English Bible words starting with B
1,117 meanings beginning with B, in alphabetical order. This is page 9 of 12. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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black4 words
- melasμέλαςblacknot studied yet
- shaḥorשָׁחֹרblacknot studied yet
- ishonאִישׁוֹןthe black heart of the night: the deepest, darkest point inside a stretch of darkness
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- the pupil of the eye: the dark opening at its center, named as the one spot a person shields without thinking
- sheḥarḥoretשְׁחַרְחֹרblackish: dark of skin, tanned by the sun rather than black outright
blackish1 word
blackness2 words
blade3 words
- chortosχόρτοςgrass: the low green plants that carpet open ground, including the young blade of a grain crop and, once cut and dried, hay
- lehavahלֶהָבָהthe blade of a spear: its gleaming, flame-shaped metal head
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- a flame: the leaping, visible tongue of a burning fire
- lahavלַהַבthe blade of a weapon: the cutting metal of a sword, dagger or spear, as against its handle
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- a flame: the bright tongue of fire that leaps up off whatever is burning
blame1 word
blameless11 words
- amōmosἄμωμοςwithout blemish; free of any flaw that would make an offering or a life unfit to be presented to God
- tamimתָּמִיםblameless: whole in character and conduct, undivided in loyalty to God, with nothing false or double held back
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- without blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
- Thummim: the sacred lot used with the Urim to seek God's answer
- tamamתָּמַםto be blameless: to be whole and sound in conduct, with no flaw of integrity
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- to be complete: to reach the end of something so that nothing of it is left
- naqiנָקִיinnocent: free from guilt or from a claim against you, and so not liable to be punished or held responsible.
- amemptosἄμεμπτοςblamelessnot studied yet
blamelessly1 word
blamelessness2 words
blaspheme5 words
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
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- to revile: to slander, insult, or defame a person or their reputation
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
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- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- gadaphגָּדַףto attack someone with cutting, contemptuous words, and when God is the target, to blaspheme him
- blasphēmeōβλασφημέωto blaspheme: to speak against God, his name, or sacred things in a way that assaults his honor
blasphemous1 word
blasphemy1 word
blast2 words
Blastus1 word
blaze1 word
blazing2 words
blazing flame1 word
bleach1 word
bleed1 word
bleeding1 word
blemish3 words
blend1 word
bless6 words
- eulogeōεὐλογέωto bless: to speak a good word over someone or something, whether praising God, calling down God's favor on a person, or actually granting that favor
- barakhבָּרַךְto bless: to invoke or hand on God's favor and life-giving power for someone, and (of people toward God) to honor him as its source
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, as in reverence before God or to make an animal lie down
- makarizōμακαρίζωto blessnot studied yet
- asharאָשַׁרto call someone happy, to publicly declare a person fortunate or blessed
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- to go straight ahead on a path, or to lead and direct others along one
- berakhבְּרַךְto bless God: to answer him out loud with praise, naming him as the source of wisdom, power, and rescue
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, the body's posture for prayer
blessed4 words
- makariosμακάριοςenviably well off: an outside observer's exclamation that someone's whole situation is genuinely to be envied, usually because of where they stand with God
- eulogētosεὐλογητόςworthy to be praised: said of God as the one people bless, not of a person who has been blessed
- esherאֶשֶׁרhow fortunate!: a teacher's or poet's glad exclamation that a certain kind of person has a life worth envying
- asharאָשַׁרto call someone happy, to publicly declare a person fortunate or blessed
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- to go straight ahead on a path, or to lead and direct others along one
blessed be1 word
- berakhבְּרַךְto bless God: to answer him out loud with praise, naming him as the source of wisdom, power, and rescue
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- to kneel: to go down on the knees, the body's posture for prayer
- berakhבְּרַךְto bless God: to answer him out loud with praise, naming him as the source of wisdom, power, and rescue
blessedness1 word
blessing2 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
- berakhahבְּרָכָהblessing: good spoken over someone, the good it brings, and the gift that carries it
- eulogiaεὐλογίαblessing: praise offered up to God, or the favor, benefit, or generous gift bestowed on a person
blew1 word
blight1 word
blind5 words
- tuphlosτυφλόςblind: unable to see, lacking physical eyesight.
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- spiritually blind: unable to see and grasp the truth about God, even while the eyes work fine.
- ivverעִוֵּרblind: unable to see
- sha'aשָׁעַעto seal a person's eyes shut, as if smeared over, so that they cannot see
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- to delight: to take warm, playful pleasure in someone or something, or to give that pleasure to another
- tuphloōτυφλόωto blindnot studied yet
- avarעָוַרto blindnot studied yet
- tuphlosτυφλόςblind: unable to see, lacking physical eyesight.
blinding light1 word
blindness2 words
blood2 words
- ahimaαἷμαblood: the life-fluid of a body, and by extension a life violently taken or a death that brings cleansing
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
bloodguilt2 words
- ahimaαἷμαblood: the life-fluid of a body, and by extension a life violently taken or a death that brings cleansing
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
bloodshed4 words
- ahimaαἷμαblood: the life-fluid of a body, and by extension a life violently taken or a death that brings cleansing
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
- ahimatekchusiaαἱματεκχυσίαbloodshednot studied yet
- mispaḥמִשְׂפָּחbloodshednot studied yet
blossom5 words
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
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- to fly
- peraḥפֶּרַחa blossom or flower: the bloom of a plant, and by extension a flower-shaped ornament in metal or carving
- tsitsצִיץa blossom: the open flower of a plant, whether growing, carved as ornament, or held up as the picture of what withers fast
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- the gold plate fastened to the front of the high priest's turban, engraved with the words "Holy to the LORD"
- a word of unrecovered sense in a single line about Moab, read by older translations as "wings"
- 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
- semadarסְמַדֵרthe grapevine in blossom: the vine at the brief, faintly fragrant moment its flowers open, before any grape has formed
- paraḥפָּרַחto bud, sprout, or blossom; to burst into growth, and so to thrive
blot1 word
blot out2 words
- exaleiphōἐξαλείφωto blot outnot studied yet
- maḥahמָחָהto wipe a surface clean, and from that, to blot out: to erase a record, a name, or a person until nothing is left.
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- to strike against, and so to reach or touch: said of a boundary line that runs up against a landmark.
- to be full of marrow, said of rich, fatty food.
blow11 words
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
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- a plague: a crushing blow of calamity sent as divine judgment
- taqaתָּקַעto drive or thrust something into a surface or a body with a sharp, forceful blow
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- to blow a trumpet or ram's horn by giving it a sharp burst of breath
- to strike or clap the hand, either as a binding pledge of surety or as applause
- to pitch a tent by driving its stakes into the ground
- maggephahמַגֵּפָהa deadly blow: a striking that brings sudden mass death, whether by disease or by the sword
- 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
- plēgēπληγήa blow or beating, and the wound it leaves on the body
blow a trumpet1 word
blow gently1 word
blowing1 word
blown away1 word
blue1 word
bluntness1 word
blurt1 word
blurt out1 word
bluster1 word
Boanerges1 word
boar1 word
board4 words
boast9 words
- halalהָלַלto boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
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- to praise: to publicly celebrate someone, above all God, as worthy of acclaim
- to be mad: to act senselessly, to rave, to make a fool of oneself
- to shine: to give off light
- gadalגָּדַלto magnify oneself: to boast or act arrogantly, often defiantly against God or others
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- to grow up: to increase in size or to pass from childhood toward adulthood
- 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
- kauchaomaiκαυχάομαιto boast: to speak with pride about whatever you are counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- kauchēmaκαύχημαa boast: what a person can point to as a reason for pride, and the pride voiced in it
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- halalהָלַלto boast: to glory in something, whether wrongly in oneself or rightly in God
boast of1 word
boastful2 words
boasting4 words
- kauchēmaκαύχημαa boast: what a person can point to as a reason for pride, and the pride voiced in it
- kauchēsisκαύχησιςboasting: the act of saying out loud what you are proud of and counting on, whether that is yourself or God
- alazoneiaἀλαζονείαempty, self-inflating boasting: a pretentious confidence whose claim to control or security outruns what is really true
- badבַּדbig empty talk: boasting or babble with nothing behind it, and in the plural the boasters and fortune tellers who trade in it
boat2 words
Boaz2 words
Bocheru1 word
Bochim1 word
bodily2 words
body12 words
- sarxσάρξflesh: the soft tissue of a body, and by extension a human being in creaturely weakness, who one is by birth, and (in Paul) human life turned away from God and set against his Spirit.
- sōmaσῶμαthe body: a living creature's whole physical self, a frame of many parts working as one, and by extension the person or the community that frame stands for.
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- slaves: human beings counted and traded as property.
- the solid reality that casts a shadow: the thing itself, as against a mere outline of it.
- basarבָּשָׂרflesh: the soft tissue of a body, whether as the meat people eat or as the living skin and muscle of a person or animal
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- all flesh: every living creature, or all of humanity, taken together as one whole
- kin: a blood relative, the family bond named as shared flesh
- frail humanity: the human creature as weak, mortal, and small before God
- etsemעֶצֶםa bone, or the bones of a body taken together as its frame
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- a person's own body or self; one's own flesh and blood
- the very same; used to mark a thing as the exact one in view
- osphusὀσφῦςthe loins: the lower back and hips where a belt is fastened, and, in the same breath, the part of a man's body his children are said to come from.
Bohan1 word
boil5 words
- bashalבָּשַׁלto boil food in liquid until it is cooked; to seethe or stew, especially meat
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- to ripen: for grapes or a grain harvest to come to full maturity
- sheḥinשְׁחִיןa boil: hot, swollen, painful skin, often a whole crop of inflamed sores
- zudזִידto boil: to cook something in a pot over heat
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- to act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
- rataḥרָתַחto boilnot studied yet
- avabu'ahאֲבַעְבֻּעֹתboilnot studied yet
- bashalבָּשַׁלto boil food in liquid until it is cooked; to seethe or stew, especially meat
boiled1 word
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
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- to boil: to cook something in a pot over heat
- zudזִידto act presumptuously: to knowingly step past a limit God or lawful authority has set, and to do it with contempt
boiling1 word
bold1 word
bold man1 word
boldness1 word
bolt3 words
- na'alנָעַלto bolt a door: to fasten a closed door with its bar so it cannot be opened from outside
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- to put sandals on someone: to fit another person's feet with footwear
- manulמַנְעוּלboltnot studied yet
- minalמִנְעָלboltnot studied yet
- na'alנָעַלto bolt a door: to fasten a closed door with its bar so it cannot be opened from outside
bond8 words
- desmosδεσμόςa bond or fetter: something that ties a person up, and by extension the imprisonment those bonds stand for.
- sundesmosσύνδεσμοςbond(age)not studied yet
- esarאִסָּרa binding pledge of self-denial: an obligation a person ties onto their own life before God, normally a promise to go without something otherwise allowed
- moserמוֹסֵרa bond: the strap, rope, or shackle that ties something down, and so any hold that keeps a person or a nation in servitude
- esurאֵסוּרbondnot studied yet
bondage1 word
- avodahעֲבֹדָהlabor: work done for another, whether freely given or forcibly imposed
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- cultic service: the formal ministry at the sanctuary, and the prescribed rites of sacred occasions
- avodahעֲבֹדָהlabor: work done for another, whether freely given or forcibly imposed
bonds2 words
bondservant2 words
bondwoman2 words
bone4 words
- osteonὀστέονbonenot studied yet
- etsemעֶצֶםa bone, or the bones of a body taken together as its frame
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- a person's own body or self; one's own flesh and blood
- the very same; used to mark a thing as the exact one in view
- geremגֶּרֶםbonenot studied yet
- geremגְּרַםbonenot studied yet
bonnet1 word
book4 words
- biblionβιβλίονa written document: a scroll, book, or official paper set down to be read
- sepherסֵפֶרa written document: anything committed to writing, from a letter to a legal deed to a book
- biblosβίβλοςa book: a whole written work, in practice a rolled scroll, named as a complete volume and usually identified by its author or its contents
- megillahמְגִלָּהa scroll: a rolled length of leather or papyrus written on in columns and unrolled to be read
boot1 word
booth3 words
- skēnēσκηνήa tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
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- the tabernacle: the portable tent-sanctuary where God lived among Israel in the wilderness, and the heavenly sanctuary it stood for
- a dwelling place: an enduring home, above all God's dwelling with his people and the eternal home of the redeemed
- sukkahסֻכָּהa booth: a temporary shelter woven from leafy branches
- sokhשֹׂךְboothnot studied yet
- skēnēσκηνήa tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
booty4 words
- shalalשָׁלָלspoil: the goods, animals, and captives carried off as the prize of victory
- bazבַּזwar plunder: the goods or people seized and carried off by force from a defeated enemy
- bizzahבִּזָּהspoil: what is seized and carried off from a defeated enemy, whether the plundered goods themselves or the experience of being plundered
- malqo'aḥמַלְקוֹחַcaptured living plunder: the people and animals a victor takes alive and keeps
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- the jaws: the inside of the mouth, named as the part that takes food in
Bor-ashan1 word
border14 words
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- saphahשָׂפָהedge: the outer rim, border, bank, or shore where something ends
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- lip: the fleshy rim of the mouth, and by extension the speech and the language it produces
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- pe'ahפֵּאָהa side, edge, or corner: the outer face or boundary of something, whether a direction, a margin, or a far extremity
- qetsקֵץthe end: the point at which something stops, whether a stretch of time runs out, a quantity reaches its limit, or a decreed reckoning finally arrives
borders3 words
- horionὅριονthe territory belonging to a town or a people: its district, the land lying inside its recognized limits
- totsa'ahתּוֹצָאָהgoings out: the point at which a line, a place, or a thing runs out, ends, or issues forth
- gevulahגְּבוּלָהboundaries: the lines that mark where one piece of land ends and the next begins, and the ground those lines enclose
bore3 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
- naqavנָקַבto make a hole through something by boring or piercing it
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- to mark someone or something out distinctly, especially by naming: to designate or specify by name
- to speak against God by uttering his Name, taken as blaspheming or cursing him
- ratsaרָצַעto borenot studied yet
- anapherōἀναφέρωto carry or lead someone or something up to a higher place
born4 words
- ezraḥאֶזְרָחnative to the land: belonging somewhere by having sprung up there, most often the native-born member of the community as opposed to a foreigner living among them
- yalidיָלִידone born into a particular household or family line: a person identified by whose house or whose stock he was born to
- gennētosγεννητόςbornnot studied yet
- yillodיִלּוֹדbornnot studied yet
born again1 word
- gennaōγεννάωto bring a child into the world: of a father, to father a child; of a mother, to give birth; of a child, to be born
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- in a spiritual sense, to bring into a new life or standing: God giving someone new birth, God declaring a Son, or a teacher fathering a convert
- gennaōγεννάωto bring a child into the world: of a father, to father a child; of a mother, to give birth; of a child, to be born
born in the land1 word
borrow3 words
- sha'alשָׁאַלto borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
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- to ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
- 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
- daneizōδανείζωto lend/borrownot studied yet
- lavahלָוָהto take or give a loan: to borrow, or, seen from the other side, to lend.
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- to attach oneself to another, becoming joined, allied, or bound to them.
- sha'alשָׁאַלto borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
bosom4 words
- kolposκόλποςthe bosom: the sheltered space at the front of a person's body, between the chest and the arms, where someone or something is held close
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- a bay: a curve of coastline where the sea reaches in toward the land
- ḥeqחֵיקthe bosom: the front of the chest and the enclosing arms (reaching down to the lap), where a person holds someone or something close, and the fold of the outer robe there used as a pocket
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- the hollow base of an object: the recessed bottom or basin of the altar, and the hollow floor of a chariot
- ḥotsenחֹצֶןbosomnot studied yet
- ḥetsenחֵצֶןbosomnot studied yet
- kolposκόλποςthe bosom: the sheltered space at the front of a person's body, between the chest and the arms, where someone or something is held close
boss1 word
both3 words
bottle3 words
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
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- a stringed instrument of the harp or lyre family, used in worship and celebration
- askosἀσκόςa wineskin: a whole animal hide, usually a goat's, sewn shut and sealed to hold liquids, especially wine
- ḥemetחֵמֶתbottlenot studied yet
- nevelנֵבֶלa large jar or skin for storing liquids, especially a wine container
bottom3 words
bottomless pit1 word
bough5 words
boughs1 word
bought1 word
bound4 words
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- douloōδουλόωto enslave: to put someone under another's ownership, so that they are no longer their own.
- asirאָסִירa prisoner: someone held in confinement, whether locked in a jail or a pit or carried off and kept by a conquering power
- qaphatsקָפַץto bound: to spring lightly across rough ground.
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- to shut something tight, especially a hand or a mouth, so that nothing comes out of it.
boundaries1 word
boundary4 words
- gevulגְּבוּלborder: the marked line where one piece of land ends and the next begins, the stone that marks it, and the territory that line encloses
- ḥoqחֹקa fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
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- a statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- qetsevקָצוּboundarynot studied yet
- ta'avahתַּאֲוָהboundarynot studied yet
boundary markers1 word