English Bible words starting with D
616 meanings beginning with D, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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Dabbesheth1 word
Daberath1 word
dagger2 words
Dagon1 word
daily7 words
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- tamidתָּמִידthe regular offering: the fixed daily sacrifice (and the standing rites that go with it) in Israel's worship
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- without a break: going on and on, all the time, as a settled and unbroken practice
- yomamיוֹמָםby day: during the daylight hours, as opposed to the night
- yomיוֹםa day: the unit by which dates are fixed and lengths of time are counted, and in the plural a whole span of days such as a reign or an age
- epiousiosἐπιούσιοςof the bread asked for in the Lord's Prayer: the portion for the coming day, the bread needed to live on right now
dainties1 word
dainty1 word
Dalmanutha1 word
Dalmatia1 word
Dalphon1 word
damage3 words
- hubrisὕβριςthe violent harm a storm inflicts: the battering damage of wind and sea on a ship
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- insulting, humiliating mistreatment of a person: treatment deliberately meant to shame and degrade
- bedeqבֶּדֶקthe broken or worn place in something built: the damage that repair work is meant to close
- zēmiaζημίαdamage/lossnot studied yet
- hubrisὕβριςthe violent harm a storm inflicts: the battering damage of wind and sea on a ship
Damaris1 word
Damascus3 words
damned1 word
damsel3 words
dan1 word
dance8 words
- ḥulחוּלto dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
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- to writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
- to bring forth: to give birth, or to be born, the labor-writhing carried through to the child it produces
- to wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
- saḥaqשָׂחַקto laugh, and by extension to play, celebrate, or mock; the whole range of glad, playful, or scornful laughter.
- orcheomaiὀρχέομαιto dance: to move the body rhythmically, whether in festive celebration or as a performance
- raqadרָקַדto leap: to move in quick, springing bounds, whether in dancing, in play, or in a violent charge
- meḥolahמְחוֹלָהa dance: the circling, celebratory dancing of a crowd, done to tambourines and singing, most often by women
- ḥulחוּלto dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
danced1 word
dances1 word
dancing1 word
dandled1 word
- 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
- sha'aשָׁעַעto seal a person's eyes shut, as if smeared over, so that they cannot see
danger1 word
dangerous1 word
Daniel3 words
Dannah1 word
Dara1 word
Darda1 word
dare1 word
Darius2 words
dark6 words
- skotosσκότοςdarkness: the absence of light, used both for real physical dark and, far more often, for the realm and condition of life cut off from God
- ḥoshekhחֹשֶׁךְdarkness: the absence of light, and by extension the trouble, danger, death, and evil that come with it.
- skoteinosσκοτεινόςdarknot studied yet
- ishonאִישׁוֹןthe pupil of the eye: the dark opening at its center, named as the one spot a person shields without thinking
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- the black heart of the night: the deepest, darkest point inside a stretch of darkness
- ḥeshkhahחֶשְׁכָהdarknot studied yet
dark blue1 word
dark clouds1 word
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
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- a thicket: dense undergrowth or brushwood that offers cover
- avעָבa dense, dark cloud, especially a heavy storm or rain cloud
dark hair1 word
dark place1 word
dark saying1 word
darken4 words
darkened1 word
darkest valley1 word
darkness17 words
- skotosσκότοςdarkness: the absence of light, used both for real physical dark and, far more often, for the realm and condition of life cut off from God
- ḥoshekhחֹשֶׁךְdarkness: the absence of light, and by extension the trouble, danger, death, and evil that come with it.
- gnophosγνόφοςdarknessnot studied yet
- skotiaσκοτίαdarkness: the absence of light, used both for literal nighttime gloom and, in John's writings above all, for the realm of evil, ignorance, and hostility to God that the coming of Christ is driving out.
- neshephנֶשֶׁףtwilight: the half-light at either edge of the night, whether the dark closing in after sunset or the grey before sunrise.
Darkon1 word
darling3 words
- yaḥidיָחִידonly, sole: the one and only of its kind, and so uniquely precious or utterly alone
- rayahרַעְיָהthe woman a man loves, addressed as his own companion and friend.
- ta'anugתַּעֲנוּגexquisite pleasure that comes of being pampered: the delight of soft, indulgent treatment, and whatever gives that delight
darnel1 word
dart3 words
dash in pieces2 words
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
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- to scatter: for a group of people to break apart and spread across the land
- ratashרָטַשׁto dash in piecesnot studied yet
- naphatsנָפַץto smash to pieces: to break something apart by dashing or striking it hard
date palm1 word
Dathan1 word
daub2 words
- tu'aḥטוּחַto coat a surface by spreading something over it: to plaster, daub, or overlay, most often mortar on a wall
- ḥamarחָמַרto foam up: to churn hard enough to froth and boil over
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- to coat something with tar: to seal it with bitumen so water cannot get in
daughter3 words
daughter-in-law2 words
david2 words
dawn12 words
- boqerבֹּקֶרmorning: the early part of the day, from first light through the hours just after sunrise.
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
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- a rising: the moment a star or the sun climbs into view, and the light that comes up with it
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- anatellōἀνατέλλωto rise or come up into view: the sun climbs the sky, light breaks over the horizon, a cloud lifts, or a person springs up like a fresh shoot
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- to make something rise: to cause the sun to come up
- orthrosὄρθροςdawnnot studied yet
dawning1 word
day4 words
- hēmeraἡμέραday: the stretch of daylight, a single dated day, or a span of time, including the appointed day when God acts in judgment and salvation.
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- shaḥarשַׁחַרdawn: the first light of day, the moment darkness begins to give way to morning
- yomיוֹםa day: the unit by which dates are fixed and lengths of time are counted, and in the plural a whole span of days such as a reign or an age
day star1 word
daybreak1 word
daylight3 words
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
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- light as a picture of life, rescue, favor, and guidance: the brightness that means things are well
- nogahנֹגַהּdaylightnot studied yet
- neharahנְהָרָהdaylight: the light that beams out over a day, set directly against darkness
- orאוֹרphysical light in every form: the brightness of day, dawn, the sun, moon and stars, lightning, and lamplight
days2 words
dayspring1 word
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
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- a rising: the moment a star or the sun climbs into view, and the light that comes up with it
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
dazzling2 words
deacon1 word
dead3 words
- nekrosνεκρόςdead: having died, no longer alive; used as a noun for dead persons, and above all in the phrase "from the dead" as the fixed idiom for resurrection.
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- dead in a figurative sense: spiritually lifeless or cut off from God, or lacking any active power to produce results.
- thnēskōθνῄσκωto be dead: to have died already, so that death is now an accomplished fact.
- rapahרְפָאִיםthe shades: the company of the dead who go on existing in the world below, stripped of the strength and standing they had in life
- nekrosνεκρόςdead: having died, no longer alive; used as a noun for dead persons, and above all in the phrase "from the dead" as the fixed idiom for resurrection.
dead body5 words
- 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.
- nevelahנְבֵלָהa dead body: the lifeless corpse of an animal or person, treated as unclean
- ptōmaπτῶμαa corpse: the body of someone struck down, spoken of as a fallen thing rather than as a person
- pegerפֶּגֶרa corpse: a dead body left lying, whether of a person, an animal, or a lifeless idol
- geviyyahגְּוִיָּהa body: the physical frame of a person or creature, whether still living or lying dead
- 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.
deadly3 words
- mavetמָוֶתdeath as penalty or deadly threat: the sentence of death, or being marked out to die
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- death: the end of life, whether the event of dying or the state of being dead
- Death as a realm and power: the grasping domain of the dead, sometimes pictured almost as a person
- thanatēphorosθανατήφοροςdeadlynot studied yet
- thanasimosθανάσιμοςdeadlynot studied yet
- mavetמָוֶתdeath as penalty or deadly threat: the sentence of death, or being marked out to die
deaf2 words
deal1 word
deal bountifully1 word
- gamalגָּמַלto deal out to someone what an act has earned: to repay, reward, or requite, whether good or ill
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- to wean a child: to finish the nursing years and bring a child to the next stage
- to ripen: for a plant to bring its fruit or growth to full maturity
- gamalגָּמַלto deal out to someone what an act has earned: to repay, reward, or requite, whether good or ill
deal deceitfully2 words
deal severely with1 word
- alalעָלַלto work one's will on a person: to deal harshly with them, to make sport of or abuse them
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- to glean: to go back over a harvested vine or field and strip off what remains
- to thrust or lay something in the dust, or to defile it there (used only of Job and his horn)
- alalעָלַלto work one's will on a person: to deal harshly with them, to make sport of or abuse them
deal shrewdly1 word
deal treacherously1 word
deal well with1 word
- 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
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
deal with1 word
dealer in purple1 word
dear1 word
dear children1 word
dearest1 word
dearly loved1 word
dearth1 word
death7 words
- thanatosθάνατοςdeath: the end of life, and the power that holds the living under its sway
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- a deadly plague or pestilence: death dealt out as a sweeping disaster
- mavetמָוֶתdeath: the end of life, whether the event of dying or the state of being dead
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- Death as a realm and power: the grasping domain of the dead, sometimes pictured almost as a person
- death as penalty or deadly threat: the sentence of death, or being marked out to die
- teleutēτελευτήdeathnot studied yet
- nekrōsisνέκρωσιςdeathnot studied yet
- mamotמָמוֹתdeathnot studied yet
- thanatosθάνατοςdeath: the end of life, and the power that holds the living under its sway
debased1 word
debate2 words
debater1 word
debauchery2 words
debir1 word
- devirדְּבִירDebir: a place name in the Bible, carried by a Canaanite hill town in Judah that Israel captured and by two lesser border sites.
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- Debir: the king of Eglon, one of five Canaanite kings who attacked Gibeon and were put to death by Joshua.
- devirדְּבִירDebir: a place name in the Bible, carried by a Canaanite hill town in Judah that Israel captured and by two lesser border sites.
Deborah1 word
debt5 words
- opheilēmaὀφείλημαa debt: a sum or service one is bound to pay back
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- sin pictured as a debt owed to God
- daneionδάνειονdebtnot studied yet
- opheilēὀφειλήwhat is owed: an obligation one side is bound to hand over to the other, whether money or something money cannot buy
- neshiנְשִׁיdebtnot studied yet
- avtitעַבְטִיטdebtnot studied yet
- opheilēmaὀφείλημαa debt: a sum or service one is bound to pay back
debtor3 words
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
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- someone who is bound to another and owes them something in return
- someone who is in the wrong and owes for it: a guilty person, a sinner
- chreōpheiletēsχρεωφειλέτηςdebtornot studied yet
- ḥovחוֹבdebtornot studied yet
- opheiletēsὀφειλέτηςsomeone who owes money and has not yet paid it back
Decapolis1 word
decay4 words
- diaphthoraδιαφθοράdecay: the breaking down of a dead body in the grave
- phthoraφθοράdecay: the breaking down and wearing out that makes physical things spoil, wither, and die
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- ruin: being destroyed and finished off
- moral rot: the spoiling of a person from the inside that spreads through runaway desire and takes them captive
- maqמַקdecaynot studied yet
- qamalקָמֵלto decaynot studied yet
decease1 word
deceit7 words
- dolosδόλοςtrickery aimed at a person: the cunning, treachery, or crooked speech by which someone is caught off guard and taken advantage of
- mirmahמִרְמָהdeceit: deliberate falsehood used to betray or cheat someone who trusts you
- kazavכָּזָבa falsehood: a claim or thing that does not correspond to reality and so betrays those who rely on it
- planēπλάνηstraying from the truth: the wrong road a person ends up on, and the misleading that puts them there
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
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- slackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
deceitful3 words
deceitfulness2 words
deceive14 words
- planaōπλανάωto lead someone off the right path, or (when it happens to you) to stray from it: literally to wander, and almost always to be deceived away from the truth.
- apataōἀπατάωto deceive: to lead a person into a false belief or a wrong course by misrepresentation
- ta'ahתָּעָהto stray from the right course: to wander off and lose the way, or to be led off it
- patahפָּתָהto make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
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- to sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
- kaḥashכָּחַשׁto deal falsely: to lie or deny the truth, put on a false front, or (of a thing) fail to deliver what it promised
deceiver1 word
deceiving1 word
deception4 words
- sheqerשֶׁקֶרfalsehood: that which has no truth or reality behind it, whether a spoken lie, a betrayal in action, or a hope that comes to nothing
- planēπλάνηstraying from the truth: the wrong road a person ends up on, and the misleading that puts them there
- apatēἀπάτηdeceit: the deliberate trick or false appeal by which someone is misled into believing or wanting what is not real
- mahatallahמַהֲתַלּוֹתdeceptionnot studied yet
deceptive3 words
decide6 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
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- horizōὁρίζωto fix something definitely: to settle a time, a plan, or a person's role so that the matter is no longer open
- diaginōskōδιαγινώσκωto decidenot studied yet
- ḥaratsחָרַץto settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
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- to whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
- eudokeōεὐδοκέωto decide freely and gladly: to resolve on something, or to consent and agree to it
decided1 word
- ḥaratsחָרַץto whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
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- to settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
- ḥaratsחָרַץto whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites