English Bible words starting with E
525 meanings beginning with E, in alphabetical order. This is page 3 of 6. Under each one are the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words the Bible actually uses for it.
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empty-handed2 words
empty-head1 word
En-dor1 word
En-gannim1 word
En-haddah1 word
En-hakkore1 word
En-hazor1 word
En-mishpat1 word
En-rimmon1 word
En-rogel1 word
En-shemesh1 word
En-tappuah1 word
Enaim1 word
Enan1 word
encamp2 words
encampment2 words
- tirahטִירָהan encampment: the cluster of tents and animal pens a clan lives in, and by extension the area a clan settles in.
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- built stonework that runs around a structure: a course of masonry, or a turret raised on top of a wall.
- taḥanahתַּחֲנָהencampmentnot studied yet
- tirahטִירָהan encampment: the cluster of tents and animal pens a clan lives in, and by extension the area a clan settles in.
enchanter2 words
enchantment1 word
enchantments1 word
- latלָאטsecrecy: the cover under which something is done so that nobody notices it happening
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- secret arts: the hidden craft by which trained specialists produce effects nobody can account for
- latלָאטsecrecy: the cover under which something is done so that nobody notices it happening
encircle1 word
- atarעָטַרto close a ring around someone: to encircle a person so that they are hemmed in, or hedged in on every side
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- to crown someone: to set a crown or wreath on a person's head, or to grant them one
- atarעָטַרto close a ring around someone: to encircle a person so that they are hemmed in, or hedged in on every side
enclose1 word
enclosure3 words
encompass1 word
encompassed1 word
encounter2 words
encourage5 words
- parakaleōπαρακαλέωto call someone to one's side: to appeal to, urge, comfort, or invite a person, depending on why they are called near
- protrepōπροτρέπωto encouragenot studied yet
- paramutheomaiπαραμυθέομαιto encouragenot studied yet
- lavavלָבַבto act on the heart: to seize hold of someone's inner self, or to gain such an inner self where there was none
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- to make heart cakes: to prepare by hand the small dish of dough, named after the word for heart, that was fed to a man on his sickbed
- sumparakaleōσυμπαρακαλέωto encouragenot studied yet
encouragement1 word
encouraging1 word
encumbrance1 word
end15 words
- kalahכָּלָהto reach a full end, or to bring something to its full end: to finish it, use it up, or wipe it out
- telosτέλοςthe point a thing arrives at: where it stops, what it comes to, or the goal it was aiming for
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- a tax or customs duty: a payment owed to a governing authority
- akronἄκρονendnot studied yet
- qatsehקָצֶהthe end, edge, or outer limit of something: the point in space where a thing stops
- sunteleiaσυντέλειαthe completion of an age: the appointed moment when a whole stretch of time reaches the finish it was heading for
endanger2 words
endeavor1 word
endless1 word
endow1 word
ends of the earth1 word
- ephesאֶפֶסan outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
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- nothing, none at all: what has run out or ceased to be, and so no one and nothing besides
- only, however: a small word that limits or pushes back on what was just said
- ephesאֶפֶסan outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
endurance1 word
endure12 words
- amadעָמַדto stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
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- to remain: to keep standing over time, and so to last, to hold one's ground, or to be valid rather than fall
- to arise: to come onto the scene and take one's place, as a king coming to power
- to set up: to make something or someone stand, and so to erect, station, appoint, present, or confirm
- pherōφέρωto bear: to carry someone or something to where it is going, in any sense from lifting a load to producing fruit to enduring a burden
- menōμένωto remain: to keep on being where, what, or as one is, rather than leaving, ending, or changing
- yakholיָכֹלto endure: to be able to bear or put up with something
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- to be able: to have the power, capacity, or permission to do something
- to prevail: to overpower an opponent or win out in a struggle
- hupomenōὑπομένωto endure: to stand firm and hold out under hardship, persecution, or testing without giving up
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- to stay behind: to remain in a place after others have gone on
- amadעָמַדto stand: to be on one's feet and in place, and so to take up a position, come to a halt, or wait there on someone
endure affliction1 word
endure hardship1 word
enduring3 words
- olamעוֹלָםthe farthest horizon of time a speaker can see: the remotest past, the unending future, or simply forever, with the direction and the distance set by what is being talked about
- etanאֵיתָןunfailing: something that keeps going or holds steady without giving out, the way a stream that runs all year does
- qayyamקַיָּםenduringnot studied yet
Eneglaim1 word
enemies1 word
enemy8 words
- echthrosἐχθρόςan enemy: someone or something set in hostility against another
- oyevאֹיֵבan enemy: one who is actively hostile to another person, a people, or God
- saneשָׂנֵאto hate: to be set against a person in active hostility, so that the one hating becomes an enemy
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- to detest: to judge something wrong and refuse to have any part in it
- to love less: to leave a person unfavored, second to someone who is preferred
- to repudiate: to break off a bond formally, whether a marriage or a covenant
- tsarצַרan enemy: one who acts with hostility, an opponent or foe
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- narrow and tight, and so the pressure of being hemmed in: distress, trouble, straits
- tsararצָרַרto treat as an enemy: to be hostile toward someone, to oppose them as a foe or rival
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- to bind tight, or to be pressed tight: to wrap something up, to be too narrow, or to be squeezed into hardship
enfeeble1 word
- ataphעָטַףto grow faint: to weaken and give way, in body or in spirit
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- to cover: to wrap or clothe something so that it is wholly enveloped
- to turn aside: to move off to one side (uncertain)
- ataphעָטַףto grow faint: to weaken and give way, in body or in spirit
engage in battle1 word
engaged1 word
Engedi1 word
engraft1 word
engrave7 words
- pataḥפָּתַחto engrave or carve: to cut characters or images into a hard surface
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- to open, loosen, or release: to move something closed or bound into an open state
- ḥareshחָרֵשׁto cut into a hard surface: to engrave, to plow, or to shape raw material, and from there to work out a scheme in the mind
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- to be silent: to hold one's peace, say nothing, or be unresponsive like a deaf person
- ḥatsavחָצַבto hew: to cut into hard rock by striking it, breaking off or hollowing out the stone
- ḥaqaqחָקַקto cut into a hard surface, and so to lay down as fixed: to engrave or inscribe, and by extension to decree, prescribe, or enact
- ḥaqahחָקָהto engravenot studied yet
- pataḥפָּתַחto engrave or carve: to cut characters or images into a hard surface
engraved1 word
engraver1 word
engraving2 words
engulf1 word
engulfed1 word
enjoy2 words
- samaḥשָׂמַחto be glad, and to show that gladness openly in celebration; also, of whatever produces the joy, to make someone glad.
- tugchanōτυγχάνωto obtain: to come to have something one has sought or been granted
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- to happen, turn out: for something to fall out a certain way, apart from anyone's design
enjoyment1 word
enlarge2 words
- megalunōμεγαλύνωto make something great: to enlarge or lengthen it, or to make it loom large by acting
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- to declare or acknowledge someone as great: to exalt, extol, or hold in high honor, above all in praising God
- raḥavרָחַבto be wide or spacious, and to make wide: to enlarge, broaden, or make room.
- megalunōμεγαλύνωto make something great: to enlarge or lengthen it, or to make it loom large by acting
enlighten2 words
enlist1 word
enmity3 words
- echthraἔχθραenmity: the settled state of being enemies, the hostile opposite of friendship
- sinahשִׂנְאָהhatred: active hostility and ill will toward another, the settled opposite of love
- evahאֵיבָהenmity: a settled, openly recognized state of being enemies, a lasting hostile relationship rather than a passing feeling
enoch2 words
enos2 words
enosh1 word
enough2 words
enquire3 words
enrage2 words
enraged3 words
- orgizōὀργίζωto become angry: to be roused to anger against a person or against what they have done
- mararמָרַרto be bitter, or to make bitter: the sharp taste of gall stretched to cover grief, hardship, and fierce anger
- sa'arסָעַרto storm: to rage the way wind and sea do, and to seize, drive, or batter whatever the storm catches.
enrich2 words
enrol1 word
enroll2 words
enrolled1 word
enrolled by genealogy1 word
ensign2 words
enslave3 words
ensnare2 words
ensnares1 word
ensue1 word
entangle1 word
entangles1 word
enter6 words
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
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- to bring, lead in, or carry in: to cause a person or thing to come
- eiserchomaiεἰσέρχομαιto go in, to enter a place
- eisporeuōεἰσπορεύωto go into a place or thing: to enter, come in, pass in
- alalעֲלַלto go in, to enter: to pass inside a place, or into the presence of someone in authority.
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- to bring in: to have a person or thing brought inside, most often into the king's presence.
- eiseimiεἴσειμιto enternot studied yet
- boבּוֹאto come, go, or enter: to arrive at a destination or move into it
enter with1 word
enterprise1 word
entertain1 word
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
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- to strike someone as strange or startling; or, of a person, to be taken aback by something unfamiliar.
- xenizōξενίζωto give or receive hospitality: to host and care for a guest, or to be taken in and lodged as one.
entertainment1 word
enthusiasm1 word
enthusiast1 word
entice3 words
- patahפָּתָהto sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
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- to make wide or roomy: to enlarge a person's space and give them room to spread out
- sutסוּתto incite: to move someone to a course of action by persuasion, provocation, or enticement
- deleazōδελεάζωto enticenot studied yet
- patahפָּתָהto sway an open or gullible mind: to entice, persuade, or seduce someone, or to be the naive, easily led person who is swayed
enticement1 word
entire2 words
entomb2 words
entrails2 words
- qerevקֶרֶבthe inside of something: its interior, whether a body's organs, a person's hidden self, or the space within a group or place
- splagchnonσπλάγχνονthe inner organs of the body; the intestines or entrails
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- the seat of a person's deepest feelings; heartfelt affection, tender compassion, or mercy
entrance7 words
- thuraθύραa door: the entrance to a house, room, or enclosure, and the panel that swings to open or close it
- petaḥפֶּתַחthe opening into a structure: the doorway or entrance of a tent, house, gate, or city, the place where you go in or come out.
- pulōnπυλώνgateway: a large gate structure, or the entrance-passage that runs through it
- mavoמָבוֹאan entrance or way in: the point of access into a city, building, or enclosed space, and the act of coming in itself
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- the going-down of the sun, and so the west: sunset as an event, and the direction where the sun sets
- movaמוֹבָאentrancenot studied yet
entreat4 words
- ḥalahחָלָהto entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
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- to become sick, weak, or wounded: to lose strength, whether by illness, exhaustion, or injury
- deomaiδέομαιto make an earnest request out of need: to ask, beg, or plead for something one lacks
- pagaפָּגַעto approach someone with a request: to entreat, urge, plead, or intercede
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- to meet or come upon someone or something, whether by chance or on purpose
- of a border or boundary: to reach, touch, or run up to a place
- to fall upon someone: to attack, strike down, or kill
- atarעָתַרto plead urgently with God, and (of God) to be moved by that pleading and grant it
- ḥalahחָלָהto entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
entreaty1 word
entrenchment1 word
entrust2 words
- pisteuōπιστεύωto entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
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- to believe: to take a message as true and lean one's whole self on the person it is about, above all on God and on Jesus
- paratithēmiπαρατίθημιto entrust: to place something valuable into trustworthy hands to be guarded and given back or handed on
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- to set before someone: to place food on the table for a guest, or lay a teaching out for a listener to consider
- pisteuōπιστεύωto entrust something to someone, or (when the subject is the receiver) to be put in charge of it as a trust
entry2 words
entryway1 word
entwine1 word
envious1 word
- qanaקָנָאto burn with feeling over an exclusive claim: to be jealous, zealous, or envious depending on whether the claim is rightful and how it is expressed
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- to provoke someone to jealousy: to stir up another's jealous anger, used of Israel goading God with rival worship
- qanaקָנָאto burn with feeling over an exclusive claim: to be jealous, zealous, or envious depending on whether the claim is rightful and how it is expressed