal with: to treat or behave toward someone in a certain way
- prospherōπροσφέρωto bring to: to carry or lead a person or thing to someone, setting it before them
bring to land1 word
bring to light2 words
bring to nothing1 word
bring to remembrance1 word
bring up5 words
- alahעָלָהto go up: to move, or to carry something, from a lower place to a higher one
- gadalגָּדַלto grow up: to increase in size or to pass from childhood toward adulthood
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- to become great: to grow in wealth, power, or standing until one is important
- to make great: to raise a child, promote a person, or exalt and praise God
- to magnify oneself: to boast or act arrogantly, often defiantly against God or others
- hupomimnēskōὑπομιμνήσκωto bring something back into someone's mind: to remind a person of what they already know
- seliqסְלֵקto go up or come up, and in its lifting forms to bring someone up out of a place
- anatrephōἀνατρέφωto bring upnot studied yet
bring upon1 word
bristle up1 word
broad3 words
broad place1 word
broad valley1 word
broiled1 word
broken4 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- ḥatatחָתַתto be broken, and so to be dismayed: to come apart under pressure, whether a thing that shatters or a person whose courage gives way; and to do this to someone else, to shatter or terrify them.
- ḥatחַתshattered: broken, whether a weapon that snaps or a fighter whose nerve gives way
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- dread: fear laid on a creature that drains its will to stand and fight
- peretפֶּרֶטbrokennot studied yet
broken piece1 word
broken-hearted1 word
bronze7 words
- neḥoshetנְחֹשֶׁתcopper or bronze: the metal itself, its products, and what its hardness symbolizes
- chalkeosχάλκεοςbronzenot studied yet
- chalkosχαλκόςcopper/bronze/coinnot studied yet
- 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
brooch1 word
brood2 words
brook4 words
- naḥalנַחַלa seasonal desert watercourse: the ravine that channels rushing water in the rainy season and lies dry the rest of the year, and the rushing water itself
- aphiqאָפִיקa watercourse: the bed or channel a stream runs in, from a seasonal desert ravine to the deep channels of the sea
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- strong ones: mighty or powerful people
- cheimarrosχείμαρροςbrooknot studied yet
- mikhalמִיכָלbrooknot studied yet
broom2 words
broth1 word
brother3 words
brother-in-law1 word
brotherhood2 words
brotherly love1 word
brothers and sisters1 word
brought2 words
- eisagōεἰσάγωto take someone or something inside: to lead, escort, or usher into a place
- atahאֲתָהto come, to arrive: to move toward a person or place and reach it.
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- to bring: to cause a person or thing to be carried or led to a place.
brought low1 word
brought near1 word
brought over1 word
- gelahגְּלָאto take the cover off something hidden, so that it is now known: to reveal
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- to carry a conquered people away from their homeland and resettle them elsewhere: to deport
- gelahגְּלָאto take the cover off something hidden, so that it is now known: to reveal
brought to silence1 word
brought up4 words
- anapherōἀναφέρωto carry or lead someone or something up to a higher place
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- to offer something up to God as a sacrifice
- to take the weight of other people's sins onto oneself and carry it
- anagōἀνάγωto bring or lead someone or something up, from a lower place to a higher one
- trephōτρέφωto keep a living thing alive and growing by supplying its food: to feed, and so also to support, nurse, raise, or fatten
- omnahאׇמְנָהbrought upnot studied yet
- anapherōἀναφέρωto carry or lead someone or something up to a higher place
brought up with1 word
brought word1 word
brow2 words
bruise6 words
- suntribōσυντρίβωto shatter: to break something by crushing it, leaving it smashed, mangled, or ruined
- ratsatsרָצַץto crush: to break or grind something to pieces by pressure or a blow, and so to oppress and grind down the weak
- dakahדָּכָאto crush: to pound or grind something to pieces, and so to break a person down, whether by brute force, by unjust oppression, or in the humbling of the spirit
- ḥabburahחַבּוּרָהa bruise or welt: the discolored mark a blow leaves on the skin, where blood pools underneath without the skin being broken open
- shuphשׁוּףto strike, crush, or fall heavily upon
brushwood3 words
brutal1 word
brutish1 word
- ba'arבָּעַרto be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
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- to burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
- ba'arבָּעַרto be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
bubble1 word
bubbling1 word
bucket3 words
buckler3 words
- magenמָגֵןa shield: the hand-held piece of armor a soldier holds up to block blows, and by extension anyone or anything that protects
- tsinnahצִנָּהa large shield: the tall, body-length shield a soldier crouched behind in battle
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- a hook or barb: a pointed implement for dragging captives away
- coolness: the refreshing chill of cold, as of snow
- soḥerahסֹחֵרָהbucklernot studied yet
bud7 words
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- kaphtorכַּפְתּוֹרa rounded knob on something upright: the bulb-like ornaments of the tabernacle lampstand, and the shaped top of a pillar
- peraḥפֶּרַחa blossom or flower: the bloom of a plant, and by extension a flower-shaped ornament in metal or carving
- tsemaḥצֶמַחwhat has sprouted: the fresh growth a field or plant puts out, and by extension the ruler God promises to grow from David's line
- tsutsצוּץto blossom: to break into flower, and so to burst into growth that everyone can see
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- to peer: to look out through a narrow gap or opening
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
build5 words
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
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- to build up: to strengthen, support, and develop a person or a community in faith and love
- banahבָּנָהto build: to raise a structure out of parts and materials, and so to establish something meant to stand.
- kataskeuazōκατασκευάζωto put something together and fit it out so that it stands finished and ready for use: to build, to furnish, to make ready in advance.
- benahבְּנָהto build: to put up a physical structure such as a temple, house, or city
- salalסָלַלto heap earth and stone up high: to build a raised road or ramp, or to pile something into a mound
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- to lift someone or something high: to prize it, or to set yourself up over another
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
build on1 word
build up5 words
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build up: to strengthen, support, and develop a person or a community in faith and love
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- to build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
- banahבָּנָהto build: to raise a structure out of parts and materials, and so to establish something meant to stand.
- salalסָלַלto heap earth and stone up high: to build a raised road or ramp, or to pile something into a mound
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- to lift someone or something high: to prize it, or to set yourself up over another
- gadarגָּדַרto wall up: to stack stones into a barrier, whether to close a way shut or to close a gap in a wall that has fallen in.
- epoikodomeōἐποικοδομέωto build on what is already standing: to add further construction to a foundation that has already been laid.
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build up: to strengthen, support, and develop a person or a community in faith and love
build upon1 word
builder4 words
- banahבָּנָהto build: to raise a structure out of parts and materials, and so to establish something meant to stand.
- tektōnτέκτωνa skilled tradesman who builds and repairs by hand in hard materials: a builder, craftsman, or carpenter
- dēmiourgosδημιουργόςbuildernot studied yet
- oikodomosοἰκοδόμοςbuildernot studied yet
building4 words
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήa building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
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- building up: the strengthening and growth of the Christian community
- binyanבִּנְיָןa built structure: something raised by construction, seen as a solid measurable object rather than as a home or a defense
- binyahבִּנְיָהbuildingnot studied yet
- binyanבִּנְיָןbuildingnot studied yet
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήa building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
building up1 word
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήbuilding up: the strengthening and growth of the Christian community
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- a building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήbuilding up: the strengthening and growth of the Christian community
built1 word
Bukki1 word
Bukkiah1 word
Bul1 word
bulb1 word
bull5 words
- parפַּרa young bull, the prime full-grown male of the herd brought for sacrifice
- shorשׁוֹרa single head of cattle: one ox, bull, or bullock
- taurosταῦροςbullnot studied yet
- abbirאַבִּירmighty one: a being marked by sheer physical power, whether a strong man, a bull, or a war-horse.
- torתּוֹרan ox or bull: the cattle animal of the herd, the largest and costliest beast a person could keep or offer
bullock4 words
- baqarבָּקָרcattle: the herd of large livestock (oxen, cows, bulls, and calves), as opposed to the flock of sheep and goats
- parפַּרa young bull, the prime full-grown male of the herd brought for sacrifice
- shorשׁוֹרa single head of cattle: one ox, bull, or bullock
- torתּוֹרan ox or bull: the cattle animal of the herd, the largest and costliest beast a person could keep or offer
bully1 word
bulrush2 words
bulwark4 words
- matsorמָצוֹרan enclosing barrier around a city: the siege that shuts it in, or the fortification that walls it off for defense.
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
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- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah
- dayeqדָּיֵקa siege wall: the structure an attacking army builds around a city to seal it off, and not the earth ramp heaped up against the city wall
- ḥelahחֵילָהbulwarknot studied yet
bun5 words
- ḥallahחַלָּהa round loaf of baked bread shaped by hand, in the Bible almost always one of the flour cakes brought as an offering
- 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
- kavvanכַּוָּןbunnot studied yet
- ma'ogמָעוֹגbunnot studied yet
- tselulצְלִילbunnot studied yet
Bunah1 word
bunch1 word
bunch of grapes1 word
bundle4 words
- tserorצְרוֹרa small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
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- a pebble: a small loose stone, small enough to stand for the last scrap of anything
- Zeror: a man named among the forefathers of King Saul
- desmēδέσμηbundlenot studied yet
- kinahכִּנְעָהbundlenot studied yet
- tsevetצְבָתִיםbundlenot studied yet
- tserorצְרוֹרa small bag knotted shut, used to carry or store something valuable: silver, spices, anything worth keeping safe
Bunni1 word
burden19 words
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
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- an oracle: a weighty pronouncement from God delivered through a prophet, most often a sentence of doom against a nation.
- the carrying of song: a term for the performance of music in worship, used of the Levite who directed it.
- barosβάροςweight: heaviness itself, whether it presses down on the person carrying it or simply gives a thing mass and substance
- phortionφορτίονa load: whatever someone is carrying, named without any claim about how heavy it is
- bareōβαρέωto burdennot studied yet
- sevalahסִבְלָהburdennot studied yet
- massaמַשָּׂאa burden: a load that is lifted and carried, whether goods on an animal's back or a weight laid on a person.
burial3 words
buried1 word
buried treasure1 word
burn21 words
- saraphשָׂרַףto burn something up: to set it on fire so that it is consumed or destroyed
- qatarקָטַרto send an offering up in smoke on an altar: to burn a sacrifice or incense so it rises to a god
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- ba'arבָּעַרto burn: to be on fire, to set alight, and so to consume, eat down, or sweep something completely away
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- to be brutish: to be stupid, dull, or senseless, lacking the sense to understand
burn completely1 word
burn down1 word
burn incense2 words
burn up3 words
burned1 word
burning13 words
- eshאֵשׁfire: burning flame and its heat and light, whether an ordinary blaze or the fire that marks God's presence, worship, or judgment.
- kaiōκαίωto burn: to set something alight, or to be alight, whether as a lamp that gives light or a fire that takes hold of what it touches.
- serephahשְׂרֵפָהa burning: fire at work on something, whether the blaze that has ruined it or a fire lit on purpose to do a job
- kausisκαῦσιςburningnot studied yet
- yeqadיְקַדto blaze: of a fire that is alight and burning fiercely, said of the fire itself and never of what the fire destroys
burning anger1 word
burning coal1 word
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
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- a stone or ember glowing hot from a fire, too hot to be picked up by hand
- ritspahרִצְפָּהa floor of set stone: the finished paving of a courtyard, temple, or palace
burning coals1 word
burning heat1 word
- 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
- reshephרֶשֶׁףa burning flash: a flame, spark, or fiery bolt that flares up or flies through the air
burning stick1 word
burning-place1 word
burnished2 words
burnt1 word
burnt offering3 words
- olahעֹלָהburnt offering: the sacrifice in which the whole animal is burned on the altar and the smoke rises to God, with no portion kept back for priest or worshiper
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- ascent: a flight of steps or stairway leading upward
- holokautōmaὁλοκαύτωμαburnt offeringnot studied yet
- alahעֲלָתburnt offeringnot studied yet
- olahעֹלָהburnt offering: the sacrifice in which the whole animal is burned on the altar and the smoke rises to God, with no portion kept back for priest or worshiper
burst4 words
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto burst or rip apart: to make something come to pieces under sheer force
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- to break forth: to let a cry burst out of someone who has been silent
- to hurl a person violently to the ground
- gi'aḥגִּיחַto burst/come outnot studied yet
- laschōλάσχωto burstnot studied yet
- satarשָׂתַרto burstnot studied yet
- rhēgnumiῥήγνυμιto burst or rip apart: to make something come to pieces under sheer force
burst into song1 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.
bursting forth1 word
bury3 words
burying place2 words
bush2 words
bushel2 words
business5 words
- melakhahמְלָאכָהcommissioned work: the task one has been sent to do, the skill it demands, the occupation it becomes, and the goods it produces
- chreiaχρείαneed: the lack of something necessary, the thing lacked, or the matter that must be attended to
- emporiaἐμπορίαtrade/businessnot studied yet
- mishlaḥמִשְׁלַחan act of sending forth: a hand put out to work or to seize, food sent to a neighbor, animals turned loose
- inyanעִנְיָןthe business that occupies a person: the task, affair, or activity that fills up someone's time and attention
busybody1 word
but8 words
- deδέa small connecting word that signals what comes next is a new step, development, or shift in what the writer is saying
- kiכִּיbut rather, except, only: after a denial, it names what holds instead
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- because, for: it attaches the reason or the grounds behind what has just been said
- that: it introduces the content of what someone sees, knows, hears, or says
- when, if: it frames the circumstance or the case the main statement answers to
- allaἀλλάa strong contrasting word that does not merely set two things side by side but cancels the first and puts the second in its place: but, rather, on the contrary
- imאִםexcept, but rather: joined to the word for "that", it carves out the one case a denial does not cover
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- if: it sets a condition, so that what follows depends on whether that thing is so
- in an oath: a flat denial, or, when the word for "not" is added, a flat promise
- or, whether: it opens the second half of a two way question, or names the thing being asked about
- plēnπλήνbut, nevertheless, only: a word that sets aside what comes before and points the reader to what really matters
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- except, besides, save: marks an exception, the one thing left out of an otherwise complete statement
but now1 word