English Bible words starting with B
1,117 meanings beginning with B, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 12. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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be clean2 words
be clear1 word
be cleared1 word
- tsadaqצָדֵקto be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
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- to put someone in the right: to declare, pronounce, or treat a person as righteous, to acquit and vindicate them
- tsadaqצָדֵקto be in the right: to stand righteous, just, or cleared, whether as a settled state of life or as a verdict won in a dispute
be clothed2 words
be complete1 word
be conceited1 word
be concerned about1 word
be confident3 words
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
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- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- bataḥבָּטַחto put your confidence in someone or something, leaning on it for safety; and so to feel secure
- tharreōθαρρέωto be confident: to hold a settled inner courage that stays steady under pressure and shows up in what a person dares to say and do
- peithōπείθωto rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
be conscious of1 word
be content2 words
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
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- to look on with favor: to be well pleased with, take pleasure in, or find acceptable
- ya'alיָאַלto set the will on a course of action: to be willing, to consent, or to take something upon oneself
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
be contrary to1 word
be converted2 words
be convinced2 words
- peithōπείθωto have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
+3 more meanings
- to work on someone until they come around: to persuade, convince, win over
- to rest your weight on someone or something: to trust, rely on, be confident
- to let yourself be moved by another: to comply, go along with, obey
- pistoōπιστόωbe convincednot studied yet
- peithōπείθωto have been brought to certainty: to be convinced, to be sure
be cunning1 word
be dark2 words
be dazzling1 word
be dead3 words
be deep1 word
be demonised1 word
be desolate3 words
- shamemשָׁמֵםto be devastated and empty: of places laid waste and of persons struck silent with horror
- ḥarevחָרֵבto dry up: for water to fail and a wet place to go dry
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- to lay waste, to be left in ruins: for a city, land, or people to be destroyed and abandoned
- yashamיָשַׁםbe desolatenot studied yet
be despoiled1 word
- shalalשָׁלַלto plunder: to seize and carry off goods, wealth, or captives by force, especially from a defeated enemy in war.
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- to draw out: to pull stalks of grain out from the gathered bundles and leave them behind.
- shalalשָׁלַלto plunder: to seize and carry off goods, wealth, or captives by force, especially from a defeated enemy in war.
be destroyed1 word
be devious1 word
be devoted1 word
be devoted to1 word
be devout1 word
be diligent1 word
be discouraged3 words
- masasמָסַסto melt away: to lose firm shape and dissolve, whether wax before fire, courage before terror, or a life dwindling to nothing
- athumeōἀθυμέωbe discouragednot studied yet
- ekkakeōἐκκακέωto lose heart: to let hardship or the absence of visible results wear a person's resolve down until they quit something good.
be disheartened1 word
be dismayed2 words
be displeased1 word
be disquieted1 word
be distinguished1 word
- palahפָּלָהto set apart: God marking off one person, place, or people from all the rest and treating them differently
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- to be or to make wondrous: to stand out, or to make something stand out, as awe-inspiring and far past the ordinary
- palahפָּלָהto set apart: God marking off one person, place, or people from all the rest and treating them differently
be distressed5 words
- lupeōλυπέωto grieve: to cause someone sorrow or pain, or to feel that sorrow oneself
- odunaōὀδυνάωto be in intense pain or anguish, whether of body or of heart
- yatsarיָצַרto be too tight: of a space, too small for what must fit in it; of a person, squeezed into a corner and so hard pressed
- adēmoneōἀδημονέωto be in acute, disorienting distress: anguished and thrown off one's inner balance, far beyond ordinary worry
- karaכְּרָאbe distressednot studied yet
be double1 word
be downcast1 word
be drunk1 word
be dry1 word
be dumb1 word
- alamאָלַםto be speechless: to have the mouth shut so that no words come out, whether struck mute or refusing to open it
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- to bind cut grain into sheaves
- alamאָלַםto be speechless: to have the mouth shut so that no words come out, whether struck mute or refusing to open it
be eager2 words
be effective1 word
be eminent1 word
be enflamed1 word
be enough1 word
be enraged1 word
be epileptic1 word
be evil1 word
- ra'aרָעַעto be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
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- to break, shatter, or smash to pieces
- ra'aרָעַעto be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
be exactly1 word
be exalted1 word
be exposed1 word
be faint1 word
be faithful1 word
- amanאָמַןto be firm, steady, and reliable, so that a person or thing can be counted on
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- to believe, to trust, to put confidence in someone or something
- to support and care for a child as a guardian, foster-parent, or nurse
- amanאָמַןto be firm, steady, and reliable, so that a person or thing can be counted on
be far1 word
- raḥaqרָחַקto be far away, to stay at a distance
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- to remove something far away, to put or keep it at a distance
- raḥaqרָחַקto be far away, to stay at a distance
be far off1 word
- apechōἀπέχωto be far off: to lie at a distance in space, or to be far away in heart
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- to have received in full: to hold in hand the whole of what was owed, with nothing left outstanding
- to abstain: to hold oneself back and deliberately stay away from something
- it is enough: an abrupt exclamation whose exact force is uncertain
- apechōἀπέχωto be far off: to lie at a distance in space, or to be far away in heart
be feeble1 word
be fervent1 word
be feverish1 word
be few1 word
be fierce1 word
be filled1 word
be first2 words
- archōἄρχωto rule, to be first in authority over others
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- to begin, to start doing something
- prōteuōπρωτεύωbe firstnot studied yet
- archōἄρχωto rule, to be first in authority over others
be fit1 word
be fitting1 word
be fond of1 word
- phileōφιλέωto love: to feel warm personal affection for someone or to be fond of something
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- to kiss: to greet or show affection by a kiss
- phileōφιλέωto love: to feel warm personal affection for someone or to be fond of something
be foolish3 words
- mōrainōμωραίνωto turn foolish, or to make someone or something foolish and expose it as folly
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- of salt: to lose its saltiness and so become useless
- sakhalסָכַלto prove a fool: to do something that turns out to be folly, or to make someone else's wisdom turn out to be folly
- ya'alיָאַלbe foolishnot studied yet
- mōrainōμωραίνωto turn foolish, or to make someone or something foolish and expose it as folly
be formerly1 word
be found2 words
be found out1 word
be free1 word
be fresh1 word
be fruitful4 words
be fulfilled1 word
be full1 word
be furious1 word
be gentle1 word
be glad8 words
- euphrainōεὐφραίνωfestive gladness: to celebrate and make merry, or to fill another person with such joy
- chairōχαίρωto rejoice; to be glad, to feel and show joy
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- a greeting: "hail!" or "greetings!"
- samaḥשָׂמַחto be glad, and to show that gladness openly in celebration; also, of whatever produces the joy, to make someone glad.
- agalliaōἀγαλλιάωto exult: to break out in loud, exuberant joy, above all at what God has done
- gilגִּילto rejoice, to exult: to break out in loud, festive joy, the kind that shows itself rather than staying quiet inside.
be glad with1 word
be gloomy1 word
be glorified1 word
be glorious1 word
be gone1 word
be good4 words
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
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- to do good, treat well: to act kindly toward someone or to bring about good for them
- tovטוֹבto be good: to be sound, pleasing, or going well, and (in its causative form) to do good or do well
- te'evטְאֵבbe goodnot studied yet
- yetavיְטַבbe goodnot studied yet
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
be good for1 word
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto rush forward and break through: to surge ahead with sudden, irresistible force, cutting a way through whatever stands in front
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- to succeed, prosper, turn out well: to reach a good and fitting completion, especially because God brings it about
- tsaleḥצָלֵחַto rush forward and break through: to surge ahead with sudden, irresistible force, cutting a way through whatever stands in front
be gracious2 words
- ḥananחָנַןto show favor: to stoop and treat someone with undeserved kindness
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- to be loathsome, repulsive
- ḥananחֲנַןbe graciousnot studied yet
- ḥananחָנַןto show favor: to stoop and treat someone with undeserved kindness
be gray2 words
be great2 words
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
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- to make many or much: to multiply something, increase it, or supply it in great quantity
- to shoot with a bow; to be an archer
- gavarגָּבַרto be strong and so to prevail: to overpower a rival, to be mighty or great, or to make someone or something strong.
- ravahרָבָהto become many or much: to grow in number, amount, or extent
be grieved3 words
be guilty2 words
- ashamאָשַׁםto be guilty: to become answerable for wrongdoing, and so to bear its penalty
- rasahרָשַׁעto be guilty, or to do wrong: to stand in the wrong before God or a just standard, and to act that way
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- to condemn, to declare guilty: to hand down or pronounce a verdict that someone is in the wrong
be hanged1 word
be hardened1 word
be hasty1 word
be haughty2 words
be healthy1 word
- hugiainōὑγιαίνωto be sound: to be healthy and free from error, said of teaching, of words, and of people held firm in the faith
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- to be in good bodily health: to be well, or to recover and be well again
- hugiainōὑγιαίνωto be sound: to be healthy and free from error, said of teaching, of words, and of people held firm in the faith
be held guilty1 word
be here1 word
be hidden2 words
be high1 word
- rumרוּםto be high or rise up, and to lift, raise, or exalt someone or something to a higher place or status
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- to breed worms and go foul, of food that has rotted
- rumרוּםto be high or rise up, and to lift, raise, or exalt someone or something to a higher place or status
be higher1 word
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
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- to surpass: to be greater than something else in worth, standing, or degree
- huperechōὑπερέχωto hold the higher station: to be in authority, to be the ruling power over others
be hollow1 word
be home1 word