English Bible words starting with C
835 meanings beginning with C, in alphabetical order. This is page 6 of 9. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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complaining1 word
complaint2 words
complaints1 word
complete17 words
- holosὅλοςwhole: one thing taken in its full extent, with nothing of it left out
- sunteleōσυντελέωto completenot studied yet
- plēroōπληρόωto complete something so that it reaches its full extent: a stretch of time runs its course, a set number is reached, or a task is carried all the way through
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- to fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- plēthō, pimplēmiπλήθω, πίμπλημιto make completely full: to fill a space, flood a person with something, or bring a set time to its full measure
- plērēsπλήρηςfull: holding all it can, so that nothing more will fit and nothing needed is missing
complete armor1 word
complete rest1 word
completely2 words
completer1 word
completion2 words
compliant1 word
compound1 word
comprehend2 words
- katalambanōκαταλαμβάνωto lay hold of and make your own: to reach and seize a goal you have been chasing.
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- to overtake and seize by force: to catch up with someone or something and take hold of it, often as an enemy or a disaster does.
- to grasp with the mind: to come to realize, perceive, or understand something.
- to catch someone in the act, especially of wrongdoing.
- suniēmiσυνίημιto understand: to put the pieces together in the mind and grasp what something means
- katalambanōκαταλαμβάνωto lay hold of and make your own: to reach and seize a goal you have been chasing.
compulsion1 word
- anagkēἀνάγκηnecessity: something that must be so or must be done, whether it follows by reason, is owed as a duty, or presses on a person as a compulsion
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- distress: the pressure of hard and painful circumstances; a tight, threatening situation that hems a person in
- anagkēἀνάγκηnecessity: something that must be so or must be done, whether it follows by reason, is owed as a duty, or presses on a person as a compulsion
compute1 word
Conaniah1 word
conceal9 words
- kruptōκρύπτωto hide: to put someone or something out of sight, or to keep a thing from being seen, known, or noticed.
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- satarסָתַרto hide: to put or keep someone or something out of sight, reach, or knowledge
- ḥavaחָבָאto hide: to take cover out of sight, to conceal or shelter another person or thing, or to be kept from view, usually to escape danger or stay safe
- kaḥadכָּחַדto hide or conceal something, especially to keep back what one knows from another person.
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- to wipe out, to cut off or destroy so that something no longer exists.
concealed1 word
conceited1 word
conceive5 words
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto conceive: to become pregnant with a child
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- to seize: to lay hold of and capture a person or a catch
- to help: to take hold alongside someone and share their work
- zaraזָרַעto yield or produce seed, and so for a woman to conceive
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- to sow: to scatter seed on prepared ground so that a crop will grow
- harahהָרָהto conceive: to become pregnant, the very start of carrying a child
- katabolēκαταβολήthe depositing of seed: the laying down of seed that begins new life, the reproductive image behind the phrase "conceive" at Hebrews 11:11
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- a founding: the laying down of something as its base or beginning, used in the New Testament only in the set phrase "the foundation of the world," a fixed term for creation
- yaḥamיָחַםto come into heat: to be gripped by the drive to mate, and so to conceive
- sullambanōσυλλαμβάνωto conceive: to become pregnant with a child
conceived1 word
- koitēκοίτηa bed or sleeping place: the mat, platform, or piece of furniture a person lies down on.
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- sexual intercourse, named indirectly through the image of the bed: the marriage act, illicit sex, or the pregnancy it produces.
- koitēκοίτηa bed or sleeping place: the mat, platform, or piece of furniture a person lies down on.
conception1 word
concern2 words
concerned1 word
concerning2 words
- odahאוֹדָהon account of; concerning: a connecting word that points to the reason for something, the subject a matter is about, or the person an action is done for
- divrahדִּבְרָהa case: the matter a person lays out before someone who can settle it
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- in a set phrase, the ground or pattern behind something: on account of, so that, after the manner of
concession1 word
concisely1 word
conclude1 word
- sumbibazōσυμβιβάζωto hold separate parts together, so that what was apart works as one whole
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- to put facts side by side so that a conclusion follows from them
- to teach someone: to bring a person's mind together with something they did not grasp
- sumbibazōσυμβιβάζωto hold separate parts together, so that what was apart works as one whole
concord1 word
concubine3 words
- pilegeshפִּלֶגֶשׁa legally recognized secondary wife: a woman in a genuine but lower-ranking marriage bond
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- a male sexual partner: a man used for sexual purposes (masculine extension, Ezekiel only)
- leḥenahלְחֵנָהconcubinenot studied yet
- shiddahשִׁדָּהthe last item in a king's list of everything he collected for his own pleasure, and a word whose meaning is genuinely lost: most likely chests of treasure, possibly women of a harem.
- pilegeshפִּלֶגֶשׁa legally recognized secondary wife: a woman in a genuine but lower-ranking marriage bond
concubines2 words
- shiddahשִׁדָּהthe last item in a king's list of everything he collected for his own pleasure, and a word whose meaning is genuinely lost: most likely chests of treasure, possibly women of a harem.
- daḥavahדַּחֲוָהthe evening comforts a king would have had carried in to him: the exact sense is lost, and food, music, entertainment, and the women of the court have all been proposed
concupiscence1 word
condemn5 words
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
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- to decide, to resolve: to reach a firm decision or settled purpose about what to do.
- to consider, to regard: to form an opinion and hold that something is the case.
- to go to law, to be brought to trial: to be a party in legal proceedings.
- rasahרָשַׁעto condemn, to declare guilty: to hand down or pronounce a verdict that someone is in the wrong
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- to be guilty, or to do wrong: to stand in the wrong before God or a just standard, and to act that way
- katakrinōκατακρίνωto condemn: to pass a verdict of guilt against someone and declare them deserving of punishment
- katadikazōκαταδικάζωto condemnnot studied yet
- kataginōskōκαταγινώσκωto condemnnot studied yet
- krinōκρίνωto judge: to weigh a person or matter and pass a verdict on it.
condemnation5 words
- krisisκρίσιςthe act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
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- justice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
- krimaκρίμαa verdict handed down by a judge: the decision, sentence, or ruling that comes out of judging, most often a sentence of condemnation
- dikēδίκηcondemnationnot studied yet
- katakrimaκατάκριμαcondemnationnot studied yet
- katakrisisκατάκρισιςcondemnationnot studied yet
- krisisκρίσιςthe act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
condemned to death1 word
conduct6 words
- derekhדֶּרֶךְa way: the road you travel, and by extension the path your whole life takes
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- possibly, dominion or power: rule or might, in a few disputed poetic lines
- troposτρόποςthe manner in which something is done or happens, and so also the manner in which a person lives
- kathistēmiκαθίστημιto conduct or escort someone; to bring a person safely to a destination
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- to appoint someone; to put a person in charge, installing them into a position of authority or responsibility
- to cause a person or thing to become something; to render or bring into a settled condition or standing
- natsaḥנָצַחto oversee a task or group, taking charge so the work is carried out well
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- to be lasting or unrelenting; to keep on without stopping
- yavalיָבַלto lead, conduct, or carry someone or something to a destination, often in solemn or ceremonial procession
- derekhדֶּרֶךְa way: the road you travel, and by extension the path your whole life takes
conduct oneself2 words
- peripateōπεριπατέωto walk: to move about on foot, and from that, to carry on one's life in a settled pattern of conduct
- anastrephōἀναστρέφωto conduct yourself: to go about your life among other people in a particular manner
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- to go back: to turn around and return to the place you came from
conduit1 word
- te'alahתְּעָלָהa water channel made by cutting or digging: a conduit, a trench, or a watercourse
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- healing: a wound closing over and mending
- te'alahתְּעָלָהa water channel made by cutting or digging: a conduit, a trench, or a watercourse
coney1 word
- shaphanשָׁפָןthe rock hyrax: a small, thickset, rabbit-sized animal that lives in colonies among rocks and cliffs
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- Shaphan: a personal name meaning rock hyrax, borne by several men in the later history of Judah
- shaphanשָׁפָןthe rock hyrax: a small, thickset, rabbit-sized animal that lives in colonies among rocks and cliffs
confederacy1 word
confer3 words
- diatithēmiδιατίθημιto make a covenant: to put a binding covenant in place with someone, laying down its terms on your own authority
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- to grant or bequeath: to settle what is yours on someone else by a formal arrangement, the way a person makes a will
- sumballōσυμβάλλωto ponder/confernot studied yet
- prosanatithēmiπροσανατίθημιto confernot studied yet
- diatithēmiδιατίθημιto make a covenant: to put a binding covenant in place with someone, laying down its terms on your own authority
confess3 words
- exomologeomaiἐξομολογέομαιto confess: to say out loud, before others, the wrong one has done
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- to acknowledge God openly: to declare in public what is true about God, whether in praise or in homage
- to agree: to consent to a proposal or strike a deal
- yadahיָדָהto acknowledge openly before God: give thanks, praise, or confess
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- to throw or shoot something out: cast a stone, hurl down, shoot an arrow
- homologeōὁμολογέωto confess or profess: to declare openly and on the record where one stands, owning allegiance to a person or affirming a truth as one's own before others
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- to acknowledge or admit: to grant that something is true, whether a fact one concedes or a wrong one owns up to
- to promise: to bind oneself by a stated pledge to do something
- to praise: to give God thanks out loud, openly acknowledging his name in worship
- exomologeomaiἐξομολογέομαιto confess: to say out loud, before others, the wrong one has done
confession2 words
- todahתּוֹדָהthe public acknowledgment of what God has done: openly declaring his rescue before others, in word and in the offering that goes with it
- homologiaὁμολογίαan open declaration of where a person stands: the act of publicly professing loyalty and belief, and also the profession itself, the thing professed
confidence7 words
- parrēsiaπαρρησίαfree and fearless openness: speaking out in the open, plainly, and with confidence, holding nothing back
- hupostasisὑπόστασιςa firm, settled confidence: assurance held onto without wavering
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- the real being or substance of something: what it actually is beneath how it appears
- an undertaking or venture being carried through: a concrete plan one has committed to
- mivtaḥמִבְטָחreliance placed in someone or something, and by extension the thing relied on and the safety it brings
- keselכֶּסֶלconfidence: the thing a person is counting on to hold them up
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- the loin: the thick, fatty flesh low on the back, beside the kidneys
- folly: thick-headed stupidity, the settled dullness of someone who will not think
- pepoithēsisπεποίθησιςconfidence: a settled state of trust or reliance, taking its whole character from whatever it rests on
confident1 word
confidently1 word
confine2 words
- sugkleiōσυγκλείωto confinenot studied yet
- 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
confinement1 word
confirm4 words
- stērizōστηρίζωto make firm and fixed: to set something solidly in place, and so to steady a person so that they hold firm
- gavarגָּבַרto be strong and so to prevail: to overpower a rival, to be mighty or great, or to make someone or something strong.
- bebaioōβεβαιόωto make firm: to back a thing or a person so that it will hold up when it is tested
- teqanתְּקַןto confirmnot studied yet
confirmation1 word
confiscation1 word
conflict1 word
conform1 word
conform to1 word
conformed1 word
confound2 words
confounded4 words
- bushבּוֹשׁto be ashamed: to be publicly let down and exposed when a hope or a trust collapses, and the felt disgrace that goes with it
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- to delay: to be long in coming, to tarry past the expected time
- 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.
- balalבָּלַלto mix or blend things into one another, especially flour worked together with oil
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- to give feed, to put out fodder for animals
- ḥapherחָפֵרto be publicly disgraced: to be shamed, confounded, or left exposed when hope or help fails
- bushבּוֹשׁto be ashamed: to be publicly let down and exposed when a hope or a trust collapses, and the felt disgrace that goes with it
confront2 words
confuse1 word
confusion6 words
- boshetבֹּשֶׁתshame: the public disgrace and humiliation of being defeated, exposed, or let down, together with the dishonor a person feels and carries because of it
- kelimmahכְּלִמָּהpublic disgrace: the humiliation of being dishonored before others, and the insults and abuse that bring it about.
- tohuתֹּהוּemptiness: something drained of its proper contents and so unable to serve its purpose, from a trackless desert to a worthless idol to the unformed earth
- mehumahמְהוּמָהthe collapse of order into chaos: panic that shatters an army, unrest that makes a country unsafe, turmoil that unsettles a life
- sugchusisσύγχυσιςconfusionnot studied yet
congeal1 word
congratulate1 word
congregation5 words
- sunagōgēσυναγωγήsynagogue: the Jewish gathering for Scripture and prayer, the community that gathers, or the building they meet in
- mo'edמוֹעֵדan appointment fixed in advance: a set time, a sacred festival, the place where God arranged to meet His people, an agreed gathering or signal, or the fixed moment of the end
- ekklēsiaἐκκλησίαan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered as a group, whether a town's citizens, the people of Israel, or a community of believers in Jesus.
- edahעֵדָהa body of people gathered as one group, joined by a shared bond or common purpose
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- a swarm or herd of animals massed together
- qahalקָהָלan assembly: a body of people called together and gathered into one group
Coniah1 word
conjugal rights2 words
- opheilēὀφειλήwhat is owed: an obligation one side is bound to hand over to the other, whether money or something money cannot buy
- onahעֹנָהthe third thing a husband owes a slave-wife besides her food and her clothing: traditionally her conjugal rights, though it may instead name a household provision such as ointment or lodging
conjurer1 word
conquer3 words
conscience2 words
- suneidēsisσυνείδησιςconscience: the inner sense by which a person judges their own conduct as right or wrong and bears witness for or against themselves
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- consciousness: an inner awareness of something about oneself or one's situation, such as food's link to idols, the presence of God, or lingering sin, short of a full moral verdict
- kilyahכִּלְיָהthe innermost self: the hidden inner core of a person, the seat of deep feeling, conscience, and moral desire, open only to God
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- the kidney: the bodily organ, most often the fat-encased pair cut out and burned in sacrifice
- suneidēsisσυνείδησιςconscience: the inner sense by which a person judges their own conduct as right or wrong and bears witness for or against themselves
consciousness1 word
- suneidēsisσυνείδησιςconsciousness: an inner awareness of something about oneself or one's situation, such as food's link to idols, the presence of God, or lingering sin, short of a full moral verdict
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- conscience: the inner sense by which a person judges their own conduct as right or wrong and bears witness for or against themselves
- suneidēsisσυνείδησιςconsciousness: an inner awareness of something about oneself or one's situation, such as food's link to idols, the presence of God, or lingering sin, short of a full moral verdict
consecate1 word
consecrate4 words
- hagiazōἁγιάζωto set someone or something apart from ordinary use and give it over to God, so that it becomes holy; also, to honor as holy what already is
- qadashקָדַשׁto be set apart from ordinary use and brought into the sphere of the holy: to be holy, to make holy, to treat as holy
- mashaḥמָשַׁחto set someone or something apart for God's service by pouring or smearing oil on them
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- to smear or rub a liquid (oil, paint, or ointment) onto a surface, with no sacred meaning
- nazarנָזַרto set apart by going without: to consecrate oneself to God by giving something up, or to hold clear of what one must not touch
consecration3 words
- nezerנֵזֶרa mark of being set apart for God, worn on the head: the state of consecration itself, or the emblem that shows it (a Nazirite's unshorn hair, a priest's gold band, a king's crown).
- hagiasmosἁγιασμόςconsecration to God: being set apart to him as holy, and the holy life that follows from it
- milluמִלֻּאthe installing of a priest: the sacrifice offered when a man was put into priestly office, and the ceremony itself
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- a setting: the metal mounting that a precious stone is fitted into
consent5 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
- avahאָבָהto be willing: to consent and go along with what someone else asks or wants
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- sugkatatithēmiσυγκατατίθημιto consentnot studied yet
- utאוּתto consentnot studied yet
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
consequence1 word
consequently1 word
consider14 words
- hēgeomaiἡγέομαιto consider: to reach a deliberate, weighed verdict about the worth or truth of something
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- to lead a community: to go in front of others as their guide and head
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- logizomaiλογίζομαιto consider: to weigh something in the mind and arrive at a settled judgment about it.
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- to credit to an account: to enter something on a person's ledger, so that it officially counts for or against them.
- theōreōθεωρέωto look at something attentively, and so to take it in: to watch, observe, and perceive
- dokeōδοκέωto think or suppose: to hold in one's own mind an opinion about what is the case, from a confident conclusion to a guarded guess, and often one the text goes on to correct
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- to seem or be reckoned: how a thing or person registers in the eyes of others, whether that is how it looks, what a group decides, or the standing a person is granted
- hēgeomaiἡγέομαιto consider: to reach a deliberate, weighed verdict about the worth or truth of something
consider worthy1 word
consolation2 words
console1 word
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
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- to regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
consort2 words
conspiracy2 words
conspire1 word
- 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
- qasharקָשַׁרto conspire: to bind oneself together with others in a sworn plot, usually to seize a throne or break a treaty
conspired1 word
- sumboulionσυμβούλιονa plan settled on together: what a group decides to do after conferring, and then goes and does
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- council: the circle of advisers a Roman official had beside him when he ruled on a case
- sumboulionσυμβούλιονa plan settled on together: what a group decides to do after conferring, and then goes and does
constantly1 word
constellation1 word
constrain3 words
constraint1 word
consult4 words
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
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- 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
- to borrow: to ask for the use of something belonging to someone else, expecting to return it
- darashדָּרַשׁto seek something out with care and effort, going after it deliberately until it is found, answered, or settled
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- sumbouleuōσυμβουλεύωto consultnot studied yet
- sha'alשָׁאַלto ask a question: to put a question to someone in order to find something out
consulted1 word
- malakhמָלַךְto be king: to hold and exercise royal rule, or to come to the throne
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- to make someone king: to put a person on the throne, to crown
- to take counsel, to consult with oneself before acting
- malakhמָלַךְto be king: to hold and exercise royal rule, or to come to the throne
consume12 words
- akhalאָכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body or anything into a force that destroys it
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- katesthiōκατεσθίωto eat up completely: to devour, consume, or swallow down until nothing is left
- katakaiōκατακαίωto burn something up: to destroy it with fire until nothing of it is left.
- 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
consume away1 word
consumed1 word
- tamamתָּמַםto be complete: to reach the end of something so that nothing of it is left
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- to be blameless: to be whole and sound in conduct, with no flaw of integrity
- tamamתָּמַםto be complete: to reach the end of something so that nothing of it is left
consummation1 word
consummator1 word
consumption1 word
contain3 words
- kulכּוּלto contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
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- to provide for and keep someone alive: to supply food and support so a person or people can survive.
- to bear up under something overwhelming: to be able to endure or withstand it.
- to measure out a quantity: to gauge how much something amounts to.
- periechōπεριέχωto containnot studied yet
- chōreōχωρέωto hold or contain; to have room for
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- to go, pass, or make one's way toward a place or a state
- to make room within oneself; to take in, receive, or accept a person or a demanding truth
- kulכּוּלto contain or hold a quantity: to have room enough to keep something inside.
container1 word
contemn1 word
- 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
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
contemplate2 words
contemplation1 word
contemporary1 word