English Bible words starting with D
616 meanings beginning with D, in alphabetical order. This is page 7 of 7. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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dust5 words
- apharעָפָרdust: dry, loose surface earth, and what it stands for, the stuff a human body is made of and crumbles back into.
- choosχόοςdustnot studied yet
- koniortosκονιορτόςdustnot studied yet
- shaḥaqשַׁחַקfine dust: the thin film of powder left when something is ground down
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- clouds and skies: the lofty, cloud-covered heights of heaven, a poetic word for the sky
- avaqאָבָקfine, wind-blown dust: the airborne powder a force stirs up, scatters, or makes settle
duty2 words
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
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- a watch: the post or duty of standing guard, and those who keep it
- something kept in reserve: an object set aside and preserved for a later purpose
- anēkōἀνήκωit is fitting: what is proper, becoming, or one's plain duty to do
- mishmeretמִשְׁמֶרֶתa charge: a duty or responsibility entrusted to someone to keep faithfully
duty of marriage1 word
dwarf1 word
dwell14 words
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- katoikeōκατοικέωto live in a place as a settled resident; to settle down somewhere.
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- to take up residence within someone or something, of a presence that makes it its home; to indwell.
- kathēmaiκάθημαιto be seated: to be in a sitting position, or to stay settled in a place
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- to sit enthroned: to occupy a throne or seat of power, and so to rule or judge
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- shakhanשָׁכַןto settle down in a place and stay there: to pitch one's dwelling and make it home
dwell around1 word
dwell deep1 word
dwell in1 word
dwelling10 words
- skēnēσκηνήa dwelling place: an enduring home, above all God's dwelling with his people and the eternal home of the redeemed
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- a tent or booth: a temporary shelter of cloth or animal skins that people pitch and later take down
- the tabernacle: the portable tent-sanctuary where God lived among Israel in the wilderness, and the heavenly sanctuary it stood for
- ohelאֹהֶלa tent: the portable cloth-and-pole dwelling of a roaming people, by extension the household it shelters or the worship-tent where God met Israel
- mishkanמִשְׁכָּןa dwelling place: where someone or something resides, most often the LORD's tent-sanctuary in the wilderness
- moshavמוֹשָׁבa place where someone sits or lives: a seat, a settlement, or the act of dwelling there
- katoikiaκατοικίαdwellingnot studied yet
- skēnēσκηνήa dwelling place: an enduring home, above all God's dwelling with his people and the eternal home of the redeemed
dwelling place5 words
- katoikētērionκατοικητήριονdwelling placenot studied yet
- ma'onמָעוֹןa dwelling place or abode: the settled home where someone or something lives
- makhonמָכוֹןa fixed, established place: the settled spot where something firmly rests or dwells
- me'onahמְעֹנָהa den: the sheltered retreat a creature lives in, and by extension the home of God or of people
- kataskēnōsisκατασκήνωσιςdwelling placenot studied yet
dwellings1 word
dye1 word
dyed1 word
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
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- to be deep red: stained a strong crimson, said of clothing
- to be ruthless: to crush another person without pity
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
dyed red1 word
dynasty1 word
dysentery1 word