English Bible words starting with D
616 meanings beginning with D, in alphabetical order. This is page 4 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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dignity4 words
- kavodכָּבוֹדweight that makes someone or something count: the visible greatness of God, the honor and standing of a person, or the wealth and splendor that command respect.
- se'etשְׂאֵתa being lifted up: depending on context, a raised mark on the skin, or raised rank and majesty
- gedulahגְּדוּלָּהgreatness: the towering stature of God or the high standing of a person, together with the great deeds and public honor that make it visible
- semnotēsσεμνότηςdignitynot studied yet
Diklah1 word
Dilean1 word
diligence1 word
- spoudēσπουδήhaste: quick movement that wastes no time getting where it is going
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- eager effort: energy poured promptly and wholeheartedly into something a person takes seriously
- spoudēσπουδήhaste: quick movement that wastes no time getting where it is going
diligent1 word
- ḥarutsחָרוּץdiligent: keen and industrious in effort, the opposite of the lazy
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- sharp, cut: a sharp-toothed threshing sledge, or a body cut and mutilated
- gold: a poetic word for the precious metal
- decision: a sharp verdict handed down
- ḥarutsחָרוּץdiligent: keen and industrious in effort, the opposite of the lazy
diligently3 words
diligently seek1 word
- ekzēteōἐκζητέωto search something out: to go after a person, a thing, or an answer with real effort, until it is found or understood
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- to require a reckoning: to demand that blood already shed be traced back and answered for
- ekzēteōἐκζητέωto search something out: to go after a person, a thing, or an answer with real effort, until it is found or understood
dill2 words
dim3 words
- ḥashakhחָשַׁךְto grow dark or to make dark: for light to fail, or to be blotted out
- kahahכָּהָהto grow dim or fade: to lose brightness, sharpness, or strength without going out altogether.
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- to curb someone, to check them so that they stop what they are doing.
- kehehכֵּהֶהfaint: dimmed or faded, with the brightness, color, or strength nearly gone out of it.
dimension1 word
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
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- tribute: a payment or tax owed to a ruler.
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
diminish3 words
- ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive
- garaגָּרַעto take part of something away, so that less of it is left: to diminish, reduce, withdraw, or hold back
- ma'atמָעַטto be few, or to make few: to shrink in number or amount, or to reduce something and hand out only a little
dimish1 word
Dimnah1 word
Dimonah1 word
din1 word
Dinah1 word
dine1 word
dine with1 word
dingy1 word
Dinhabah1 word
dining1 word
dining couch1 word
dinner2 words
Dionysius1 word
Diotrephes1 word
dip4 words
- baptizōβαπτίζωto plunge something fully into water, and from that picture, to wash in water as a religious act or to be wholly engulfed by something
- baptōβάπτωto dipnot studied yet
- tavalטָבַלto dip: to put something into a liquid, whether to wet just its surface or to plunge it fully under
- embaptōἐμβάπτωto dip something into a bowl or liquid: a brief, partial dipping, not a plunging under
dip in1 word
direct7 words
- kunכּוּןto be firm or to make firm: to be set solidly in place and lasting, or to set something solidly in place so it stands, endures, and is ready for its purpose.
- suntassōσυντάσσωto directnot studied yet
- prostassōπροστάσσωto lay down what is to be done, on the authority to settle the matter: to direct a person, prescribe a requirement, or fix something in advance
- yarahיָרָהto throw, shoot, or cast something through the air toward a target
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- to teach, instruct, or point out the way someone should go
- parangellōπαραγγέλλωto give an authoritative order: to direct someone to do or stop doing something, with the standing to require it
directed1 word
- chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
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- to go by a name in public: to be called or known as something
- chrēmatizōχρηματίζωto hand a message down from God, or to be given one: to be warned, instructed, or told something by God
dirge1 word
dirt1 word
disallow2 words
disannul1 word
- pararפָּרַרto break something binding so it no longer holds: to annul a covenant, vow, or law, or to frustrate a plan
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- to break apart, shatter, or split into pieces
- pararפָּרַרto break something binding so it no longer holds: to annul a covenant, vow, or law, or to frustrate a plan
disappear1 word
disappearance1 word
disappearing1 word
disappointed1 word
- 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
- 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
disaster4 words
- raרַעcalamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
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- bad: failing the standard of what it should be, whether defective, harmful, or unpleasant, with no question of sin
- morally evil: conduct, intent, or persons that are wrong in the sight of God, the opposite of what is good
- edאֵידdisaster: a sudden, crushing catastrophe that overtakes a person or a nation, often the appointed day of their downfall
- asonאָסוֹןa grave, usually fatal calamity that befalls someone; a deadly accident or mishap
- pidפִּידdisasternot studied yet
- raרַעcalamity: disaster, ruin, or affliction that falls on a person or nation, the trouble that is the opposite of well-being
disbelieve1 word
- apisteōἀπιστέωto refuse to believe: to reject a report or message as untrue and withhold trust from it
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- to be unfaithful: to break faith and prove false to a commitment or to God
- apisteōἀπιστέωto refuse to believe: to reject a report or message as untrue and withhold trust from it
discern5 words
- binבִּיןto understand by telling things apart: to grasp what something really is, why it matters, and how it differs from what is near it
- dokimazōδοκιμάζωto put something to the test to find out whether it is genuine, and so to prove and approve it
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
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- to treat as foreign: to make a person or thing strange, whether by disguising, disowning, or failing to know it
- diakrinōδιακρίνωto tell things apart: to distinguish, discern, evaluate, or decide between them.
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- to dispute or contend with someone; to take issue.
- to be divided within oneself, to waver; traditionally rendered "to doubt."
- anakrinōἀνακρίνωto look into something closely in order to size it up: to investigate, question, or weigh it toward a verdict
discerning1 word
discernment4 words
- da'atדַּעַתknowing: a firm grasp of how things really are, ranging from a craftsman's skill to moral good sense to knowing God personally
- tavunahתְּבוּנָהdiscerning competence: the trained ability to tell things apart and put that judgment to work
- binahבִּינָהunderstanding: the ability to tell things apart and grasp what they mean
- diakrisisδιάκρισιςdiscernment: the trained ability to tell things apart and judge their true character
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- quarreling: wrangling that breaks out over differing opinions
discharge4 words
disciple4 words
- mathētēsμαθητήςa person attached to a particular teacher as follower and learner, whose way of life is shaped by that teacher
- limmudלִמֻּדtaught, trained: someone or something that instruction or long practice has shaped into a settled way of being.
- mathēteuōμαθητεύωto make someone a disciple of Jesus, or (in the passive) to be brought in as one.
- mathētriaμαθήτριαdisciplenot studied yet
disciples1 word
discipline6 words
- paideiaπαιδείαthe shaping of a person by someone responsible for them: teaching and correction together, aimed at forming character
- paideuōπαιδεύωto form a person through training, whether by teaching, by corrective discipline, or by punishment
- elegchōἐλέγχωto bring a hidden wrong into the open so the wrongdoer must face it, whether by exposing the deed, proving the guilt, rebuking the person, or correcting them in love
- musarמוּסָרdiscipline: the corrective training, by teaching or by hardship, that shapes a person toward wisdom and right living
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- a bond or fetter: a physical restraint, in the few places where the word is read from a separate root meaning to bind
- yasarיָסַרto discipline: to correct and train someone for their good, by words or by hardship or by blows
disclose3 words
- apokaluptōἀποκαλύπτωto take the covering off something hidden so it can be known: to reveal, disclose, or bring to light
- mēnuōμηνύωto disclosenot studied yet
- gelahגְּלָאto take the cover off something hidden, so that it is now known: to reveal
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- to carry a conquered people away from their homeland and resettle them elsewhere: to deport
discoloration1 word
discomfit1 word
discord2 words
discordant1 word
discourage1 word
discouraged1 word
discover1 word
discredit1 word
discretion4 words
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
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- good sense: the sound judgment and tact to say and do the fitting thing.
- the taste of food or drink; the act of tasting.
- mezimmahמְזִמָּהa deliberate, calculated design formed in the mind: a settled plan that reads as shrewd prudence, wicked scheming, or God's fixed purpose, depending on who makes it and to what end
- sekhelשֵׂכֶלinsight: the clear-headed good sense that sizes up a situation and acts on it wisely
- ta'amטַעַםthe flavor of a food or drink: what it tastes like on the tongue.
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- good sense: the sound judgment a person shows in sizing up a situation and acting fittingly.
- an official order: the binding decision a king or governing authority hands down.
- te'emטְעֵםan official order handed down by a king or governing authority: a decree, command, or ruling that those under it must obey.
discuss6 words
- dialogizomaiδιαλογίζομαιto reason a matter through, weighing it up point by point, whether silently in one's own mind or out loud with others
- dialegōδιαλέγωto talk something through with others: to reason, discuss, and argue a case back and forth
- suzēteōσυζητέωto go after a question together with other people: to talk it over with them or to argue it out against them
- sullogizomaiσυλλογίζομαιto discussnot studied yet
- antiballōἀντιβάλλωto discussnot studied yet
discussion1 word
disease7 words
- mastixμάστιξa severe bodily affliction pictured as a lash falling on a person: a tormenting disease
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- a whip, and the flogging carried out with it
- astheneiaἀσθένειαweakness: a lack of strength, whether in a sick or failing body, in the frailty of human life, or in a position of no power
- ḥoliחֳלִיa sickness: an illness or disease of the body, and by extension the suffering or ruin that sickness pictures.
- nososνόσοςdisease: a bodily illness that has settled on a person and calls for healing
- taḥaluתַּחֲלֻאִיםdiseasenot studied yet
- mastixμάστιξa severe bodily affliction pictured as a lash falling on a person: a tormenting disease
diseased1 word
disfigure1 word
disgrace13 words
- kataischunōκαταισχύνωto put to shame publicly: to disgrace someone before a watching community, or to be exposed and humiliated that way
- aischunēαἰσχύνηdisgrace before others: the public loss of honor, whether the humiliation of being exposed to it or the shameful thing that brings it on
- oneidismosὀνειδισμόςreproach: the public insult and disgrace heaped on a person by hostile, shaming words.
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- atimiaἀτιμίαdishonor: the public loss of honor, standing, and respect; disgrace or shame
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- common use: the low, everyday, undignified purpose of a plain household object, as opposed to one kept for honored display
disgraced2 words
disgraceful thing1 word
disguise3 words
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
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- to treat as foreign: to make a person or thing strange, whether by disguising, disowning, or failing to know it
- shanahשָׁנָהto do a second time: to repeat an act or a word, or to do it again
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- to change: to make or become different, or to stand apart from others as unlike them
- metaschēmatizōμετασχηματίζωto change the form of something: to refashion how it looks or is presented
- nakharנָכַרto recognize: to look at someone or something and correctly identify what it is
disguise oneself1 word
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto disguise oneself: to change one's appearance so as not to be recognized
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- to search out: to look through a place, a person, or a matter thoroughly in order to bring to light what is hidden
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto disguise oneself: to change one's appearance so as not to be recognized
disgusting1 word
dish5 words
- kaphכַּףthe palm of the hand, the open cupped inner hand: the part that holds, grasps, claps, or lifts up in prayer.
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- the sole of the foot, the flat hollow underside that meets the ground.
- the socket of the hip, the rounded hollow where the thigh joins the body.
- the pouch or hollow of a sling, the cupped part that cradles the stone.
- trublionτρύβλιονthe common bowl on a table: a deep serving dish that several people at a meal reach into together
- qe'arahקְעָרָהa large flat serving dish or platter, a vessel of silver or gold used on the sacred table and in temple offerings
- tsallaḥatצַלַּחַתdishnot studied yet
- paropsisπαροψίςdishnot studied yet
- kaphכַּףthe palm of the hand, the open cupped inner hand: the part that holds, grasps, claps, or lifts up in prayer.
Dishan1 word
Dishon1 word
dishonest2 words
dishonest gain1 word
dishonor10 words
- kataischunōκαταισχύνωto put to shame publicly: to disgrace someone before a watching community, or to be exposed and humiliated that way
- aischunēαἰσχύνηdisgrace before others: the public loss of honor, whether the humiliation of being exposed to it or the shameful thing that brings it on
- atimiaἀτιμίαdishonor: the public loss of honor, standing, and respect; disgrace or shame
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- common use: the low, everyday, undignified purpose of a plain household object, as opposed to one kept for honored display
- atimazōἀτιμάζωto dishonor someone: to publicly deny a person the honor they are owed, treating them as worth nothing
- 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
dishonored1 word
dishonour3 words
- atimiaἀτιμίαdishonor: the public loss of honor, standing, and respect; disgrace or shame
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- common use: the low, everyday, undignified purpose of a plain household object, as opposed to one kept for honored display
- navelנָבֵלto wither and fade: to lose freshness and droop, the way a leaf or flower dries up, sinks down, and falls.
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- to be a disgraceful fool, or to treat someone as one: to act senselessly, and to shame, dishonor, or hold in contempt.
- qalonקָלוֹןdisgrace: the public loss of honor and good standing, the opposite of glory
- atimiaἀτιμίαdishonor: the public loss of honor, standing, and respect; disgrace or shame
dislocate1 word
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
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- to impale or expose a body in a solemn public execution carried out before the LORD
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
dislocated1 word
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
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- to impale or expose a body in a solemn public execution carried out before the LORD
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
disloyalty1 word
dismay6 words
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
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- to hurry, act in haste, or do something rashly
- ba'atבָּעַתto overwhelm with sudden terror: to fall upon a person with dread that seizes from outside
- behalבְּהַלto alarm: to strike someone with sudden dread that throws the mind into fearful confusion
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- to act in alarmed haste: to move hurriedly under the press of urgency or fright
- meḥittahמְחִתָּהruin: the shattering collapse that overtakes a person, a people, or a place, or the dread of one
- behalahבֶּהָלָהdismaynot studied yet
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
dismayed4 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.
- bahalבָּהַלto be overwhelmed by sudden terror, or to strike that terror into someone
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- to hurry, act in haste, or do something rashly
- ḥatחַתdread: fear laid on a creature that drains its will to stand and fight
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- shattered: broken, whether a weapon that snaps or a fighter whose nerve gives way
- 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
dismiss1 word
disobedience2 words
disobedient1 word
disobey3 words
disorder1 word
disorderly1 word
disown3 words
dispensation1 word
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
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- the ordered way God runs things: his administering of his purpose through history and over the world
- oikonomiaοἰκονομίαthe job of managing what an owner entrusts to a manager: stewardship, the office and work of a trusted agent
disperse6 words
- putsפּוּץto scatter: to drive people or things apart so they spread out over a wide area
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- to overflow: to spill out and flow abroad like water from a spring
- to shatter: to break something into pieces by a hard blow
- diaskorpizōδιασκορπίζωto scatter completely: to break up something gathered so that its parts are driven off in every direction
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- to squander: to throw money or property away until nothing is left of it
- zarahזָרָהto throw something loose into the air so it spreads out: to winnow grain, and by extension to scatter people or strew objects far and wide
- 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
- dialuōδιαλύωto dispersenot studied yet
- putsפּוּץto scatter: to drive people or things apart so they spread out over a wide area
dispersion2 words
displace1 word
display3 words
- endeiknumiἐνδείκνυμιto put something of your own on open display through what you do: to show your power, your character, or your attitude by acting on it
- epideiknumiἐπιδείκνυμιto put something where other people can see it for themselves: to hold it up, point it out, or lay out the evidence for a claim
- apodeiknumiἀποδείκνυμιto displaynot studied yet
displease2 words
- 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
- atsavעָצַבto be in or cause deep pain, chiefly the inner pain of grief and distress
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- to shape or fashion something by hand, as a craftsman forms a figure
- ra'aרָעַעto be bad, go wrong, or be displeasing; to do evil or bring harm on someone
displeased2 words
displeasure1 word
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
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- a snapped-off bit of wood: a twig or chip drifting on the surface of water
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
dispossess1 word
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
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- to be stripped of what you own and fall into poverty
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
dispute8 words
- diakrinōδιακρίνωto dispute or contend with someone; to take issue.
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- to tell things apart: to distinguish, discern, evaluate, or decide between them.
- to be divided within oneself, to waver; traditionally rendered "to doubt."
- dialogismosδιαλογισμόςa dispute: the quarreling and complaining that breaks out when people press competing views
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- an inner reasoning of the heart: the thoughts, deliberations, and designs a person turns over privately, often futile or corrupt
- antilogiaἀντιλογίαopposition set against someone or something: from a spoken objection, through a formal dispute, to open rebellion against rightful authority.
- dialegōδιαλέγωto talk something through with others: to reason, discuss, and argue a case back and forth
- antilegōἀντιλέγωto speak against someone or something: to contradict, deny, or set oneself in opposition.
- diakrinōδιακρίνωto dispute or contend with someone; to take issue.
dispute-loving1 word
disqualified1 word
disqualify1 word