English Bible words starting with B
1,117 meanings beginning with B, in alphabetical order. This is page 8 of 12. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Beth-jeshimoth1 word
Beth-le-aphrah1 word
Beth-lebaoth1 word
Beth-marcaboth1 word
Beth-meon1 word
Beth-millo1 word
Beth-nimrah1 word
Beth-pazzez1 word
Beth-pelet1 word
Beth-peor1 word
Beth-rapha1 word
Beth-rehob1 word
Beth-shean1 word
Beth-shemesh1 word
Beth-shittah1 word
Beth-tappuah1 word
Beth-zur1 word
Bethany1 word
bethel1 word
Bethelite1 word
bether1 word
Bethesda1 word
Bethlehem2 words
Bethlehemite1 word
Bethphage1 word
Bethsaida1 word
Bethshemite1 word
Bethuel1 word
Bethul1 word
Betonim1 word
betray3 words
- paradidōmiπαραδίδωμιto hand over: to place a person or thing out of one's own keeping and into the power, custody, or care of someone else
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- to hand down: to pass on a teaching, account, or body of belief from one person or generation to the next
- bagadבָּגַדto act treacherously, to break faith with someone who trusted you.
- ramahרָמָהto send something flying with force: to hurl a body, or to shoot arrows from a bow
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- to fool someone who trusted you: to break faith by trickery
- paradidōmiπαραδίδωμιto hand over: to place a person or thing out of one's own keeping and into the power, custody, or care of someone else
betroth4 words
- ya'adיָעַדto fix something by agreement: to set a person, time, place, or task in advance, and so to come together at the arranged point
- harmozōἁρμόζωto betrothnot studied yet
- mnēsteuōμνηστεύωto betrothnot studied yet
- arasאָרַשׂto betroth: to complete the binding first step of marriage by paying the bride-price, pledging a woman as wife before the couple begins living together
betrothal1 word
better8 words
- tovטוֹבgood: fittingly answering to what a thing, a person, or a relationship is meant to be, so that it is sound, pleasing, right, or beneficial
- kalosκαλόςfine, good, and admirable: measuring up to what its kind should be, in a way that is often meant to be seen and honored
- kreissōnκρείσσωνbetter: superior in worth, rank, or benefit when weighed against something else
- chrēstosχρηστόςgood in a way that benefits whoever meets it: kind toward people, easy to bear, mellow rather than harsh
- sumpherōσυμφέρωto be good for someone: to be beneficial, advantageous, or better
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- to bring things together into one place: to gather or collect
between4 words
bewail2 words
beware4 words
- phulassōφυλάσσωto keep watch: to guard something so it comes to no harm, and by extension to keep a command or keep oneself out of harm's way
- shamarשָׁמַרto exercise watchful care over someone or something: to guard it, hold to it, and keep it safe
- blepōβλέπωto see: to take something in with the eyes, or to have the power of sight at all
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- to watch out: to keep your eyes open, whether against a danger or over something you are responsible for
- to perceive: to grasp, notice, or recognize something with the mind
- to face toward: to be turned in a given direction, said of a place
- prosechōπροσέχωto direct one's attention to something and respond to it accordingly
bewilderment1 word
bewitch1 word
beyond4 words
- everעֵבֶרthe region or side across from where you stand: the far side, the opposite quarter, or simply a side or edge
- epekeinaἐπέκειναbeyondnot studied yet
- avarעֲבַרthe land on the far side of a river, used only as half of the fixed name of the Persian province west of the Euphrates: Beyond the River
- huperekeinaὑπερέκειναbeyondnot studied yet
beyond measure1 word
beyond reproach2 words
beyond the river1 word
Bezai1 word
Bezalel1 word
Bezek1 word
Bezer1 word
Bichri1 word
bid1 word
Bidkar1 word
bier2 words
big toe1 word
Bigtha1 word
Bigthan1 word
Bigvai1 word
Bildad1 word
Bilgah1 word
Bilgai1 word
Bilhah1 word
Bilhan1 word
bill2 words
- biblionβιβλίονa written document: a scroll, book, or official paper set down to be read
- grammaγράμμαa letter of the alphabet: a single written character or mark
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- a written document: an account, record, or letter
- the sacred Scriptures: the holy writings of Israel
- the letter: the written law as an outward code, set against the life-giving Spirit
bill of divorcement1 word
billows1 word
Bilshan1 word
Bimhal1 word
bind12 words
- deōδέωto bind or tie: to fasten one thing to another, or to hold a person or thing in place with cords, chains, or any binding tie
- asarאָסַרto make fast by tying: to bind, fasten, harness, or hold a person or thing in restraint
- tsararצָרַרto bind tight, or to be pressed tight: to wrap something up, to be too narrow, or to be squeezed into hardship
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- to treat as an enemy: to be hostile toward someone, to oppose them as a foe or rival
- qasharקָשַׁרto conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
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- to tie one thing to another, and so to fasten a person's loyalty, learning, or love just as firmly
- desmeuōδεσμεύωto bindnot studied yet
bind sheaves1 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
bind up2 words
- tsurצוּרto hem in: to close something off so it cannot get out or move freely, whether a besieged city, money tied in a bag, or a person pressed on every side
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- to treat as an enemy: to act with hostility toward someone, opposing or harassing them
- to fashion: to shape an object out of metal by working it into form
- ḥavashחָבַשׁto bind on: to fasten, wrap, or tie something firmly onto or around something else (a saddle onto a donkey, a bandage onto a wound, a turban onto the head)
- tsurצוּרto hem in: to close something off so it cannot get out or move freely, whether a besieged city, money tied in a bag, or a person pressed on every side
bind with1 word
bind with an oath1 word
binding obligation1 word
Binea1 word
Binnui1 word
bird7 words
- peteinosπετεινόςa bird: any flying creature, treated as one class of animal
- ophעוֹףflying creatures as a class: birds and other winged animals, taken together
- tsipporצִפּוֹרa bird, most often a small wild one, and birds taken together as a class
- orneonὄρνεονbirdnot studied yet
- tsepharצְפַרbirdnot studied yet
bird of prey1 word
birds2 words
Birsha1 word
birth2 words
birth pains1 word
birthday1 word
birthplace1 word
birthright2 words
Birzaith1 word
Bishlam1 word
bishop1 word
bishopric1 word
- episkopēἐπισκοπήvisitation: the moment God comes near to attend to his people, whether to rescue or to hold them to account
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- office of oversight: an appointed charge to watch over and care for others
- episkopēἐπισκοπήvisitation: the moment God comes near to attend to his people, whether to rescue or to hold them to account
bit1 word
bite2 words
- daknōδάκνωto bitenot studied yet
- nashakhנָשַׁךְto bite: to sink teeth into, the way a snake strikes
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- to charge interest on a loan; to lend at interest
Bithiah1 word
Bithron1 word
Bithynia1 word
bitter5 words
- pikrosπικρόςbitternot studied yet
- marמַרbitter: sharp and unpleasant to the taste, and by extension anything that brings grief or hardship
- meriמְרִיrebellion: a stubborn refusal to listen to and obey the authority you are bound to, above all God
- mararמָרַרto be bitter, or to make bitter: the sharp taste of gall stretched to cover grief, hardship, and fierce anger
- meririמְרִירִיbitternot studied yet
bitter food1 word
bitter poison1 word
bitterly3 words
bitterness10 words
- pikriaπικρίαbitterness of spirit: a settled, resentful temper that nurses a wrong and refuses to be reconciled, along with the cutting speech it produces.
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- a bitter poison: the corrupting, defiling influence of someone or something that turns away from God and threatens to poison the whole community.
- la'anahלַעֲנָהwormwood: a bitter desert shrub, used in the Bible only as an image of ruinous bitterness, the taste of judgment or of justice gone poisonous
- merorמָרֹרbitternessnot studied yet
- tamrurתַּמְרוּרbitternessnot studied yet
- kimrirכִּמְרִירblackness that blots out the day: a dread darkness so total it swallows daylight (a word of genuinely uncertain meaning)
- pikriaπικρίαbitterness of spirit: a settled, resentful temper that nurses a wrong and refuses to be reconciled, along with the cutting speech it produces.
bitumen1 word
Biziothiah1 word
Biztha1 word