English Bible words starting with E
525 meanings beginning with E, in alphabetical order. This is page 1 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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each5 words
- pasπᾶςall, every, the whole: the complete extent of whatever it modifies, with nothing left out
- kolכֹּלthe totality of something: the whole of it, or each and every one of its members
- ishאִישׁa man: one human being singled out, most often a grown male, but just as readily a husband, a person of a certain kind, or simply "each one".
- hekastosἕκαστοςeach one, every single member of a group considered one at a time
- anaἀνάeachnot studied yet
each one1 word
each other1 word
eager3 words
eager expectation1 word
eagerly1 word
eagerly await1 word
eagerly seek1 word
eagerness2 words
- 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
- prothumiaπροθυμίαeagernessnot studied yet
- spoudēσπουδήhaste: quick movement that wastes no time getting where it is going
eagle3 words
ear6 words
- ousοὖςthe ear: the organ of hearing, and by extension the readiness to take in and heed what is said
- ozenאֹזֶןthe ear: the body part used for hearing, and by extension the act of paying attention to what is heard.
- ōtionὠτίονearnot studied yet
- shibbolשִׁבֹּלֶתan ear of grain: the seed-bearing head at the top of a cereal stalk.
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- a rushing body of water: a flood, torrent, or flowing stream.
- ōtarionὠτάριονearnot studied yet
earlobe1 word
early2 words
early fig2 words
early fruit1 word
early in the morning1 word
early life1 word
early meal1 word
early morning1 word
early rain2 words
- prōimosπρώϊμοςearly rainnot studied yet
- morehמוֹרֶהthe early rain: the first rains of autumn, which soften the baked ground so that plowing and sowing can begin
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- a teacher: the one who instructs another and points out the way he should go
earn more1 word
earn wages1 word
earnest1 word
earnestly1 word
earnestly desire1 word
earnestness2 words
- 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
- ekteneiaἐκτένειαearnestnessnot studied yet
- spoudēσπουδήhaste: quick movement that wastes no time getting where it is going
earnings2 words
earring1 word
ears1 word
- akoēἀκοήhearing: the capacity to take in sound, the ears that receive it, or the act of listening
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- a report: the news or message that reaches someone by being heard, from a passing rumor to the proclaimed good news
- akoēἀκοήhearing: the capacity to take in sound, the ears that receive it, or the act of listening
ears of grain1 word
earth8 words
- gēγῆthe earth: the physical world God made, from the soil underfoot to a named country to the whole created realm set against heaven.
- eretsאֶרֶץthe ground at any scale: the dirt underfoot, a country with borders, or the whole earth beneath the sky
- adamahאֲדָמָהthe cultivable ground: the living, reddish soil people are made from, work, belong to, and answer to
- apharעָפָרdust: dry, loose surface earth, and what it stands for, the stuff a human body is made of and crumbles back into.
- oikoumenēοἰκουμένηthe inhabited world: the earth as the place where people live, along with its people and its governing order
earthen vessel1 word
earthenware1 word
earthly2 words
earthquake2 words
ease3 words
- shalvahשַׁלְוָהundisturbed quiet: the calm of being safe and comfortable with nothing pressing in, a calm Scripture can either bless or condemn
- naḥatנַחַתquiet: the settled calm that is left when strain, noise, and hurry stop
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- a coming down: the downward stroke of something brought down, or what is set down in place
- shelevahשְׁלֵוָהeasenot studied yet
easier1 word
easing1 word
east6 words
- 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
- qedemקֶדֶםeast, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
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- ancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
- mizraḥמִזְרָחeast: the direction of the sunrise, and the eastern side or region it names
- qadimקָדִיםthe east wind: the hot, dry, violent wind that blows in off the desert and withers or destroys whatever it touches
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- the east: the eastern direction, side, or border of a place
- qadmoniקַדְמֹנִיeastern: on the side toward the sunrise, used above all of the east gate and of the eastern sea
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- former or ancient: belonging to the distant past, and so also the people who lived long ago
- anatolēἀνατολήeast: the quarter of the world where the sun comes up, and the lands lying that way
east wind1 word
- qadimקָדִיםthe east wind: the hot, dry, violent wind that blows in off the desert and withers or destroys whatever it touches
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- the east: the eastern direction, side, or border of a place
- qadimקָדִיםthe east wind: the hot, dry, violent wind that blows in off the desert and withers or destroys whatever it touches
eastern2 words
- qadmoniקַדְמֹנִיeastern: on the side toward the sunrise, used above all of the east gate and of the eastern sea
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- former or ancient: belonging to the distant past, and so also the people who lived long ago
- qadmonקַדְמוֹןeasternnot studied yet
- qadmoniקַדְמֹנִיeastern: on the side toward the sunrise, used above all of the east gate and of the eastern sea
eastward1 word
- qedemקֶדֶםeast, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
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- ancient time: the remote past, the days of old, the earliest times reaching back to the world's beginning
- qedemקֶדֶםeast, or what lies in front: the direction of the sunrise, the eastern side of a place, and the lands and peoples that way
easy3 words
eat10 words
- akhalאָכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body or anything into a force that destroys it
- phageinφαγεῖνto eat: to take in food, and by extension to consume or use something up.
- esthiōἐσθίωto eat: to take in food
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- to consume, devour: of fire that eats up what it burns
- bibrōskōβιβρώσκωto eatnot studied yet
- geuōγεύωto taste: to take something in by direct, personal contact, whether food by the mouth or a reality met firsthand
eat early meal1 word
eat salt1 word
eat up1 word
eat with1 word
eating2 words
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
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- eating away: the slow consuming that ruins what has been stored up
- peḥetetפְּחֶתֶתeatingnot studied yet
- brōsisβρῶσιςeating: the taking of food, and by extension the food that is taken
Ebal1 word
ebed1 word
- evedעֶבֶדEbed the father of Gaal: a man known only through his son, who led Shechem's short-lived revolt against Abimelech; the name is spelled with the everyday Hebrew word for a servant or slave
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- Ebed son of Jonathan: one of the family heads who travelled back to Jerusalem from Babylon with Ezra, bringing fifty men of the family of Adin
- evedעֶבֶדEbed the father of Gaal: a man known only through his son, who led Shechem's short-lived revolt against Abimelech; the name is spelled with the everyday Hebrew word for a servant or slave
Ebed-melech1 word
Ebenezer1 word
Eber2 words
Ebez1 word
Ebiasaph1 word
ebony1 word
Ebron1 word
Ecbatana1 word
eden2 words
- edenעֵדֶןEden: the well watered, richly fruitful land where God planted the first garden, and afterward the measure of what a land blessed by God looks like
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- Eden: the name of a Levite serving in Hezekiah's day
- edenעֶדֶןEdennot studied yet
- edenעֵדֶןEden: the well watered, richly fruitful land where God planted the first garden, and afterward the measure of what a land blessed by God looks like
Eder2 words
edge6 words
- stomaστόμαthe edge of a sword: the cutting point of a blade, by which people are killed
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- the mouth: the opening in the face through which a person or animal eats, drinks, and breathes
- the mouth as the source of speech: a person's words, testimony, or what is said through them
- pehפֶּהthe mouth of a thing: the opening of a well, sack, cave, or pit, the edge of a sword that devours, and the reach from one end of a place to the other
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- the mouth: the opening in the face used to eat and drink and above all to speak, and so, by a natural step, the speech, words, or command that come out of it
- a fixed relating phrase in which the word stops meaning a body part: in proportion to, or at the command of
- a measured portion or share, above all the double portion that names the firstborn's part of an inheritance
- 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
- qatsahקָצָהthe end or outer edge of something: its farthest point, rim, or border
- stomaστόμαthe edge of a sword: the cutting point of a blade, by which people are killed
edible1 word
edict5 words
- datדָּתan authoritative rule handed down by a ruler: a royal decree, or the settled law of a kingdom
- datדָּתa binding law or royal decree: an authoritative rule issued and enforced by a king, or ascribed to God.
- pitgamפִּתְגָםedictnot studied yet
- diatagmaδιάταγμαedictnot studied yet
- pitgamפִּתְגָּםedictnot studied yet
edification1 word
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήa building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
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- building up: the strengthening and growth of the Christian community
- oikodomēοἰκοδομήa building: a finished structure, whether literal stonework or a structure God is pictured as raising
edify1 word
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
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- to build up: to strengthen, support, and develop a person or a community in faith and love
- oikodomeōοἰκοδομέωto build a physical structure: to construct a house, tower, barn, tomb, or temple
edom1 word
Edrei1 word
effective1 word
effectual1 word
effeminate1 word
- malakosμαλακόςsoft to the touch: of fine, luxurious clothing
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- a morally soft man: in Paul's list of wrongdoers, most likely the man who takes the receiving role in sex between men
- malakosμαλακόςsoft to the touch: of fine, luxurious clothing
effort1 word
- spoudēσπουδήeager effort: energy poured promptly and wholeheartedly into something a person takes seriously
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- haste: quick movement that wastes no time getting where it is going
- spoudēσπουδήeager effort: energy poured promptly and wholeheartedly into something a person takes seriously
effulgence1 word
egg1 word
eglah1 word
Eglaim1 word
Eglon1 word
egypt3 words
- AiguptosΑἴγυπτοςEgyptnot studied yet
- mitsrayimמִצְרַיִםEgypt: the country along the Nile southwest of Canaan, together with its people and its kingdom
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- Mizraim: a son of Ham in the lists of the nations, the ancestor whose name is also the name of Egypt
- matsorמָצוֹרEgyptnot studied yet
Egyptian2 words
Ehi1 word
Ehud2 words
eight2 words
eighth2 words
eighth day1 word
eighty2 words
eject1 word
Eker1 word
Ekron1 word
el-berith1 word
El-bethel1 word
El-paran1 word
Ela1 word
elah1 word
- elahאֵלָהElah: a man's name in Israel and Edom, borne by five unrelated men, and spelled exactly like the Hebrew word for a large tree.
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- the Valley of Elah: the valley in the low hills between the Philistine plain and the hill country of Judah where Israel faced the Philistines and David killed Goliath.
- elahאֵלָהElah: a man's name in Israel and Edom, borne by five unrelated men, and spelled exactly like the Hebrew word for a large tree.
Elam1 word
Elamite1 word
Elath1 word
Eldaah1 word
Eldad1 word
elder3 words
- gadolגָּדוֹלgreat: large in size, high in degree, or high in rank, depending on what it describes
- presbuterosπρεσβύτεροςan elder: a recognized leader holding a position of authority in a community.
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- older in age, or belonging to an earlier generation: an older person, or the forebears who lived before.
- zaqenזָקֵןold: advanced in years, and so a senior whose age commands respect or authority